Team

  • President

    Matt is a born and raised Montrealer. Matthew founded his first company in 2005 and has been attached to his phone ever since. Matt loves boating, traveling, and keeping active. He is always thinking up ideas to diversify his portfolio, which is how Experiencity Canada was born.

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    Joe spends most of his time on social media and enjoys the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Joe is excited to partner with Matthew for this new venture…

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    Lisa Favre is a well-rounded content creator, best known as the founder of the family food blog, Fabulous Habits. Born and raised in Montreal, Lisa loves exploring her home city with her little family. On days off, she enjoys scouring shopping racks, going to the spa, and developing new recipes.

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    Thomas is from Vancouver Island. He has a journalism degree that he doesn't really use, and spends most of his time making tacos and taco accessories. He also loves reading depressing books, and writing about himself in the third person.

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    Alma Talbot grew up in Toronto, and moved to Montreal to study Creative Writing at Concordia. Since graduating in 2015 she has been working as a freelance writer and editor. To see more of her “work” follow her on Twitter: @AlmaTalbot.

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    Anna is a Montrealer with a large international background. She has worked for the United Nations and taught at the Abo Akademi University in Finland (got awarded Best International Teacher in 2009). Anna has spent years discovering the best restaurants in Montreal. She is active on Social Media, tweeting about culinary experiences, sustainable food systems, travel, wine and coffee. You can always contact her for a restaurant advice in Montreal.

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    Natasha Victoria is just a human that enjoys a ton of hobbies. Writing is one of them. A lot of her writings mirror the fact that she is fascinated by the human mind; our programming, our habits, our perspectives and what all of this means in regards to our experience. She’s also into everything non-mind; what makes those magic moments of pure presence possible and how to access more of them. Natasha is an entrepreneur. She just birthed a skincare company called HSÜAN. This company combines herbalism and skincare, targeting ailments internally as well as topically, allowing your skin to heal from the (inside) out.

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    A classical pianist back when I was still wearing braces, now an insomniac sound engineer with a headphone-outline printed in my hair. Also (and mostly): an electro-acoustic-music composer in the midst of an existential crisis, mom to two garden gnomes, and a freelance community manager/scribbler.

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    Rory is a recent graduate of Concordia University where he obtained a Bachelors Degree Specializing in Communication Studies. During his time in school, Rory focused his studies on the medium of sound, analyzing such topics as music production, performance, recording technology and radio. With a passion for arts and culture, Rory loves to experience new books, movies, visual art and music.

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    Marie-Christine is born and raised in Montreal. She loves food, wine  and cocktails as well as covering Montreal's cultural beat.

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    Julie, fondatrice de Gaje Production, est une créatrice de contenu passionnée de voyage, de mode et de bonne bouffe. D’origine française, Julie s’est établie au Québec depuis 3 ans et adore découvrir de nouveaux lieux tendances et branchés.

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    Born and raised in Montreal, Matthew is currently majoring in Communications at Concordia University. Always on the lookout for the hottest restaurants and bars, when he’s not binge-watching 80’s romcoms you’ll most likely find him playing the guitar.

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    Adventurous, Alexandra decided to leave Quebec city and move to Montreal 7 years ago. A kindergarden teacher, Alex loves anything that has to do with event planning. She works for Twist and Maitre et Chef caterer that organize all sorts of events. Enjoying life, she is always on the lookout for THE next place to be. A social media addict, she loves being up to date with anything happening in Montreal. As a hyperactive person, she doesn’t like routines and loves being with friends and family.

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    He taught himself piano at 10, and learned French by 20. By 30, he’d lived in 6 cities, travelled to 25 countries on 5 continents, and earned 2 degrees in 4 subjects from 6 universities in 2 countries. At 31, Kyle Mooney is in Montreal, as curiously restless, and restlessly curious, as ever.

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    Anie was born in Poland and lived most of her life in London U.K, then spent a year in Mexico before moving to Montreal. A degree in dance led her to build a career in fitness. Now, as Montreal became her new home, she dove deep into discovering the city which turned into a passion that she now shares on Live MTL.

