MARTHA DAVIS

Welcome to my website! Here you’ll discover how I empower people to think about the many challenges we face and begin to talk about them without fear. I use a light-hearted and playful approach and believe my work will educate and inspire both adults and children. I invite you to explore the way I see the world and join in my journey! Check out the MY WORK section of the site for information on and links to my dioramas, photography, films and books. Interact with me by posting comments in my BLOG. Enjoy the seniors living life to the fullest in my DREAM SCENES GALLERY. Have a look at the PROGRAMMES I offer for children, adults and seniors. Consider signing up! My programmes are a little different from the usual fare. I’m proud of that.

Martha Davis is a self-taught photographer, award-winning independent filmmaker, children’s author and retired elementary school teacher (TDSB 1991-2017) based in Toronto. She holds an Honours BA in Drama and Cinema Studies (Innis College) and a B Ed from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, both from the University of Toronto. Since her retirement, she has been collaborating with children on film and photography projects with a social justice theme outside the school system and running photography programmmes for seniors and children. She still maintains her license to teach with the OCT, and has a current Vulnerable Sector police check. She sings in three community choirs, participates in two climate action groups, walks and cycles everywhere, talks to strangers and goes to the movies once a week.

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About the Panda Diorama, above: I call it Rally for Change. My 104-year-old friend Petra, who lived through the German Occupation of Norway, said to me, “Never take your vote for granted.” I dedicate this diorama to her.