Alicia Aikens
CCTC Coordinator
Alicia Aikens is the CCTC Coordinator and a passionate organizer with nearly a decade of experience in the Environmental and Social Sustainability space. In 2019, she co-founded Solacene, a multifaceted project that includes a podcast, a slow fashion line, and grassroots community organizing, dedicated to imagining and empowering a future that is sustainable, beautiful, and tactile.
Inspired by the historic role of fashion in social movements, Alicia launched her own slow fashion line and led local capacity-building initiatives that explore fashion as a tool for addressing ecological and humanitarian crises. Her work blends creative expression with interdisciplinary thinking, rooted in a belief that meaningful change must be both grounded and imaginative.
Alicia carries a unique perspective informed by her lifelong dedication to building community and fostering connections with nature. She has collaborated with a range of local arts and activism organizations, including Climafide, La Centrale Gallery, Morphoze, Suppart Collective, and Sword Fern Collective, gaining first-hand experience in the power of community-driven movements.
Speaking
Alicia is fluent in french and english. She is available for panels, workshops, artist talks, moderated conversations, and community sessions on circular fashion, textile waste, mending, climate communication, and creative approaches to systems change.
To inquire about booking Alicia, please get in touch.
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Circular textiles and the future of fashion in Canada
Mending as art form, skill, and political act
Communicating the circular economy to diverse audiences
Degrowth, conviviality, and alternatives to fast fashion
Textile waste, repair culture, and extended producer responsibility
Art, activism, and climate hope, the role of creative practice in systems change
Community organizing and grassroots climate action
Youth engagement in sustainability and fashion activism
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Sustainability and circular economy conferences
Academic institutions and research groups
Fashion and textile industry events
Non-profit and advocacy organizations
Community and activist audiences
Post Secondary educators and students
Consumer and community groups
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Master Recycler Vancouver 2026 Conference - presentation and workshop on Circular Design
Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (CANSEE) Conference - presentation on communicating circular economy principles
Artful Inquiry Research Group (AIRG) Symposium, McGill University - panel on artivism, mending as art, and textile circularity
Mending the Future - La Centrale, Montreal feminist art gallery
Fair Fashion Festival - presentation and workshop on mending
MoMent Mode - French-language sustainable fashion podcast (guest speaker on circular textiles and mending culture in Canada)
Solacene Podcast - host and producer, 2021–2025
Various sustainability and community-focused platforms and events