Hello friend. I’m a technologist, musician, writer, speaker, activist, husband and father living in Toronto. I’m interested in finding unity behind diversity at the intersection of culture and technology.
- I’m inspired by the potential for innovation through technology, but also wary of the dangers of its misuse, and I’m an advocate for software freedom.
- I process the world through songwriting, and in addition to producing my own music available under free/libre culture licences, I love to accompany other songwriters as a multi-instrumentalist, especially on violin.
- I’m passionate about St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, and pro-life apologetics and strategy.
- I write and speak on culture, technology, music, theology, apologetics, and social reform.
Feel free to contact me. If you’re looking for a bio to use for an event, there are a few options below.
Biography (Full)
Blaise Alleyne is a technologist, musician, writer, speaker and activist based in Toronto.
Blaise has worked as a technology consultant, system administrator, and web developer for Alleyne Inc. as well as on a freelance basis for over 15 years, with a focus on non-profit organizations and free (libre) and open source software. He is an advocate for software freedom, an alumnus of the Google Summer of Code, and a founding member of LibrePlanet Ontario.
Blaise composes, records and performs as a solo songwriter. accompanies other songwriters as a violinist and multi-instrumentalist sideman coast to coast across Canada, and has arranged strings for popular music through the Apeiron Strings Collective and the Hart House Chamber Strings. He is an advocate for free culture, and a CC BY-SA musician.
Blaise completed a Bachelor of Science degree at St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto in 2009, with a major in computer science, and minors in English and philosophy. He graduated from Regis College at the University of Toronto with a Master of Theological Studies in 2019, and has also taken several courses through the Theology of the Body Institute. He attended De La Salle College “Oaklands”, and is taking courses in nonprofit management at Ryerson University.
As a writer and speaker, Blaise was a contributor for five years to the influential Techdirt blog, which has an average of a million visitors per month, on issues of culture, technology, business, and copyright. He is the co-author of a book on end of life ethics, A Guide to Discussing Assisted Suicide. He has been speaking at conferences and to non-profit organizations and community groups on technology, bioethics, music, theology, and non-profit strategy/governance across Canada for over 10 years. Blaise currently works as the Eastern Outreach Director for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, and focuses on St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body in his ministry work.