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    Max is a Montreal-based writer, musician, and dad joke conniseur. He writes on all things culture for places like "Sound on Sight", "Vague Visages", "MTL Blog", and others. His highly anticipated debut novel will write itself one of these days, he assumes.

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    Bowling. Writing. Tea. Whiskey. Trees. Bicycles. Lawn chairs. Thesaurii. Rhubarb. Gin. Yelling at the cats when they wake me up. Also butter. Her writing has appeared in "Descant" and "The Barnstormer", and can be found this fall in "Grain".

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    Kate is a Life Photographer and Observationist. She is currently living, breathing and definitely eating in Montreal. You can see more of her work at katemada.com.

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    Rory is from Manchester, UK, and didn't know what winter really was until he moved to Montreal. Since then, he's been writing about music, cinema and literature for various online publications while trying to come to terms with snowfall in April. He's still working on it.

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    Rachel is a born-and-raised Montrealer but has also lived in Banff, Vancouver and London (not the one in Ontario). She writes short and novel-length fiction; at 14, she was published alongside the incomparable Jennifer Love Hewitt in "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 2". She is therefore the literary equivalent of the little redheaded girl from 1982's version of "Annie". Rachel has an extensive but reasonably-priced collection of sweaters and believes that everyone should colour-categorize their bookshelves.

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    Britanny is from Canmore, a small mountain town in Alberta, in which cross-country ski boots are worn instead of shoes. She attended Mount Royal University in Calgary, and moved to Montreal to pursue a career as a writer. Brit misses the small town vibes but is in love with the culture and day-to-day life of Montreal. You can usually find her dancing, laughing, reading, painting, doing yoga or talking too much. The other most likely scenario is that she is hanging out with her cat, Edgar Allen Poe.

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    Jill is London, Ontario born and bred, but found her home in Montreal. While studying at The University of Western Ontario, Jill learned everything she knows about wine-drinking, Pinterest and red lip stain. When she is not writing, she practices yoga, binge-watches “Say Yes to the Dress,” and scours the Internet for the perfect gluten free recipe.

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    Fawn Parker is a writer from Toronto, currently living in Montreal. Her collection, Looking Good and Having a Good Time, was published by Metatron Press in 2015. She is the co-founder of Bad Nudes Magazine.

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    Eden Glasman is originally from London, UK, but is really into Quebec. She came to Montreal to do a Master’s in literature, and has also served stints a youth worker and violin teacher. Likes include: dogs in shoes, cultural confusion, and indoor jungles. Her summer goals are maximised balcony time and seeing Newfoundland.

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    Playing tourist in her own city is the way Caroline likes to spend her weekends. Montreal so far has been able to keep up with her need for adventure, which has led her to visit all the coffee shops in town (fine, maybe not all, but still a few). When she is not drinking coffee, Caroline is studying architecture.

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    Jake fell in love with Montreal four years ago when he moved here from a small town in rural Ontario. He is a musician, cook, technology enthusiast and connoisseur of cheap beer. When he’s not at home playing video games, you can find him bumbling around Chinatown or hanging out at Tams.

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    Darlene is a native Maritimer who has called Montreal home for the past 25 years. Her passion is travelling with her family, and she loves cruising and exploring the Caribbean. When not writing, she is busy looking after her menagerie of animals, which includes almost everything found on the ark.

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    William Richardson is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, and writer, haunting the streets of Montreal, seeking interesting people and things to do and see.

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    Webmaster by day and radical queen by night, Benoît Gorez has an extensive marketing background and a passion for everything food. Lover of his city, he usually goes out every week to try out something new, except in February.

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    A born-and-raised Montrealer, Tania started scribbling on paper before she learned how to sit. She still doesn’t really know how to sit. Lover of shiny things, vintage silk, and really scary movies. Worker of 20 different jobs and counting. You can find her other work and ramblings at littlekokomo.com.

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