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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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estefania alfonso falcon
estefania alfonso falcon (they/he/she), a.k.a. yes, is a radical genderfluid queer cubanx migrant, poet, tattoo artist, and educator living between k’jipuktuk (Halifax) in Mi’kma’ki and Ouentironk (Lake Simcoe).
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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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Manahil Bandukwala
Manahil Bandukwala is a Pakistani writer and artist. See her work on her website, manahils.com, or follow her on Twitter @manaaaahil.
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Sara Birrell
Sara Birrell is a writer and student from southern Saskatchewan.
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Lindsay Blewett
Lindsay Blewett is a sex worker and a PhD candidate in gender, feminist, and women’s studies at York University.
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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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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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Erin Innes
Erin Innes is a writer, activist, and organic farmer. She lives in a small rural community on the Pacific coast.
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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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Kate Jacobson
Kate Jacobson is an organizer living in Calgary. She currently researches post-war British industrial disputes, organizes tenants, and is the host and sound engineer of the Alberta Advantage podcast.
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Meral Jamal
Meral Jamal was born and raised in a family of 20 in the United Arab Emirates. She is a journalism student at Carleton University in Ottawa, and spent a summer in the Yukon as part of Stories North, an initiative by Carleton professor Kanina Holmes to get journalism students involved in experiential learning.
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Daniel Joseph
Daniel Joseph is a senior lecturer of digital sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he researches the political economy of game apps, platforms, and digital labour. He’s an organizer with Game Workers Unite.
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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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Bee Khaleeli
Bee Khaleeli is a Montreal-based student and writer with extensive experience in sexual violence prevention and support work, particularly in university settings. They are pursuing a bachelor’s degree in history and gender studies at McGill.
