selected features

• An acclaimed Canadian playwright faces questions of pretendianism, The Walrus

• The tokenism trap, The Walrus

• The end of home ownership, Maclean’s

• “We’re tired of waiting”: First Nation unilaterally declares marine protected area, The Guardian

• The curious case of Gina Adams, Maclean’s (Available as a very pretty hardcover!)

• The Instagram parent trap, The Walrus

• On social media, a dangerous conflation of risks, Romper

profiles & interviews

• How Connie Walker got us listening, The Walrus

• Alicia Elliott turns the page on pain, The Globe & Mail

• Waubgeshig Rice finds hope at the end of the world, The Globe & Mail

• Tanya Talaga is telling the stories Canada needs to hear, Maclean’s

• Suzanne Simard wants to change how we look at trees, Chatelaine

• Eleanor Catton defends the institution of the novel, The Globe & Mail

• Jessica Johns dreams up a new genre of Cree horror, Quill & Quire

• Ann-Marie MacDonald on exile and imagination, The Walrus

• The outer child: kidcore fashion reigns on TikTok, Maclean’s

• Resistance 150: Indigenous artists challenge Canadians to reckon with our history, Chatelaine

• Gordon Stenhouse, the grizzly whisperer, Maclean’s

• As a therapist, I know what’s breaking couples up, The Walrus

reviews & criticism

• Chantal Braganza’s debut essay collection examines motherhood, labour and identity, The Globe and Mail

• Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo deftly captures the thrill and desperation of young romance, The Globe & Mail

• Living nightmares: an insurgence of Indigenous horror, Quill & Quire

• In Daughter, Claudia Dey explores the ugly side of the great literary male, The Walrus

• We’re all living in a Barbie world, The Walrus

• Halfbreed: how the memoir opened Up Indigenous literature, The Walrus

• To honour Lee Maracle’s life, read Indigenous women, The Tyee

• Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body, Vancouver Sun

• Sheung King, You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked., Vancouver Sun

• Eden Robinson, Return of the Trickster, Vancouver Sun

• Emily St John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility, Vancouver Sun

• Robin Maynard & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Rehearsals for Living, Quill & Quire

essays

• Sorry not sorry: the art of saying nothing, The Walrus

• Politicians should stop lying about the environment, The Narwhal

• Is summer break bad for everyone?, The Walrus

• Skiing is becoming an endangered pastime, The Walrus

• What's the point of pretendian investigations?, The Walrus

• The inescapable rise of moral superiority, The Walrus

• The persistence of the cat-caller, Insider

• Why is maternity wear still so bad? Romper

• Designing a better hospital, Vancouver Magazine

• The euphoric terror of roller skating, Romper

• Paying respects to Vancouver's corpse flower, MONTECRISTO

• I missed you, beach logs, Vancouver Magazine

indigenous stories

• Why are First Nations closing B.C. parks?, The Narwhal

• Canada’s sovereignty crisis feels all too familiar to First Nations, The Walrus

• Tariff threats have unified Canadians — at the expense of Indigenous Rights, The Narwhal

• We’re losing sight of the night sky. This First Nation is trying to protect it, The Narwhal

• Pierre' Poilievre’s idea of reconciliation is a mess, The Walrus

• Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous, Maclean’s

• A fiery backlash to an Indigenous-led conservation grant, The Narwhal

• Restoring boreal caribou habitat, one tree at a time, The Narwhal

• The Métis aviator charting the future of flight, Montecristo Magazine

• It’s time to bring Indigenous belongings home, The Walrus

• The future of conservation relies on IPCAs — but what are they?, The Narwhal

• “Why didn’t they stop this fire?, The Narwhal

• The dangerous allure of residential school denialism, The Walrus

• Why are so many people claiming Indigenous identity?, The Walrus

• Resilience & reconnection: stories of Indigenous parenting, Romper

• Orange Shirt Day is not about buying orange shirts, IndigiNews

• Learning Cree with my daughter, Romper

• Monuments to what? The Tyee

etc!

• Was your last sandwich made by a cult?, Georgia Straight

• Around the world in eighty lies, The Walrus

• When it comes to kids, many adults need to grow up, The Walrus
  (Selected for The Best Canadian Essays 2025)

• Of course we’re interested in the Trudeau split, The Walrus

• How secure is abortion access in Canada?, Chatelaine

• Why is everyone into tarot now?, Maclean’s

• Tokens of appreciation, Maclean’s

• A week in the life of a falconer, The Tyee

• Roller skating is back in Vancouver — here’s why. Vancouver Magazine