Tanvi Bhatia

Tanvi Bhatia is a writer, editor and facilitator whose background spans multiple genres and industries. She is a migrant settler on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. For years, she was heavily involved in migrant justice and anti-oppression organizing, earning her a nomination for the YWCA Young Woman of Distinction award in 2018. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, and is a former editor of PRISM international and Geist magazine. Her non-fiction and comics, which explore themes from her activist work, have been published in the Toronto Star, the Tyee, Maisonneuve and elsewhere. In 2023, Tanvi transitioned into writing for television, and has since worked in the writers rooms of several Canadian TV series. Currently, Tanvi is carrying out her commitment to change-making as the Outreach Strategy Lead for Women in View, an organization that does research and advocacy for women and gender diverse creatives in the film industry.