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Editor
Meera Eragoda is a writer and editor of Tamil-Sinhalese Sri Lankan origin. Having spent the last 20 years on MST lands, they are deeply appreciative of the communities of care and resistance there. They enjoy cycling as a form of pleasure activism, dreaming of collective futures, a good croissant, and trying to befriend people with dogs.
Editorial Fellow
Serena Lukas Bhandar is a writer and witch of Punjabi Sikh and Welsh ancestry. As Briarpatch's Prairie Editorial Fellow, she will report on queer histories of resistance to colonialism, as well as speculate on potential futures for marginalized communities in the region as they weather the effects of climate change in solidarity. Find her @shewhoserenades.
Publisher
John Cameron worked as production manager and editor-in-chief at the Carillon at the University of Regina; since then, he has had work published in the Prairie Dog and Vice. When he isn’t reading about racial justice, climate, and labour issues, he’s usually bothering his cat or braising something in a Dutch oven. You can find him on Twitter at @warmandpunchy.
Copy editor
Jenn Harris loves many things: collective resistance to systemic oppression; delivering perfectly punctuated, grammatically correct material to her clients; trail running; her bicycle; being involved in her community; dancing; and apples.
Fact-checkers
Emma Schultz is a born and bred Saskatchewanian. She holds a degree in environmental studies and has a passion for Saskatchewan ecosystems. You’ll often find her sprucing up her tree identification skills, while deleafing alternative facts.
Erin Baird resides on the territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam Nations. She is a writer and researcher, focusing on the social and environmental harms of resource extraction in Canada.
Proofreader
Kim Kovacs is a Canadian-Oxford-Dictionary-toting, red-pen-wielding, grammar-policing bibliophile who moonlights as a nitpicker (i.e. proofreader) on the Volunteer Brigade at Briarpatch. She is based in Regina, Treaty 4 Territory.
Web Developer
For over 15 years Derek Hogue has been designing and developing websites for radical publishers; artists and musicians; and non-profit advocacy organizations across Canada and beyond. He does this from his politically beleagured yet economically affordable hometown of Winnipeg.
Board of Directors
Briarpatch is overseen by a dedicated and delightful volunteer Board of Directors. Each member is indispensable in guiding the magazine through patches of rough sea and ensuring that the ship is sailing in the right direction. Briarpatch's permanent staff have equal participation on the Briarpatch Board. To contact the Chair of the Board of Directors, email chair [at] briarpatchmagazine.com.
- Alex Birrell
- Greer Brabazon
- Deidre Brandt
- John Cameron
- Meera Eragoda
- Batul Gulamhusein
- Shama Rangwala
- Connor Spencer (chair)
