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Ayesha Lye

Ayesha Lye is a journalist, sound artist and filmmaker. They have a deep love for sound as a catalyst for ideas, art and community formation.

For many years, they worked as a radio journalist and writer. They’re the co-founder of Peterborough Currents and Peterborough Independent Podcasters. Now, they are pursuing film and television – learning as an apprentice to do film sound and working on their own scripts for independent production.

Ayesha's Latest Articles

A photo of a bridge going over Jackson Creek in the summer.
Care about climate change? Here’s what we know about the City’s action plan for 2021

A detailed look at the draft budget’s proposed contributions towards climate change

Diving into the proposed changes to social services in the 2021 municipal budget
Arts and the city budget: interview with Su Ditta
Portrait photo of Dean Pappas in a graphic with a clock tower.
Dean Pappas on the 2021 budget deliberations and the impacts of COVID-19
Introducing the Budget Week podcast
Hub for free clothing and items closes its doors, shifts to a new model

OPIRG Peterborough recruiting volunteers to operate The Free Market Working Group

The science and ethics of mandatory masks

Peterborough is adapting to life with masks — but why is the mandatory order justified?

Pandemic puts the squeeze on parents and childcare facilities

Access to childcare identified as a key to economic reopening

The bands play on!

How four local musicians are finding ways to create and perform through the pandemic

Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre sees 50% jump in crisis line usage during pandemic

New funding will allow the Centre to expand its texting crisis line

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