Edmonton Shift Lab looks at five ways to fight racism Racism is a complex social ill that is embedded in our culture, in our history and, too often, in our
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Mission for Dignity
Film project spotlights experiences of disabled Edmontonians It was a long four minutes for Roxanne Ulanicki – in fact, she describes it as “torturous.” The disabled Edmontonian, who uses a
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Canada, You’re Like My Favourite One-Day Uncle and I Love You
Canada, Neghǫnıèhtǫ! That’s “I love you” in Tł̨ıchǫ Dene. I had to ask my Elder, Tł̨ıchǫ Matriarch, Rosa Mantla, for help on how to do this properly for your birthday.
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Edmonton Time
The clock in my hometown ticks toward an optimism that once seemed distant Canada is a great land mass with a multitude of faces, climates and attitudes, a realm defined
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To Revive and Not Revise
What pre-Confederation Edmonton tells us about Canada today In August of 1859, James Carnegie, the 9th Earl of Southesk, arrived at Fort Edmonton. Carnegie didn’t believe in travelling light. He
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This Country Thinks it Gave Me My Magic
I have carved out my own space and found a community that doesn’t need to ask me if i’m ok if my Black were to be haloed by one
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Baba was an Edmontonian
I learned to speak Ukrainian after my grandmother’s death. What would I ask her now Baba rode that train but she hadn’t married a farmer. Nikolai had quit Dzhuriv as
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Home After Home
Maybe it’s not the place you begin that is most important, but where you become the best version of yourself I WAS BORN IN AN INNOCENT VILLAGE OUTSIDE THE CITY
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Declaration of Dinner
Edmonton makes a culinary stand, and it doesn’t care who’s taking notice “WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN ABORIGINAL executive chef in Edmonton, in charge of my own kitchen
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Sweet Dreams on the Prairies at the Dawn of War
His mother was a strong woman who looked like she could hold up the sky, but couldn’t stop their father from dying, and couldn’t keep one giant rat out of