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    Abolish long-term care

    We don’t need to confine elderly and disabled people to deadly and dehumanizing institutions. What if they lived in the community and received at-home care from a support worker?

    by Sophie Jean and Megan Linton – 7 min read

  • Magazine

    Saskatchewan survivors and the non-profit industrial complex

    by Rowan Burdge and Jen Lavalley – 20 min read

    After revelations of rampant sexual violence and abuse in Regina’s non-profits, where can survivors turn for justice?

  • Magazine

    “We have our footsteps everywhere”

    by Josh Barichello and Lianne Charlie – 17 min read

    In 2018 the Kaska Dena created their own hunting permit system, to protect their land and the animals that share it. In doing so, they amplified a complex dispute between the Kaska and settler governments about who has authority over the land.

  • Magazine

    The C-IRG: the resource extraction industry’s best ally

    by Molly Murphy and Research for the Front Lines – 24 min read

    In British Columbia, a little-known arm of the RCMP is dedicated to enforcing injunctions for resource extraction companies. Interviews with land defenders, a C-IRG commander, and an anonymous source reveal details about their history, training, and practices.

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  • Magazine

    On Opium: An intoxicating call to arms against the War on Drugs

    by Nora Loreto – 5 min read

    In Carlyn Zwarenstein’s new book, “On Opium,” she forces us to reconsider everything we’ve ever thought about pain and opioids. Her call to action is unmistakable: policies that criminalize and dehumanize drug users will continue to drive the opioid crisis.

  • Magazine

    Ancient remnants

    by Maia Wikler – 9 min read

    The fight to protect old-growth forests – one of the last few places where it’s possible to witness land before capitalism.

  • Magazine

    Demanding reproductive justice for trans women

    by Serena Lukas Bhandar – 5 min read

    If we could reimagine our world in order to put trans women’s well-being at its centre, maybe we could make the system more equitable and safe for all parents and children. 

  • Announcement

    2021 Writing in the Margins Shortlist

    by Saima Desai – 2 min read

    Announcing the shortlisted entries in our 11th annual Writing in the Margins contest.

Current Issue

January/February 2022

Talking to organizers about what it takes to get police out of schools – and keep them out. An investigation into the C-IRG, the secretive arm of the RCMP that enforces injunctions for resource extraction companies in B.C. The Ross River Dena’s fight to protect Kaska Country – and with it, their animal relatives. After revelations of rampant sexual violence and abuse in Regina’s non-profits, survivors search for justice.

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