Celebrating 73 digital content creators across BC and Alberta!

We’re thrilled to announce the selected creators for the 2025 TELUS STORYHIVE Voices program! 

A total of 73 digital content creators from across British Columbia and Alberta have been selected to bring their locally reflective video series to life—ranging from compelling new stories to 16 exciting second seasons. 

Each selected project will receive $10,000 in production funding as well as training, a community of support and distribution on TELUS Optik TV, Stream+ and STORYHIVE’s YouTube channel. 

Projects returning for a second season will also receive an additional $2,500 in production funding to continue building on their success—delivering even more compelling, locally reflective content for audiences to enjoy.

This upcoming slate features a dynamic mix of Canadian and Indigenous voices—from an unconventional cooking challenge show and a beginner’s journey into gardening, to comedy series and heartfelt stories from Edmonton’s Deaf community. We’re also thrilled to spotlight a lineup of educational and entertaining projects created for—and about—kids and youth.

Alberta

• Aaron Martin | Kids' Eyes on Central Alberta | Edmonton

• Alisia Gill | Crown Yourself, Unapologetically | Edmonton

• Allan Hazle | Albert on Keys | Calgary

• Ashla Kendall | The Consult | Calgary

• Ben Dullaghan | Taking a Step Together | Calgary

• Claudia Antunes Soares | Fort McMurray: More Than You Think | Fort McMurray

• Dalton Ehry | Crafted in the Hat | Medicine Hat

• Ekieti Abia | The Unseen Beauty: Beyond Labels | Calgary

• Jenna Goldade | Bull Skit Comedy: Improvisation in the Heart of Central Alberta | Red Deer

• Janice Saxon | Talk Nice to Me | Edmonton

• Jerimiah Morrison | Commit to the Skit | Lethbridge

• Kaleigh McArthur | Out in the Hat | Medicine Hat

• Kay Thomas | Places of Belonging | Calgary

• Laurie Rae Oulette | 7 Generations | Medicine Hat

• Mandy Morris | Mandy Faye | Calgary

• Nella Brodett | Open Greens with Franella | Edmonton

• Nik Zemlak | Beautiful Deaf Faces in Edmonton | Edmonton

• Rowan Morris | Borealis: Two Spirits of the North | Fort McMurray

• Soncho Austin | Meet Medicine Hat | Medicine Hat

• Su Chau | Yuet Wan's Legacy | Edmonton

• Todd Eagle Child | This is the Blood Tribe – Kainai of the Blackfoot Confederacy | Lethbridge

• Tom Paul | Currents of The Prairie | Lethbridge

• Wei Yew | Art as Medicine | Edmonton

Season 2

• Alexa Blyan | Matriarch's | Grande Prairie

• Andrew Ludtke | Behind the Scene: Live Jazz in Red Deer 2025 | Red Deer

• Gillian Holthe | London Road Restorations | Lethbridge

• Jillian MacPhee | Garden Stories | Edmonton

• Lissa Pescitelli-Machnik | Wonder Collective | Calgary

• Renee Manners | SmART Kids | Fort McMurray

• Sarah Bannister | If It Were Real... | Calgary

British Columbia

• Ariel Hansen | Sustainably Spooky with Ariel Hansen | Vancouver

• Ashleen Erdis | Curious? Let's Find Out! | Kamloops

• Autumn MacDuff | Amplified Okangan | Vernon

• Blake Paton | PnP 4ever! | Revelstoke

• Brian Majore | 20 Minutes & A Car | Prince George

• Carolyn Charlton Fletcher | Garden Story | Vernon

• Charlie McLean | A Recipe for Rivalry | Dawson Creek

• Colton Armstong-Ashley | Savoured Here | Victoria

• Corbin Johnson | Where's the Puck? - A Blind Hockey Documentary | Vancouver

• Corey Rajala | Dungeons, Dice and the Desert of the North - A journey through the RPG community | Kamloops

• David Mossman | Okanagan Whisky Trails and Tales | Kelowna

• Deirdre O'Neill | Staying in the Adventure | Penticton

• Erica McLean | Narrative North Sport: Changing the narrative | Prince George

• Esseoghene Akinshola | Soul Flavors | Kamloops

• Hilal Dabir | Behind The Feast | Vancouver

• Jon Gilbert | Expo 86: A World in Motion | Vancouver

• Katie Prasad | Feeding the Diaspora | Vancouver

• Kathryn Alexander | Beyond the Ordinary: Unique Stays in the Okanagan | Penticton

• Kim Coltman | Echoes of the Lost: A Journey to Justice | Kamloops

• Kraig Gallivan | PursuiT'S enD | Nanaimo

• Lakeisha Barnes | We are syilx | kʷu syilxʷ | Kelowna

• Lee Wilson | Resilient Roots: Indigenous stories of strength and survival | Terrace

• Lydia Hol | Stitch by Stitch: The Art of Slow Fashion | Nanaimo

• Magalie Cheraki | Exploring the Intentional Community Movement | Penticton

• Majid Bagheri | Bread Connections | Vancouver

• Mike Billy | Whispers on the Water | Vancouver

• Peace Belino | More Than a Harbour City | Nanaimo

• Rik Leaf | Discover the World of Competitive Dodgeball | Victoria

• Sarah Chow | Dr. Sarah's Science Show | Vancouver

• Stacie Byrne | Homebrewing in Revelstoke | Revelstoke

• Sterling Gathergood | Okanagan LUXX | Kelowna

• Tone Sylvia Bennett | TOTEM | Victoria

• Vivian Felix | Made In Time | Penticton

• Yan Wang | To Become Future Innovators | Kelowna

Season 2

• Brody Thomas | Papa Bouvette's Camping Calamity | Kamloops

• Grady Robertson | Strathcona: Stories from British Columbia's First Park | Nanaimo

• Gwen Johnson | The Missing Ingredient | Penticton

• Juan Sotelo | Cooking Time | Kelowna

• Maria Sanchez | Bruna Party | Kelowna

• Natasha Ghosh | How We Live: Legacy | Vancouver

• Noah MacLeod | Hidden in the Hills | Vernon

• Paula (deMontigny) Montgomery | Spirit Seekers | Nanaimo

• Roxanne Ridler | Kitselas Canyon Forest Garden | Terrace

Please join us in congratulating the selected storytellers on social media! We’re on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and the YouTube Community Tab. 

Your Passion, Your Community. The new series will premiere in fall 2026—stay tuned!