Ify Chiwetelu is co-host of Now or Never, where she shares the stories of people finding the courage to make a change in their lives. 

At Now or Never, she has spent the first days of freedom with former inmates, joined in a game of hide-and-seek with strangers in the park, eavesdropped on phone calls with seniors looking for love, searched for answers with a parent grieving the loss of a child, hid backstage at a high school theater performance, among many other stories. 

In her time at CBC, Ify co-created Black on The Prairies, an award winning multimedia exploration of the past, present, and future of Black life in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. She has also produced and hosted radio specials Black On the Prairies, and The Bod Pod.

Ify has had careers in the energy sector, frontline youth work, comedy writing and performance (stand-up, improv, sketch), and who knows what next! She has written articles for CBC Comedy and was a contributing writer for season two and three of CBC's hit television show, Baroness Von Sketch Show.

Born in Nigeria, Ify has spent most of her life in Canada and currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.