Press & Publications
Academic & Peer-Reviewed
ACM CHI 2024
“Process, Roles, Tools, and Team: Understanding the Emerging Medium of Virtual Reality Theatre.”
ACM CHI PLAY 2022
“You Should Have Stayed Home: How to Captivate an Audience in VR Theatre.”
Canadian Theatre Review (CTR 160)
“Of Civil Liberties and Condom-ball: Praxis Theatre’s You Should Have Stayed Home” — Christine Quintana. doi:10.3138/ctr.160.012
York University · Hemispheric Encounters
Research project on digital performance, community, and co-presence for dispersed audiences.
Sheridan College · Honours Research Report
“Food Banks Are the Paramedics, Not the Cure: Frontline Insights on Policy Gaps Contributing to Food Insecurity in Hamilton, ON.” 2026.
City of Toronto
“FINAL DATA ANALYSIS: Examination of FOCUS & SPIDER Data in Relation to CSWB Planning.” 49 pages, 2021.
Theatre Reviews
NOW Magazine · NNNN
Jon Kaplan reviewed the Aki Studio Theatre run of YSHSH, calling it theatre that rouses and entertains while making you think. Rated NNNN (highest).
October 2013
Georgia Straight
Colin Thomas reviewed the Firehall Arts Centre run in Vancouver. Called it a compelling production that left him furious — “a good thing.”
The Tyee
Roberta McDonald profiled the Vancouver run. Praised the show as a moving account of resilience and determination.
Mooney on Theatre
S. Bear Bergman reviewed the SummerWorks 2011 premiere. Called it “more than lived up to its pre-SummerWorks hype.”
Jo Ledingham Theatre Reviews
Reviewed the Firehall run: “all you need to make good theatre is a really good story and a really good storyteller.”
Beyond James (Hamilton)
Arthur Bullock reviewed the 2023 Hamilton Fringe Frost Bites presentation at Theatre Aquarius. Called it “a deeply important show.”
PLANK Magazine
Review of Kayak at SummerWorks 2010: called it “my highlight of this year’s SummerWorks” with praise for the discovery and sense of possibility.
Mooney on Theatre · Toronto Fringe Review
“Uncle Tommy’s Campfire Ghost Stories” — Called it “the most original beginning you’ll see at a Toronto Fringe show this season.”
The Mind Reels · Toronto Fringe Review
“Uncle Tommy’s Campfire Ghost Stories” — Praised as “crass, laugh-filled and a lot of fun” with stories given Taylor’s unique spin.
Broadcast Interviews
CBC Documentary
“You Should Have Stayed Home” — Gemini-nominated CBC documentary named after and featuring Tommy Taylor’s G20 detention experience. The film that brought the story to a national television audience.
CBC · Canada: A People’s History
Featured in the landmark documentary series, episode “New Times, New Ways (Part 2)” covering 2001–2015.
CP24 News
SafeTO policy development and violence prevention strategies in the shelter system.
April 2023
Global News
Advocates push for compassionate rehousing efforts following Toronto encampment evictions. Tommy Taylor featured.
CTV News
Humanitarian crisis in Toronto’s shelter system; overcrowding and emergency triage.
December 2022
CBC Radio One · The Current
National discussion on shelter capacity, federal intervention, and housing-first approaches.
November 2022
CBC News
Encampment clearings, trauma, human rights-based approach to homelessness.
September 2021
CBC News: The National
Shelter capacity and encampment evictions during winter and COVID.
January 2021
Global News · The Morning Show
Appeal for hotel rooms for physical distancing during the pandemic’s first wave.
April 2020
Print & Online
CBC News
Feature: “Reflections on G20” — Tommy Taylor’s account of his arrest and detention during the 2010 G20 summit.
CBC News
“Detained at the G20: Stories from the Summit” — first-person accounts from those arrested during the 2010 mass detention.
CBC · Canada: A People’s History
Featured in “New Times, New Ways (Part 2)” — the landmark CBC series covering 2001–2015, documenting the G20 mass arrests as a defining moment in Canadian civil liberties.
Toronto Star
Toronto Police Board agrees to $16.5 million settlement over mass arrests at the 2010 G20 — the class action that resulted from the largest mass arrest in Canadian history.
CBC News
Quoted on the race to prevent a downtown vacant lot from becoming a condo — community advocacy for alternative use of urban space.
Global News
Coverage of the six-week vaccine pilot project at Metro Toronto Convention Centre — pandemic response and vulnerable populations.
Toronto.com
“Green Candidate Taylor Challenges Blair to G20 Showdown in Scarborough Southwest” — Coverage of Tommy’s 2015 federal campaign against Bill Blair.
Yahoo News / CBC
Toronto hospitals see increase in cold-related injuries as shelter system fills up — quoted extensively on the need for permanent non-congregate housing.
NOW Magazine
Artist profile: “Tommy Taylor” — feature on the intersection of theatre, activism, and the G20 experience.
NOW Magazine
“Meet the G20 detainee running against Bill Blair” — feature on Tommy’s 2015 Green Party candidacy in Scarborough Southwest against the former Toronto police chief.
Back of the Book
Full reprint of “How I Got Arrested and Abused at the G20 in Toronto” — the original 11,000-word viral Facebook note, published with editorial introduction calling it “the most important piece of journalism written this year.”
The Globe and Mail
Quoted on Lamport Stadium encampment clearing and consequences of displacement.
The Globe and Mail
Interviewed on shelter system at breaking point.
2023
CBC News
Court affidavit on shelter conditions in landmark case against City of Toronto.
Toronto Star
Toronto’s failures toward homeless population during winter.
2021
National Post
Failing plans to move people from encampments to safe indoor spaces.
2021