ArticlesPaula E. Kirman
Paula E. Kirman is a writer, editor, photographer, and filmmaker. She lives in Edmonton where she edits community publications and is a singer/songwriter. She is also a community organizer and has been known to drink too much coffee. Her website is wordspicturesmusic.com.
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DramaPlay casts Everett Klippert as a resilient and unashamed Queer Elder
Everett Klippert was a beloved Calgary bus driver who, when confronted by police about his sexuality, refused to lie, and as a result became the last Canadian man imprisoned for being gay. In the play Legislating Love: The Everett Klippert Story, Klippert’s real-life story is interwoven with that of fictional present-day Maxine, who discovers him while researching social policy and navigating her own new relationship with Tonya, a Métis comedian. The result is a poignant examination of queer love through different generations. -
Non-FictionOffering a path toward honouring the treaties and empowering First Nations people
In Let the People Speak: Oppression in a Time of Reconciliation, Winnipeg-based, award-winning journalist Sheilla Jones presents social inequities that affect Indigenous communities in disproportionate numbers as the symptoms of institutionalized powerlessness. -
Non-FictionLearning about the feminist movements, and their history, through an Edmonton magazine
Branching Out, Canada’s first national magazine of second-wave feminism, was published in Edmonton, and reached readers from coast to coast – more than any other Canadian second-wave feminist periodical. However, after it ceased publishing in 1980, Branching Out all but completely disappeared from the historical record. -
Non-FictionGroundbreaking work from symposium grows into anthology of Indigenous performance
Performing Turtle Island: Indigenous Theatre on the World Stage collects multidisciplinary and diverse perspectives that discuss performance as a tool for engagement, education, and resistance, and examines how communities can construct Indigenous identities through theatre. -
Young Adult/ChildrenCreating space to discuss end-of-life decisions helps to better understand life itself
Some teenagers haven’t had a lot of experience when it comes to death and dying. However, like everyone, they eventually will, and broaching the sensitive and complex issues surrounding assisted dying can help prepare young people for the future. -
Young Adult/ChildrenBringing the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike to life through new eyes
The Winnipeg General Strike in 1919 was organized by workers who were frustrated with long hours and low wages. Papergirl takes a fictional look at the strike through the eyes of a child: Cassie is 10 years old and lives in Winnipeg with her working-class family. -
Non-FictionFamily’s tale of long-term travel reveals life beyond the what-ifs
Imagine taking a year off to travel the world. Now, add two young children. Winnipeg couple Daria Salamon and Rob Krause did just that in 2015. -
Non-FictionA cover-to-cover exhibition of works that couldn’t otherwise come together
Manitoba artist Don Proch’s immense body of work includes complex sculptures, silkscreen prints, and life-sized masks. The stunning new book Don Proch: Masking and Mapping follows the course of his career, and provides a rare and intimate look into his working process as well as over 80 plates of illustrations. -
Online ExclusivesPersonal essays blend art and experience to create new perspectives
Amy Fung is a writer, curator, and organizer. She is also a first-generation settler immigrant in Canada. Her new book, Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being, is a collection of personal essays that examine the country’s mythologies and realities surrounding multiculturalism, colonialism, and identity through her unique perspective as an art critic. -
Non-FictionSuffragette’s memoir expands with modern analysis
Ethel Marie Sentance wrote a memoir for her husband in 1952 and gave it to him as a present for their 40th wedding anniversary that year. But her personal story is reaching far beyond her family.
