Winter 2026

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Vol. 39 No. 4 (Winter 2026)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Features

Decolonizing Journalism: From Pages to People 

Journalism must move beyond traditional, colonial frameworks to better serve marginalized communities and fill gaps in mainstream media. Through various journalists’ perspectives and Kermalli’s own teaching of a University of Toronto course, the article critically assesses how Black, Indigenous, and writers of colour navigate newsrooms and classrooms, positioning feminist storytelling as a mode for decolonizing journalism.
By Shenaz Kermalli

Against the Codes: Canisia Lubrin on Code Noir

In this interview, writer Canisia Lubrin discusses her award-winning short story collection, Code Noir, which reimagines the 59 articles of the historical 1685 French laws that defined the terms of enslavement. Lubrin reflects on writing as defiance, refusing the reduction of Black life, and her commitment to complexity, silence, and imagination as tools of liberation.
By Boetumelo Julianne Nyasulu

Feminist Comic Contest

The Voice I Must Resist | WINNER

Disgruntled about the rise of Ozempic, this comic reflects on eating disorders, body image, and the white supremacist systems invested in fatphobia.
By Dionne Co

Smile | HONOURABLE MENTION

This comic resists the patriarchal forces that come from all areas of life—school, work, home, and the public—affirming authentic joy over pressured performativity.
By Tara Krebs

Columns

What Alberta’s Book Bans Are Really About
by Christina Hajjar

Federal Government Spends $9 Billion on Military, Blocks Wage Gains for Women
by Kelly Campbell

Restoring What Was Always Ours: Reclaiming the Right to Define Indigenous Identity
by Carlie Kane

When the Mask Slips: The Weight of Expectations and the Cost of Being Strong
by Samah Nimir

Reviews

FILM

NiiMisSak: Sisters in Film
By Jules Arita Koostachin
Review by Mariana Muñoz Gomez

BOOKS

The A Word: A Global History of the Abortion Struggle
Edited by Elizabeth Casillas and Higinia Gray, Translated by Karen Simon
Review by Nyala Ali

A Different Cloth: Reimagining Faith and Feminism
By Dania Suleman
Review by Zehra Kamani

i cut my tongue on a broken country
By Kyo Lee
Review by Jody Chan

cop city swagger
By Mercedes Eng
Review by Leah Bobet

Women Who Woke Up the Law: Inside the Cases that Changed Women’s Rights in Canada
By Karin Wells
Review by Janet Nicol

Taslim: We Are the Prophets
By Carolyn Ramzy
Review by Noor Gatih

Yoko: A Biography
By David Sheff
Review by Evelyn C. White

Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction
By Sonia Sulaiman
Review by Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller