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Jadyn "machinegunfunkk" Hardie-Bardy, is a queer Kanein’kéha:ka and Jamaican poet, and prevention worker living in Tkaronto. Since opening professional doors Jadyn has journeyed many paths including self-publishing her first chapbook entitled, i am a wandering spirit. Jadyn was a featured artist of VIBEarts’ Desire Lines with collage poetry featured at Tkaronto’s Bathurst Station, R.I.S.E. Edutainment's Legal Artivism Residency, Global News’ TRC social highlights, Give and Grow's Alley Oop Project and many more.

Jadyn uses her art to connect with youth navigating judicial and child welfare systems. Advocating through cultural arts and lived experience speaking, her work explores cultural connections, destigmatizing monoliths, grief, healing and overcoming adversity faced while navigating colonial institutions.

Jadyn guest taught at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Social Work in 2022 and 2023 and continues to speak across Ontario to advocate amongst stakeholders and child welfare workers for a better future for youth in care. In 2024, Jadyn was a poet featured at the National Arts Center: Hip Hop Theatre's BlackOUT Night, as the only youth amongst National poets in a show entitled "The Old Black Maple." She spent much of 2024 teaching in classrooms and communities. As Jadyn's work continues to expand, she hopes to use oral storytelling to share lived experiences, advocate for change, and create spaces to nurture intergenerational conversations and art.