Profile

Garvia Bailey is a storyteller, broadcaster, host, producer, and co-founder of the on-line radio station, JAZZCAST (jazzcast.ca). She has been an on-air host and producer with the CBC and JazzFM91. She conceived of and developed a storytelling workshop for creative entrepreneurs, which she has taught for the last 3 years. Garvia is a sought after moderator, workshop facilitator and interviewer working regularly with Hot Docs, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Toronto Public Library and others. Garvia is a freelance podcast producer and host with Antica Productions, Historica and Media Girlfriends Inc. and produces content with the award winning multi-media production company Pop Sandbox. She is a jurist for the prestigious Canadian Hillman Prize in investigative journalism and a 2020 co-winner of the Canadian RTNDA award for opinion writing. Garvia is currently editing her 83-year-old mother Eva’s memoirs.