"Raising Marly"

A Canadian figure skater has a 0.08 per cent chance of making it to the Olympics, according to statistics provided by Skate Canada. Calgary teenager Marly Rieger, 14, hopes to become one of those Olympians.

"I just feel like I belong there," Marly said.

As of 2013, there are 2,441 competitive figure skaters registered with Skate Canada across the country...

Multimedia.

Artist Melissa Beaulieu paints live at the Gerry Thomas Gallery

Created for The Skoop Inc. in May 2012 at the gallery's monthly social mixer.

The story of Sam Bayram

This is the story of one man's journey from Lebanon to Canada and how his self-motivation and perseverance brought him to where he is today as a Canadian citizen.

Co-produced with Tanis Brown and April Lamb, 2011

Gorilla Art House turns the creative experience public

Improv art battles give artists confidence

Art teacher Rich Theroux, 42, has taken the artistic experience into his own hands. The Gorilla Art House, which opened only in July, has taken what many artists cherish as being a very solitary process and opened it to the public eye...

"Painted On: Modern Gender Stories"

It all starts at birth. "Are you having a boy or a girl?' Then come the baby gifts. Pink blankets for girls, blue for boys. A little girl gets dolls, kitchen toys and make-up for her birthday while a little boy gets trucks and toy guns. A girl is expected to be soft and dainty, while a boy is rough and strong.

Social expectations based on gender — whether conscious or not — are endless and specific. Many people would argue that gender is not something we are born with. Rather, it's a social construction...

This documentary aired on CTV2 in Alberta on April 6, 2014

I narrated the documentary and co-produced it with Scott Kingsmith, Krystal Northey and Kian Sumalpong.

Alyssa Quirico.