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Sara Birrell
Sara Birrell is a writer, settler, and socialist from southern Saskatchewan.
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Caleb Cohen
Caleb Cohen is a writer and master’s of forestry student. He has been planting trees for over seven years.
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John Cameron
John Cameron is a settler writer and musician born, raised, and living in Treaty 4 territory. He's the publisher of Briarpatch Magazine.
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Alex Cosh
Alex Cosh is the managing editor of The Maple and a former staff writer for PressProgress.
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Saima Desai
Saima Desai is the editor of Briarpatch Magazine. She’s a settler living on Treaty 4 territory, and her family is originally from Gujarat, India.
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Simran Kaur Dhunna
Simran Kaur Dhunna is currently studying medicine at Queen’s University. She is a member of Naujawan Support Network.
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Matthew DiMera
Matthew DiMera (they/he) is the founder and publisher of The Resolve, a new independent media outlet in Canada centring, elevating and celebrating Indigenous, Black, and people of colour voices and stories. They are a long-time advocate for the importance and power of social justice and community journalism.
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Patricia W. Elliott
Patricia W. Elliott is a distinguished professor of investigative and community journalism at First Nations University of Canada, with a research background in alternative media in Canada, Thailand, and Myanmar.
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Simon Enoch
Simon Enoch is the director of the Saskatchewan office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. He holds a PhD in communication and culture from Toronto Metropolitan University and York University.
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Kelly Fritsch
Kelly Fritsch is a writer, educator, and parent living in Ottawa. She is co-director of the Disability Justice and Crip Culture Collaboratory at Carleton University.
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Parmbir Gill
Parmbir Gill is a criminal defence and labour lawyer based in Toronto.
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Tracy Glynn
Tracy Glynn is a founder and the coordinating editor of the NB Media Co-op.
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Mike Gouldhawke
Mike Gouldhawke is an âpihtawikosisân (Métis-Cree) writer whose family is from kistapinânihk (Prince Albert) and nêwo-nâkîwin (Mont Nebo) in Treaty 6 territory in Saskatchewan. He is based out of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Səl̓ílwətaʔ and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territories (Vancouver, British Columbia) and has been part of Indigenous and other social movements in the city.
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Yasmine Simone Gray
Yasmine Simone Gray is a disabled writer, artist, educator, and master’s student based in Toronto, Ontario. Find her on Twitter at @_yasminesimone.
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Hannah Kaya
Hannah Kaya is a farm worker and organizer.
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Hannen Sabean
Hannen Sabean is a farm worker living in western Quebec. He holds an MA in Canadian history from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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Bára Hladík
Bára Hladík is a Czech-Canadian writer, editor and artist. Her work can be found in EVENT Magazine, This Magazine, Hamilton Arts & Letters, and elsewhere. Her first book New Infinity was published by Metatron Press (2022). Photo by Colene AuCoin.
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Jayde Jarvis
Jayde Jarvis is a dedicated educator who works across communities to help support children and their families with equity and access. She is currently completing her master of education in leadership and policy at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
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Jennie Long
Jennie Long is a writer, facilitator, and researcher. She holds an MA in environmental studies from the University of Victoria.
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Sophie Jin
Sophie Jin is a writer, researcher, and master’s student looking at long-term care beyond institutionalization. Their work on penal abolition, disability justice, and labour has appeared in Briarpatch, This, and the Monitor, among others.
