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Curious Public James Bullbrook Memorial Scholarship Application

Applying is easy and will take no more than 10 minutes.


CURIOUS PUBLIC

Curious Public wants to offer one deserving Canadian Skateboarder a 500 USD scholarship to Camp Woodward in Pennsylvania, USA. 


All About You


We’re looking forward to hearing all about you and your skateboarding passion!
The scholarship must be used in 2026.

    REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST:

    Do you plan to attend Woodward PA this summer?

    Have you been to a Woodward Camp before?

    How long have you been skateboarding?

    What's your story?

    What sets you apart from everyone else?

    OPTIONAL - Share your social media profiles with us to help us learn more about you.

    PHOTOS

    Send us a shot of you in action! (totally optional)

    Questions? Curious to know more?

    Email: kristen@curiouspublic.com


    On behalf of all of us here at Curious Public, thank you for you submission. Stay tuned and follow us for updates!


    Our People

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    Were driven by curiosity.

    It's what helps us ask better questions, listen closely, and get to the heart of the challenge.

     

    We are writers, journalists, public servants, campaigners, media specialists, digital thinkers, trainers, designers, and trusted advisors. We bring decades of experience across politics, public affairs, corporate communications, community engagement, media relations, crisis communications, and storytelling.

     

    We are sharp, thoughtful, practical, and human. We know how to read the room, understand the moment, and help leaders choose the path forward with clarity and confidence.

    Our Mission

    We help organizations communicate to build trust, create momentum, and make their message matter.

    Our Vision

    We are the strategy-led communications partner organizations trust when the stakes are high, the path is unclear, and the message matters.

    Lloyd Rang


    CEO and Chief Strategist

    Lloyd Rang is a strategic communications consultant, entrepreneur, award-winning writer, and one of Canada’s most sought-after speechwriters. He is known for his humor and insight, has written for government and business leaders and celebrities, has been a pundit on television and in print, is a featured conference speaker, has led corporate workshops in communications and has written for publications in the US and Canada. As CEO and Chief Strategist, Lloyd gives creative advice and insights on strategy, content and tactics to clients across the public and corporate sectors.

    Tracey Sobers


    Managing Partner

    Tracey has served as a communications planner, strategist and executive advisor throughout her career. Building and maintaining effective relationships have underpinned all of her work with key stakeholders and within organizations. Tracey has a keen understanding of both the needs of clients, as well as the strengths of her team. That is the wealth of experience she brings to Curious Public as she manages the talent on board against the unique challenges clients face.

    Anne Marie Aikins


    Executive Lead, Public and Media Relations, Crisis Management

    Anne Marie’s career has evolved from nurse counsellor and journalist to high-profile chief spokesperson for Metrolinx. Known widely as “the GO Train lady,” she has spent decades navigating high-stakes environments and building deep, trusted relationships across the Canadian media landscape. Anne Marie helps organizations in the health, transit, housing, tourism and tech sectors navigate complex communication challenges and chaotic pivots. She brings strategic grit and a dash of wit to every project, ensuring her clients achieve tangible, practical, and enduring impact.

    Shannon Currie


    Account Director, Strategy and Communications

    Shannon is a strategic communications advisor and account lead with a background in politics, the arts, entrepreneurship and client service. She stewards complex client files across nonprofit, education, public-sector and corporate environments, often serving as the lead contact and producer on multidisciplinary work, including campaigns, brand and creative strategy, design projects and communications plans. Her work in political communications, client service and performance gives Shannon a deep understanding of how public narrative, policy, media and stakeholder priorities intersect — and how audiences listen, connect and respond.

    Emma Earley


    Senior Strategist, Digital Marketing and Communications

    Emma understands people. She has a background in psychology and over eight years of communications experience, which helps her bring EQ and IQ together with analytical rigour and instinctive creative thinking to every engagement. Emma digs into organizational context, reads the audience, and applies strategic judgement to shape communications that land. Her experience spans integrated campaigns, digital and social strategy, strategic messaging, design, and paid advertising across business, non-profit, and consumer sectors.

