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Austin Ahenakew
Austin (The Noble Savage) Ahenakew has a unique style that weaves rhythm into storytelling, bringing an urgent truth from the perspective of an Indigenous youth. Austin brings an unapologetic approach to Indigenous struggles, abuse, and PTSD, and shines light on things often unseen. (Headshot by Riley Eashappie)
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Fitsum Areguy
Fitsum Areguy is a student, activist, and freelance writer. His background as a community worker and advocate guide his interest in how race, culture, power, and difference structures our identities and relationships His writing has appeared in the The Community Edition and Korea Expose, and he is the co-founder and project director of Textile, a literary publication and mentorship program based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.
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Shanthiya Baheerathan
Shanthiya Baheerathan immigrated to Canada when she was seven years old and, since then, in some form, has imagined a world where decolonial love is a shared responsibility. She is the co-founder of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario, and is a reader, writer, and researcher in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Sara Birrell
Sara Birrell is a writer and student from southern Saskatchewan.
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David Camfield
David Camfield is a supporter of socialism from below whose book We Can Do Better: Ideas for Changing Society was published in 2017. His website is prairiered.ca.
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Jody Chan
Jody Chan (they/them) is a writer, organizer, drummer, and therapist-in-training based in Toronto.
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Saima Desai
Saima Desai is the editor of Briarpatch Magazine.
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Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land
Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land is an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Winnipeg and a collective member of Bar None, a prisoner-solidarity group based in Winnipeg.
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Paula Ethans
Paula Ethans is is a writer, poet, and human rights lawyer. Her work focuses on gender, migration, and power, and she has written for the Tyee, the Ottawa Citizen, and kaur. space. You can follow her on Twitter, @PaulaEthans.
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Todd Gordon
Todd Gordon is a socialist and activist based in Toronto. He is a co-author (with Jeffery Webber) of Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America.
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Talia Gruber
Talia Gruber is a graduate student in social work, and a community worker based in New York and Toronto.
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Phil Henderson
Phil Henderson is a settler and a student at the University of Victoria, on occupied W̱SÁNEĆ and Lekwungen territories, where he researches Canadian imperialism and anti-imperialist movements.
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Gord Hill
Gord Hill is a member of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation on the Pacific Northwest Coast and has been active in Indigenous resistance and anti-capitalist movements for many years. He is also a writer, artist, and public speaker. He is the author of The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book, and The Antifa Comic Book.
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James Ip
James Ip regards street photography as a natural extension of his training as a journalist and storyteller. His work explores themes of human isolation and interaction, as well as community and belonging. James is a graduate of Ryerson University’s journalism program. He lives and works in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough with his partner.
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Tai Jacob
Tai Jacob is a master’s student in geography at McGill University. They organize with communities dedicated to migrant justice and Palestinian solidarity. They are a member of Resource Movement.
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Daniel Sarah Karasik
A Toronto-based writer, Daniel Sarah Karasik (they/them) organizes with IfNotNow and Artists For Climate & Migrant Justice and Indigenous Sovereignty, among other groups.
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Navjot Kaur
Navjot Kaur is an educator based on Treaty 6, Alberta. Her work focuses on building educational spaces for action through organizing. She is a board member of Friends of Public Services and a co-founder of Courage. Follow her on Twitter @NavKaur_yeg.
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Shehnoor Khurram
Shehnoor Khurram is an educator and environmentalist based in Toronto, Canada. She is currently completing her doctoral studies at York University. She is also a senior editor at Re:Locations - Journal of the Asia-Pacific World, and her writings have appeared in the Huffington Post and the Ecologist. Twitter: @sjejnoor
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Joël Laforest
Joël Laforest has a background in philosophy and geography. He studies income polarization and produces the Alberta Advantage Podcast.
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Aaron Lakoff
Aaron Lakoff is an award-winning independent journalist, media-maker, and community organizer based in Montreal. He is currently working as the Communications and Media Lead for Independent Jewish Voices Canada.
