Rewriting the Climate Apocalypse
BY
Marcie McCauley
ON
October 5, 2021
After spending years avoiding books about the environmental crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic finally pushed me to confront my uncomfortable fears about the Earth’s future. Over the last year, I read more than a dozen eco-themed books, searching for answers. But … Read More
When Kinship Was Colonized
BY
Stephanie Cram
ON
July 10, 2021
Allyson Stevenson’s book, Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship, is both personal and political. From 1961 to the 1980s, Indigenous and Métis children were routinely removed from their families and adopted into … Read More
How to Indigenize Popular Culture
BY
Stephanie Cram
ON
March 21, 2021
Sonya Ballantyne is a lot of things: a filmmaker, a writer, a motivational speaker, a podcaster and yes—even an official Barbie role model.When she was first contacted by the Mattel toy company in 2019, her first thought was that they … Read More
Buzzed on Equality
BY
Sonali Roy
ON
January 9, 2021
Like many other business sectors, the Canadian cannabis industry is male dominated. However, years after Ottawa passed the Cannabis Act, a growing number of female entrepreneurs, including many women of colour, are working to blow away regressive attitudes about gender … Read More
Interview: Souvankham Thammavongsa
BY
Irene D’Souza
ON
September 25, 2020
The exquisite and beguiling short story collection How to Pronounce Knife pierces the heart, leaving the reader melancholy but euphoric. Souvankham Thammavongsa’s ability to instill a spectrum of emotions is a testament to her startling, fresh, lyrical and powerful prose … Read More
Intimate Acts and Everyday Rebellion
BY
SHAWNA DEMPSEY
ON
June 20, 2020
As social animals, we like being together: we watch each other, listen to each other, and share in witnessing. It goes without saying that when we are together, we feel less alone. Among the many things that COVID-19 unexpectedly … Read More
Combing Through Black Beauty Culture
BY
CICELY-BELLE BLAIN
ON
March 15, 2020
It’s Sunday evening and I’m sitting on the couch. On the table in front of me lie three combs, two brushes, four Olive Oil products, a tub of cocoa butter, a hairdryer, a curling iron and about one thousand bobby … Read More
Dionne Brand: Broadening the Literary Landscape
BY
Evelyn C. White
ON
December 20, 2020
The distinguished poet, novelist, essayist, editor, activist and filmmaker Dionne Brand has claimed many of the nation’s most prestigious literary awards. When she was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2017, her citation described how Brand’s art has explored, … Read More
