Our February Writer of the Month is Mariam Baldeh, an up-and-coming writer from The Gambia, whose fiction piece, “Innocent”, brought tears to our eyes and stole our hearts.

The child opens his palms and summons the darkness. It comes swiftly, mercifully, like a warm blanket he can’t sleep without. Around him, the giggles and scurrying footsteps of his classmates as they hasten to camouflage into the background. Some

She carried it with her everywhere; the way one might carry a cold as an unwilling but obliging host. But unlike a cold, when an angry jinn inhabits your body, it changes the locks and wreaks havoc on your liver. It was my cousin Corine who first

When I told you that I would die an early death, you laughed and called me melodramatic. When I shared the knowledge that I would die by your hands, you laughed harder and told me how unfathomable that was, that you, who loved me more than God

Women are largely underrepresented in the film industry, particularly as writers, producers, and directors. Three independent local female filmmakers are carrying out all three roles, driven by determination and a story to tell. They all share a

Racism literally makes people sick, and we need to do more to understand its role as a determinant of health.

An upcoming exhibit at the UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA) explores the significance of written and spoken word across diverse cultures in Asia. Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia, which runs May 11–Oct. 9, encompasses a variety of

The Sepik River in Papua New Guinea is home to the Iatmul people, an indigenous community of over 400,000 people whose cultural identity, economy, and way of life is threatened by impending mining operations. In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man:

On Feb. 3, 1971, the story of four men living with cerebral palsy (CP) came to life on the Factory Theatre stage in Toronto. Creeps, by Canadian playwright, journalist and poet David E. Freeman is credited as the play that changed Canadian theatre

For over 24 years, former RCMP forensic scientist Brian McConaghy has worked with Ratanak International to build orphanages in Cambodia and rehabilitate children rescued from sex slavery. Brian's work also connects spirituality to social change.