d’bi.young anitafrika is an African-Jamaican-Tkarontonian, London-based dubpoet, theatre interventionist, decolonial scholar & Black-queer-feminist playwright who is committed to embodying liberatory art practice that ritualises acts-of-emancipation from oppressions inflicted upon the people & the planet. The Canadian Poet of Honour, author of twelve plays, seven albums & four collections of poetry, was recently celebrated with the Rosemary Sadlier Freedom Award in Canada & also recognised as a Global Leader in Theatre & Performance by Arts Council England. The University of Toronto New College recently appointed d'bi.young as one of two Artists-in-Residence in their inaugural Artists Program for BIPOC creators to engage with the College and U of T community. In their capacity as a resident artist, d'bi.young is exploring decolonial arts-based research practices, and their relationship to liberatory pedagogies amongst students, faculty, and staff at New College. Additionally, they are curating the first Anitafrika Method/Watah Theatre records—an internationally accessible digital archive.