ABOUT
Ayla lefkowitz is a Toronto-based spoken word artist, educator and social entrepreneur. She is the Co-founder and Co-Executive Director of CANVAS Arts Action Programs, a non-profit organization that educates on gender equity, consent and LGBTQ2S+ inclusion. Ayla is a graduate of McGill University and the London School of Economics with an MSc in Health, Community and Development. In 2017, Ayla won first place at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word, and published her first book of poetry titled Armour. Her poetry is passionate and honest, with vulnerability as one of its greatest strengths. Through poetry and movement, Ayla uses her platform to challenge stigma about sexual violence, mental health, and armpit hair.
Poet
Award winning spoken word poet
Currently booking:
Spoken Word Poetry Performances
Poetry Writing Workshops
Live Performances
Armour, book of poetry
On Sale Now
$15
Educator
Currently offering public talks on the following topics:
Social Entrepreneurship
My learnings from building a non-profit organization from just an idea and what young professionals can gain by starting their own initiative
rape culture & consent
The ways that rape culture affects each one of us, and how we can teach the foundations of consent to youth
Intergenerational Trauma
The impacts of intergenerational trauma as the grandchild of four Holocaust survivors and my journey to healing
Social entrepreneur
Co-founder and co-executive director of
CANVAS Arts Action Programs
CANVAS Arts Action Programs (CANVAS) is a non-profit organization based in Toronto, Canada. Co-founded by Ayla Lefkowitz and Miriam Selick in 2014, CANVAS uses interactive, arts-based education to prevent gender-based and sexual violence, homophobia and transphobia.
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