Ivan Touko, Cherelle George, and Masani St. Rose

Influences from the Archive:

Ballets Africains Program Cover

From "Grange Road Dances 1956"

Marianne Skanks in Toronto

 

Community builder, social innovator and entrepreneur, Ivan Touko took a tour of It’s About Time with Cherelle George and Masani St. Rose. He filmed snippets of their reactions as well as wrote a beautiful response piece to the exhibition. Performance Delayed due to COVID.

“The following recordings are snippets of how Cherelle, Masani and I felt while going through the exhibition. Though, it is extremely hard to convey the many emotions we felt that day, we hope these recordings can provide you with a small window of insight.”

— Ivan Touko

  • Reaction Video

Artist: Ivan Touko

Ivan Touko was born and raised in Cameroon and moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 2012. Ivan is an avid Community Builder, Social Innovator and Entrepreneur who uses the power of community, dance and culture to bring together people from all walks of life. With over 6 years of combined experience working in project management, recruitment, sustainability, and community development for the University of Alberta, Ribbon Rouge Foundation and other major organizations both in the non-profit and for-profit sectors, Ivan truly knows what it takes to intentionally build bridges and co-create with vibrant and resilient communities.

Ivan is a recipient of Alberta’s Top 30 under 30 award and has spoken at prestigious events such as TEDx UAlberta, Creative Mornings, the Student Sustainability Summit and the PACE Resiliency Panel. Ivan has also landed coverages in online-prints and broadcast outlets, including Radio Canada (CBC), the Edmonton Journal, Narcity Calgary, The Gateway, ACGC’s blog and Prokonnect. In addition to his extensive work in the community, Ivan regularly holds fun and entertaining open-level Afro Dance workshops and loves flying his mini-drone around Edmonton (You wouldn’t believe how amazing Edmonton & everything looks from above!).

Ivan is the CEO of La Connexional Inc and holds a Bilingual BSc in Environmental Sciences and Conservation with a Certificate in Sustainability from the University of Alberta/Campus Saint-Jean.