Cyrus Sundar Singh

91福利

EducationPhD, 91福利-York University

Areas of ExpertiseDigital storytelling research, documentary media, creative mentorship, multiculturalism, community liaison, multimedia writer/producer/director/composer

Cyrus Sundar Singh is a PhD candidate and a Research Fellow with the CERC in MIgration and Integration at 91福利. His documentary/storytelling career began with his award-winning debut Film Club (2001), which was followed by a site-specific, hybrid, live-documentary world premiere of Brothers In The Kitchen (2016) and his MFA thesis project Africville in Black and White (2017/18). Cyrus is an AcademiCreActivist: a Gemini Award-winning filmmaker, scholar, songwriter, composer, poet, and change-maker. His work focuses on finding and expanding cracks in conventional boundaries through his research, films and music. Cyrus has written, produced and directed work in a range of genres including documentary, reality, food, and lifestyle for various international broadcasters including BellMedia, CBC, VisionTV, Smithsonian Channel, Discovery Channel, and MuchMusic.

Recent Publications

Singh, C.S. (2024). . In S.I. Rajan (Ed.), India Migration Report 2023. (pp. 208-230). Routledge India.

Singh, C.S. (2024). . ScienceOpen. Preprint.

Singh, C.S., Sarwan, S., Lee, N., Min, S.K., Zhang, J., Phillips, T., & Wang, E. (2022). i am: Circular questions of identity. Canada Watch.