Celebrating 63 Digital Content Creators across B.C. and Alberta!
Posted on June 10, 2026
We’re thrilled to introduce a new wave of storytellers with the official selections for the TELUS STORYHIVE Voices 2026 program.
This year, 63 projects from new and emerging digital content creators across British Columbia and Alberta have been selected to bring their six-episode series to life. The project’s diverse range of locally rooted stories explores themes of culture, community, creativity, wellness, sustainability and belonging. Through lifestyle, educational and children’s programming, creators are highlighting underrepresented voices, local changemakers and the unique people and places shaping their communities.
Each selected project will receive production funding as well as training, a community of support and distribution on TELUS Optik TV, Stream+ and STORYHIVE's YouTube channel.
British Columbia
Season 1
Aerial Sunday-Cardinal | The Originals | Vancouver
Ashley Bowes | The First 5 Meters | Victoria
Barbara Marengo | Filogeni: For the Love of Women! Uncensoring Menopause | Victoria
Benjamin Yager | No Hoof No Horse - Preserving the Ancient Tradition | Victoria
Bev Berg | Nourishing Words | Fort St. John
Bryan Smith | Being Green | Victoria
Candace Chisholm | Elara's Life Laboratory | Kelowna
Carly Schmidt | Made in Kamloops: Let's Have an Art Party | Kamloops
Carolyn Wiebe | Three Peeps and a Sheep | Penticton
Cheryl Hood | Adventures of Okanagan Okie | Vernon
Danielle Lazic | Close to Home | Kelowna
Deirdre O'Neill | Staying in the Adventure | Penticton
Derek Edenshaw | Mural Life | Vancouver
Ian Boyd | Paranormal Passengers | Nanaimo
James Bowman | Wings Over Comox: Stories from the Hangar | Nanaimo
Jennell Stanley | Designed For Healing | Vernon
Jennifer deHaan | Grounded: A Neurodivergent Guide to Nervous System Regulation | Nanaimo
Jodie Kennedy | Her Land, Her Reins; Women in Northern B.C. Provide Healing Through Horses | Prince George
Josefina Llanos Lopez | Seriously Good: An Earnest Ice Cream Docuseries | Vancouver
Kalan Bell | Automobiles and Caffeine: The Art of the Meet | Kelowna
Kerry McArthur | The Farmers' Market Effect | Penticton
Kobe Li | ElevAsian Sports | Vancouver
Larissa Chahley | What Does It Take (WDIT) | Penticton
Malissa Tayag | Belonging to Land | Vancouver
Matthias MacLeod | Taanishi! | Kamloops
Renee Chan | Nourished by Our Roots - Wisdom Carried Forward | Vancouver
Sarah Horrocks | The Confident Home Project | Kamloops
XueQin Li | Characters of Chinatown: Stories Behind the Square Words | Victoria
Season 2
Autumn MacDuff | Amplified Okanagan | Vernon
Deirdre O'Neill | Staying in the Adventure | Penticton
Esseoghene Akinshola | Soul Flavours | Kamloops
Hilal Dabir | Behind The Feast | Vancouver
Kathryn Alexander | Unique Airbnb Experiences in BC | Penticton
Kris Kolesnikoff | Music For All: Find Your Voice | Kelowna
Lydia Hol | Stitch by Stitch: The Art of Slow Fashion | Nanaimo
Season 3
Juan Sotelo | Cooking Time | Kelowna
Maria Sanchez | Bruna Party | Kelowna
Roxanne Ridler | Kitselas Canyon Forest Garden | Terrace
Alberta
Season 1
Albert Weese | Links | Calgary
Danny Barnfield | BLAST OFF! | Calgary
Daylin Cooper | County Critters: The Animals That Bring Our Community Together | Edmonton
Desiree Bryce | From Forgotten to Forever: The Sanctuary Promise | Red Deer
Dolly Cepeda Montufar | Powering Oil City | Edmonton
Jason Steele | The Drifting Door | Red Deer
Joanna Piekarski | Jojo Pie: Feeling Adventures | Calgary
Joshua Butters | From the Ground Up | Edmonton
Mikail Jiwa | Skate And Create | Calgary
Patricia Hoskin | Late to the Pack: A Lethbridge Roller Derby Story | Lethbridge
Sebastian Reinhart | Lead the Room | Red Deer
Stefan Rasporich | A Game E.A.C.H. | Calgary
Stephanie Nhan | Creative Composers | Edmonton
Trinh Simpson | XR Zero to One: What happens when a beginner builds their first immersive world? | Lethbridge
Winner Aigbogun | Low Vision, High Life | Calgary
Winston Green | Since 1989: Winston’s Health & Fitness | Grande Prairie
Season 2
Claudia Antunes Soares | Fort McMurray: More Than You Think | Fort McMurray
Clement Esene | Bold Ventures - Building Forward | Lethbridge
Mandy Morris | Mandy Faye | Calgary
Miranda Gardner | Wildrose Country | Red Deer
Nella Brodett | Open Greens with Franella | Edmonton
Season 3
Jillian MacPhee | Garden Stories | Edmonton
Kien To | All Feast YYC | Calgary
Lissa Pescitelli-Machnik | Wonder Collective | Calgary
Renee Manners | SmART Kids | Fort McMurray
Season 4
Martha Livingstone | Music with Martha Messmaker - Rock 'N' Learn | Edmonton
Please join us in congratulating the selected storytellers on social media! We’re on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and LinkedIn.
Your Passion, Your Community. Stay tuned for these digital series coming in 2027!
Voices 2026 Pitch Analysis Report
In total, 384 pitches were submitted to the TELUS STORYHIVE Voices 2026 program. The submissions represent a diverse and dynamic cross-section of emerging creators across British Columbia and Alberta, offering insight into how storytellers are using episodic nonfiction formats to explore identity, community and lived experience. Curious what themes, trends and insights emerged from all 384 pitches? We’ve broken it all down in our latest Pitch Analysis Report.