Carol Sill

Carol Sill

Producer, writer, and social media consultant, Carol Sill is always seeking ways to apply the transformative power of social connectivity. Her experience in media, consciousness, culture and technology infuses her work with clients and in groups. She loves meditation, gardening, and tea culture and is a grandmother of two.

She has led and coordinated groups as small as 6 and as large as 2-300, both ongoing and in workshops and panels. Her experience and group work is informed from her Sufi study and practice, which was catalyzed and mentored by Shamcher Beorse, Pir Vilayat Khan, and Hidayat Inayat Khan. She has participated in Buddhist study and practice with Geshe Kaldan, as well as taking part in sweat lodges, dances of universal peace, zen meditation and yoga disciplines. One of the founders of Lake O’Hara Camp, an annual meditation gathering which lasted over 21 years, she also founded and encouraged development of sufi centers in Western Canada, teaching meditation in the open tradition of Inayat Khan. Ordained to perform Universal Worship, she provides services for weddings, funerals, baby blessings and house blessings.

Since the mid-90s, Carol has been actively involved in digital media. Her background includes international broadcast and non-theatric distribution, new media education and independent production. She taught for many years at Vancouver Film School New Media, developing curriculum and courses, and also taught several Writing courses at Langara College. Her interactive artwork has been exhibited internationally. Electric Living in Canada, an overview of digital culture involving interviews with 100 digital artists and media theorists, is one project which she wrote and co-produced.

A graduate of trade Publishing Intensives (SFU, Banff Centre), she founded Alpha Glyph Publications, Ltd. to provide comprehensive 21st century editorial and publishing services for unique niche-market publications in print and new media. In addition to her formal education, she continues independent study in the work and methods of Marshall McLuhan, after a first introduction to this via McLuhan friend and collaborator, Barrington Nevitt.

Personal publications include Documentary Print, Human Ecology: Notes on the Sacred Element Work, and An Interview with Shamcher Beorse. Site: http://carolsill.com, Blog: http://carolsill.wordpress.com. Connect on twitter @carolsill.