Hello, my name is Ben Bartosik.

This site is my little space on the internet that isn't controlled by billionaires, algorithms, or AI. I promise I'm not even trying to sell you anything or recruit you to my new MLM scam.

It's just a quiet place where I can think out loud and make connections between the things that interest me and the problems that I dwell on, all with the aim of trying to move the needle forward on making this world just a little bit better.

CV

2023 – Now | Managing the brand and creative team at a national non-profit advocating for more and better climate-ready public spaces.

2019 – 2023 | Leading the team at a creative studio focused on building better brands.

2016 – 2019 | Communications Director for a Toronto charity that worked with vulnerable youth.

2005 – 2016 | Youth programming and community building at a local church.

+ BA in history and a MA in contextual theology and urban church leadership.

Favourite Things

Folk music, pop culture deep dives, vegetarian cooking, Godzilla, woodworking, social history, horror movies, board games, and Prince.

Statement of Faith

I grew up evangelical but I no longer identify with that term.

Dorothy Day once described her life as one having been "haunted by God" and I think that's a pretty good summary of my own faith.

My Patron Saints

Quietly inspired by the lives of Dorothy Day, Bernadette Devlin, and Sinead O'Connor.