ArticlesLaura McKay
Laura McKay (she, her, hers) is a speculative fiction writer living on Treaty 1 Territory in rural Manitoba. She is the managing editor at Portage & Main Press/HighWater Press. Find her online at writerlauramckay.ca.
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FeaturesRelationship between boy and his grandfather frames celebration of Métis history
Anyone who has experienced social injustice would be drawn to those who stand up for what they believe. Louis Riel epitomizes this to the Métis people. It takes great courage to speak for people who can’t speak for themselves,” says Deborah L. Delaronde. -
Young Adult/ChildrenOffbeat, vibrant, and darkly comedic film Runaway adapted as graphic novel
“I think a point can be made far better with humour than with dire earnestness,” Winnipeg-based Cordell Barker, creator of the animated short, Runaway (2009), says. The darkly comedic film seeks to convey “the sense of society willfully, or obliviously, racing along a one-way track to its doom.” -
FeaturesSharing the joy of outdoor play and the Michif language
Maintaining the Michif language is important to Winnipeg-based Métis author and musician Edgar Danny Desjarlais. “I was never given the opportunity to retain the language. I spent my formative years in the city, speaking English as my first language. When you don’t use it, you lose it,” he says.
