NOW: VP of Programming at Arts Commons in Calgary. BEFORE: Artistic Producer-The National Creation Fund (NAC) in Ottawa, award-winning director, dramaturg. ONGOING: Ph.D. Candidate (Queen’s) working on audio essay series called: Conversations at the End of Theatre. Concurrently focused on how the performing arts sit within Canadian culture; SGS is co-author of Manifesto for Now. Along with her partner, Tracey Erin Smith, she co-stewards Birchdale in Southwest Nova Scotia.