Communications + Media 17.06.25 2025 Issue — Movement: A Letter to Readers Editorial Board What does “movement” mean to us? Read Full Article
Communications + Media 18.06.25 Working Draft article wins Gold at Digital Publishing Awards Editorial Board Congratulations to writer Hannah Palamer! Read Full Article
Identity Creative Nonfiction 01.04.25 Moving Through Grief Grace Willmer When my mom died, grief cracked me open and left me feeling disconnected from myself and my identity. Mom always encouraged my creativity, but since she’s been gone I’ve struggled to sing and paint. Could finding my way back to music help me find a new version of myself? Read Full Article
Identity Creative Nonfiction 05.05.25 Bound by Baybayin Iris Ginez Baybayin, an ancient script pre-dating Spanish colonialism in the Philippines, is making a resurgence. Its defiance against near-extinction is a testament to how cultural identity can be found through a script almost lost, especially for diasporic Filipinos seeking to reconnect with their ancestral heritage. Read Full Article
Identity Feature 08.04.25 More than Words Zoé Buissé Our voices reflect who we are and how the world recognizes us. Technological advancements in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices are allowing people who use AAC to claim a voice they identify with. Read Full Article
Communications + Media 18.06.25 Working Draft article wins Gold at Digital Publishing Awards Editorial Board Congratulations to writer Hannah Palamer! Read Full Article
Communications + Media 17.06.25 2025 Issue — Movement: A Letter to Readers Editorial Board What does “movement” mean to us? Read Full Article
Identity Creative Nonfiction 05.05.25 Bound by Baybayin Iris Ginez Baybayin, an ancient script pre-dating Spanish colonialism in the Philippines, is making a resurgence. Its defiance against near-extinction is a testament to how cultural identity can be found through a script almost lost, especially for diasporic Filipinos seeking to reconnect with their ancestral heritage. Read Full Article
Health + Lifestyle Feature 02.05.25 Is She on Ozempic? Skye Anderson A miracle drug? An easy way out? How about neither. Like most things, using Ozempic as a weight loss tool is more nuanced than its reputation suggests. One Winnipeg woman shares her story with GLP-1. Read Full Article
Society Feature 01.05.25 Little Readers in the Prairies Brendan Labarre If you enter any eighth-grade classroom in Manitoba, about every fourth student would fail to read at the standard reading level. Literacy skills are on the decline in Manitoba and after the COVID-19 pandemic, this decline became more drastic. With students spending less time reading and more time on screens, the issue remains: What are Manitobans doing to improve children’s literacy? Read Full Article
Communications + Media White Paper 01.05.25 Personal Branding For Manitoba’s Film & Video Production Industry Angel Pangilinan In an industry that relies on connections and word-of-mouth, how do you stand out? The answer isn’t as intimidating as you’d think: personal branding. Read Full Article
Society Feature 01.05.25 A Chance to Dream Sofia Peralta-Baron Many young Canadians dream of becoming professional hockey players — a dream that women and girls were excluded from until the inaugural season of the PWHL, a league that finally provided female players a livable wage. How has the reality of a professional women’s hockey league impacted elite female players? For Manitoba’s Katie Tabin, it changed everything — and the effects are rippling out to younger women and girls across the province. Read Full Article
Arts + Culture Book Review 30.04.25 Community in the Face of the End of the World Angel Pangilinan How do you survive the end of the world? In her debut memoir “Apocalypse Child” Carly Butler reflects on a childhood of Y2K paranoia and religious dread. Her journey out of the isolation of the BC wilderness is a gentle reminder that surviving life’s personal armageddons requires community, not canned goods — a timely message for our conspiracy-ridden, politically divided world. Read Full Article
Society Feature 30.04.25 Renaming and Reconciling Daniel Vlacich “Abinojii Mikanah” – it’s the name that’s been in everyone’s mouths, but not because they’re learning to pronounce and appreciate it. From historical and linguistic perspectives, there are many reasons for place names to change and move forward as society does the same. Read Full Article