Jonathan “JCC” Chan-Choong is a Guyanese-Jamaican-Canadian word-based artist from Scarborough, Ontario.
Influenced by a multicultural / multiracial background, ancestral stories, and one of the most diverse neighbourhoods in Canada, his work serves as a conduit towards self-understanding and identity.
JCC is an active spoken word performer and published poet with features in zines, podcasts, and radio shows nationally and internationally.
Publications / Broadcasts / Exhibitions
Power of Words Exhibition #2 | Arts Etobicoke | Toronto, April 2025
Decolonial Passages | Online, October 2024
Power of Words Exhibition | Arts Etobicoke | Toronto, April 2024
Issue 20: Acceptance | FeelsZine | Toronto, July 2023
Beige Babies Radio Story | CJRU 1280AM | Toronto, Jan. 2023
Issue 2: In Movement | Collective 4891 Zine | Montreal, Nov. 2022
mixed medium collaboration with Phuong Nguyen
Issue 2: It’s Complicated | Hungry Zine | Edmonton, April 2022
Issue 1: Spring Issue | Unmute Magazine | US, May 2021
Shortlist; multiplatform open call | Crow’s Theatre | Toronto, Dec. 2020
Performances
AE Open Mic (featured performer) | Arts Etobicoke | Toronto, Dec. 2025
Summer in the Park | Replay Storytelling x Crossroads Theatre | Toronto, Aug. 2025
Toronto Climate Comedy | Plant Based Treaty | Toronto, Aug. 2025
The Motherland | InnerGenerational | Toronto, May 2025
Lies My Parents Told Me | Replay Storytelling | Toronto, April 2025
AE Open Mic (invited performer) | Arts Etobicoke | Toronto, Oct. 2024
Asian Heritage Month | CGI-BAIM | Toronto, May 2023
Canada is Creative: Talent Showcase | CMTO | Toronto, June 2021
Professional Profanity | Shits & Scribbles | UK, Feb. 2021
Speak Real on Mental Health | Youthspeak | Toronto, Jan. 2021
Mashed Poetics | RC Weslowsky | Vancouver, Nov. 2020
Galvanized Suns | Diasporic Futurism | Toronto, Oct. 2020
Stage to Page | Community Arts Council | Vancouver, Sept. 2020
AfroVan Showcase | AfroVanConnect | Vancouver, Nov. 2019
Workshops, Facilitations, & Features
Panelist | Asian Heritage Month | CGI-BAIM | Toronto, 2023
Facilitator | Raw Paper – Poetry Writing Workshop | LEAD Org. | Toronto, 2022
Panelist | Anti-Racism, Perspective & Poetry | LEAD Org. | Toronto, 2022
Host / Talent Coordinator | CreativeMornings | Toronto, 2021-2023
Guest | Creative Conversations Podcast | US, 2021
Guest | Wax Poetic Radio | Vancouver, 2020
Education
Screenprinting | Secret Planet | Toronto, 2025
Your Story Here: Radio Production Mentorship | Toronto Metropolitan University | Toronto, 2022