Meghan Gardiner
Human Element

Meghan is a Vancouver based artist/entrepreneur who fuses an artistic practice with social justice and education. She is the co-founder of Human Element, an agency that provides professional actors for law-enforcement and social services training across the country. Her current clients include: the JIBC, the VPD, RCMP, CBSA, MCFD, West Van PD and the Surrey Police Service. A sexual assault survivor, Meghan has written four plays on sexual violence, most notably her one woman show, Dissolve, which has been touring North America for over twenty years. Meghan has been nominated for the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards and received a citation from the American Alliance for Theatre in Education. She has been a keynote speaker at countless conferences, including the Toronto Police Service’s International Conference on Sex Crimes and the Ending Violence Association of BC’s Annual Training Forum. Meghan is passionate about effectively communicating, whether that’s on stage, on a film set, or in the throes of a police scenario.