    Alan Findlay


    Executive Lead, Strategic Planning

    Alan is a visionary communications leader, C-suite advisor and storyteller. As a political journalist in Toronto, Ottawa and Edmonton,  Alan turned complex issues into concise, news-you-can-use narratives for readers. And then, as a political advisor, he used his talents to turn policy decisions into persuasive and memorable narratives. Alan spearheaded communications at two large Ontario government agencies where he worked closely with CEOs, executives, project partners and industry stakeholders to tell stories that demonstrated value and impact to the public and taxpayers and built meaningful relationships with many public and private-sector partners, including industry management and labour associations.

    Kristen Gross


    Account Director, Strategy and Communications

    Kristen Gross is a communications strategist, senior advisor, and writer. As an Account Director at Curious Public, she advises clients across the public, healthcare, education, nonprofit, and corporate sectors, helping them clarify their message and navigate moments of growth, risk, and opportunity. Kristen has led projects for a diverse set of organizations. Her work spans strategic planning, narrative development, organizational change, and executive content. Inside Curious Public, she also helps lead the exploration of AI-supported workflows, ensuring modern tools are always guided by human judgement.

    Jeff Keay


    Executive Lead, Leadership Strategy and Media Training

    Jeff is one of Canada’s leading media relations, communications and issues management professionals. He has served as a senior strategy advisor, speechwriter and national media spokesperson for some of Canada’s best-known public and private institutions and brands, including CBC-Radio Canada and TD and Royal Bank financial groups. As Curious Public’s Executive Lead, Leadership Strategy and Media Training, Jeff focuses on crisis communications, reputation management and the creation of robust communications infrastructures.

    Jordan Ray


    Account Director, Strategy and Public Affairs

    Jordan brings more than a decade of public affairs, political, and corporate communications experience to high-stakes client challenges. He is known for his deep understanding of complex political ecosystems and modern campaign strategy. Jordan helps senior decision-makers navigate the cultural zeitgeist, manage uncertainty and risk, and ‘execute out-of-the-box’ ideas. He combines sharp strategic IQ and lateral thinking with the empathy needed to make every message matter.


    Integrating AI Into Your Workflow Workshop

    Course Outline


    Curious Public’s Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into Your Workflow Workshop

    This advanced session builds on our AI Best Practices for Communicators workshop and dives deep into specific ways you can use AI to boost your productivity. Learn best practices for creating prompts, how to measure generative AI’s impact on your business, and more. Our hands-on approach ensures you’ll walk away with real insights and skills to upgrade your operations with generative AI.


    AI Best Practices for Communicators Workshop

    Master Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Your Communications


    Lloyd Rang

    CEO and Chief Strategist at Curious Public. Lloyd is one of Canada’s leading communications and crisis management experts.

    Jordan Ray

    Principal and Senior Narrative Consultant for Curious Public. Jordan is a communications and generative AI expert.

    Since Chat GPT 3.0 launched in 2022, speculation has been rampant about what it means for the world and the way we work. But there’s still a lot of mystery around what the benefits of these new generative AI tools could be for you and your team.

    Our ‘AI Best Practices for Communicators’ workshop was designed by communicators for communicators to demystify generative AI tools. 

    At the end of this workshop, you’ll understand:

    • What generative AI is and what it’s not
    • The current state of the generative AI landscape
    • An over of the current drawbacks and challenges generative AI faces
    • Best practices on how to use generative AI to boost your productive

    And you’ll have first-hand experience with how different generative AI tools perform in a variety of scenarios.

    Tailored for You

    Each workshop will cover the fundamentals of generative AI for communicators. But we’ll also work with you to tailor the workshop to your specific needs, including the content of the presentation, the demonstrations of how AI can be used, sector-specific considerations, and the scenarios we use for group activities.

    Increase Productivity

    Understand how generative AI can make you more productive and support your communications.

    Understand Uses of AI

    Experience how popular generative AI tools work and understand which ones work well for different tasks.

    Hands-on Learning

    Learn how to use generative AI tools in realistic work scenarios.

    Testimonial

    “Our team found the workshop valuable and highly engaging. Curious Public gave us a chance to demystify generative AI tools as a team and get on the same page about how these tools can support our work. Now we know enough to decide not just where and how we should use generative AI tools, but also where we shouldn’t.”

    – Aaron Lazarus, WSIB

    Generative AI isn’t ready to replace people yet-but people who use generative AI tools are already replacing people who don’t.

    Don’t let your team fall behind. Sign-up for our workshop today.