Amelia Eqbal

From the opening poem, “Chai,” Fareh Malik’s debut poetry collection Streams that Lead Somewhere whisks the reader away from the world they’re currently in where they sat down to read a poetry collection, into one where they’re instead sitting across from an old friend—perhaps even over a cup of tea—as they talk about their day.

The book tackles themes ranging from racism and Islamophobia to mental illness and loss of loved ones, but it does so in a way that feels acutely personal. The book b...

What do we do with the legacy of a writer who failed to protect her daughter from being sexually abused by her husband — that she stood by him, and stayed silent? It could be the plot of a short story by Alice Munro, but we know now that these are the facts of Alice Munro's life. Today on Commotion, writers Michelle Cyca, Michelle Dean and Zoe Whittall join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to try to make sense of this devastating truth, and what it changes about Munro's place in Canadian literature.We've...

Fans of Rick Mercer Report, a satirical news show that ran for 15 seasons on CBC, will remember there was one guest who came on more than most: musician Jann Arden."She became a regular on a show that didn't have regulars as a philosophy," Mercer tells Q host Tom Power in a recent interview.Mercer recalls the first time he asked Arden to come on Rick Mercer Report. He and his crew arrived in Calgary only for the shoot they had planned for to fall through."We had no net," says Mercer. "We thought...

It doesn’t take long to spot the damage. From spinning blocks streaked with black spray paint to profanity scribbled on climbing structures, few surfaces are untouched.

As first reported by NNSL, the inclusive Jumpstart playground at Yellowknife’s Somba K’e Park – created to be accessible to children of all abilities – has been the target of repeated vandalism.

“Everybody needs to show up and say stop,” said Jason Butorac, an owner of Yellowknife’s Canadian Tire. He and wife Karen invested the

When an injury ended her varsity career shortly after it began, Chan, BA’12 (Sociology/French), had to reevaluate her post-grad plans of becoming a semi-pro basketball player. In her newfound spare time, she pursued a hobby that quickly turned into something more.

“I had always loved fashion, and I had all this extra time on my hands, so I started writing,” Chan said.

She began to consider a career in fashion journalism – a trajectory all but cemented when she learned that Western offered a co