Literature
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Therapy from home actually worked for me
Everyone should have the chance to go to therapy.
Not because we’re all dealing with serious mental illnesses, but because it’s beneficial to talk out tough and negative feelings.
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Millennial blues
Recently, a very interesting video has been circulating various social-media platforms. In it, an older, seemingly wiser Steve from Blue’s Clues – the beloved television show many millennials grew up watching – gives a heartfelt speech about how proud he is of all that we, his now-adult viewers, have accomplished.
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‘It’s not your fault…you’re not alone’
On Sept. 17, approximately 10,000 Western University students, faculty and staff walked out of classes to protest the rape culture and sexism impacting their campus and campuses everywhere – as well as to stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual violence.
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Planning more equitable cities
The University of Winnipeg, which is home to the Institute of Urban Studies (IUS), has recently welcomed a new director: Dr. Gina Slyvestre, an environmental gerontologist. Sylverstre is an accomplished academic and earned her bachelor of arts, master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Manitoba.
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Alone together
Whether it’s living alone during a lockdown or feeling misunderstood in a room full of people, loneliness is a feeling that, ironically, just about everyone understands. An upcoming art exhibition
explores this paradox. Within Otherness by photographer Glodi Bahati runs from Sept. 27 to Oct. 28. It’s a free show curated by Mahlet Cuff and hosted at Take Home BIPOC Arts House at 622-100 Arthur St. -
Empty towers
Working from home has its perks. Sweatpants, new pets and sleep-ins are certainly appreciated by workers. For small businesses downtown, however, the lack of office workers
due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been economically devastating and has accelerated some negative trends that existed prior to 2020. -
I’ll be your trusted learning partner
With the environmental nightmares of the summer months coupled with a year-and-ahalf- long pandemic, it’s as if we are stuck in the apocalypse. The remains of Indigenous peoples are being found at several residential school sites, the situation in Afghanistan continues to worsen, and, of course, we’re still in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic. Shouldn’t we be coming out on the other side by now?
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Creative writing and internationality
As the new assistant professor for the University of Winnipeg’s (U of W) English department, Dr. Sandy Pool has ideas for incorporating her international experience into the creative writing stream.
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Imagining future possibilities
Honour fandoms by engaging with them in new, imaginative ways
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Literary landscapes
Winnipeg as shaped by writing and writers
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Dreaming of a better world
Reading in Colour
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Crime time
Origin Stories: C.C. Benison
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Writing with kindness and confidence
U of W welcomes exciting new Carol Shields writer in residence
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From one vibrant city to another
Origin Stories: Geez magazine
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Imagining new worlds
Origins Stories: David A. Robertson
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Disability representation needs to be nuanced, realistic and respectful
Reading in Colour
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Playing on paper
Origin Stories: Jon Klassen
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Deaf author boycotts his own book
‘I don’t want other people to feel (alienated)’
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Writing: A homecoming
Origin Stories: Jenny Heijun Wills
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Arts Briefs
Safe September // Apart, Together // Gimme Some Truth // Playground Chitchat // Little Brown Jug X Beetlejuice // Speaking Crow