Hi! I’m Kadon. I’m a strategist and social impact sector leader, committed to building equitable and thriving ecosystems in the creative industries.
I design and deliver strategies and initiatives that strengthen organizations, communities, and careers—leading projects, through strategic ideation to impact storytelling.
I also work directly with creative professionals, helping them navigate funding, sharpen proposals and pitch decks, strategize their career, and engage with their audience.
What I can do for you.
From EDIA and capacity-building strategies, to communications and stakeholder engagement, I’ve guided nonprofits, screen sector organizations and corporations, and national funders toward transformation with purpose and impact.
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Nonprofit Leadership
Program & Initiative Design
Workforce Development & Sector Training
Marketing & Communications for Nonprofits
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility in the cultural/creative sector
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A culturally-aligned and community-centric fund development strategy for an Ontario-based nonprofit offering screen sector workforce development programming.
A communications audit and staff toolkits for a national training institute.
A landscape analysis and recommendations to implement a data-driven and equity-centered funding framework in the screen sector.
1:1 consultation guiding filmmakers with disabilities in developing their audience engagement strategies and navigating funding applications.
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My work ethic is grounded in the principles of collaboration, equity, and radical imagination.
I believe the most meaningful change in the creative industries occurs when we center the needs and voices of those pushed to the margins, build reciprocal relationships, and pair bold vision with practical, equitable, and responsive strategies. Each project is a living process—adaptive, collaborative, and rooted in the possibility of building more just, creative and resilient communities.