The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellows in the Humanities

Kevin Chong

Host Department: English

Kevin Chong (he/him) is the author of eight books of fiction and nonfiction, including his forthcoming novel, Yorick Yip Meets the Local God. His novel, The Double Life of Benson Yu, was a finalist for the 2023 Giller Prize, and he has published widely as a journalist.

Chong is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus and he lives with his family in Vancouver.

Kevin's term as a Shadbolt Fellow runs from September 2026 to May 2027.

Nathan Crompton

Host Department: History

Nathan Crompton (he/him) is a writer and community organizer based in Vancouver, Canada, where he edits The Mainlander and works for the Our Homes Can’t Wait (OHCW) and the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU).

He recently completed a PhD in French history at Simon Fraser University. Nathan is a building organizer with the Vancouver Tenants Union.

Nathan's term as a Shadbolt Fellow runs from January 2027 to August 2027.

Pamela Post

Host Department: Indigenous Studies

Pamela Post (Ggol’gm Hana’ack) (she/they) is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, filmmaker and educator based in Vancouver in beautiful Coast Salish territory. She is Ts’msyen and German-Canadian, well-known as a longtime CBC news reporter/documentarian and university journalism teacher. Pamela has won major awards and fellowships for her often social-justice-themed CBC reporting. She has strong connections to her family’s traditional village of Kitsumkalum, where she worked in 2019 with Ts’msyen youth at the K-12 band school on a podcast/short film project on 2SLGTBQ+ themes, and strong family ties to Tsimshian villages in Alaska. She is a Sm’algyax learner and beginner speaker of the language her Ts’msyen grandmother spoke fluently.

Her short, stop motion animated film Haboolm Ksinaalgat SOUL CATCHER (based on a true story from her Ts’msyen father’s childhood on the Skeena River) co-directed with Métis filmmaker Amanda Strong, makes its world premiere at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in September, 2026. Pamela’s next story project is Silver Beads on Silken Thread, based on her Ts’msyen aunt’s diaries written from her sick bed in a TB sanatorium. Pamela was given the name Ggol’gm Hana’ack (Cloudberry Woman) in a 2023 traditional naming ceremony by the Tsimshian Tribal Association in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Pamela's term as a Shadbolt Fellow runs from September 2026 to December 2026.

Tarique Qayumi

Host Department: English

Tarique Qayumi (he/him) is an award-winning Afghan-Canadian filmmaker whose work explores resilience, displacement, family, and the search for identity and belongingness amid political and personal upheaval. His dramatic escape from Afghanistan, hidden in the back of a truck with his mother, inspired him to become a storyteller.

A graduate of UCLA’s MFA program, Qayumi has directed for television, including CBC’s Allegiance through the Warner Access x Academy Directing Program. His second feature, Black Kite, a historical drama blending animation, documentary, and live action, premiered at TIFF, screened at more than 20 festivals, and won three Leo Awards for Best Writer, Best Direction, and Best Picture before being acquired by Amazon Studios. His third feature, Conceiving Clara, premiered at the Canadian Film Festival.

His projects have received support from Telefilm Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council, and CBC. He serves on the Directors Advisory Board of DGC-BC, has mentored emerging screenwriters at the Whistler Film Festival, and has served as a jury member for VIFF’s Arbutus Award.

Tarique's term as a Shadbolt Fellow runs from September 2026 to May 2027.