Against the Duck Factory
by Alex Wilson, Owen Toews, and Kevin Settee Mar 1, 2021 12 min read Share Water control is out of control in Canada. The latest case in … Read More
Category: Briarpatch
Baby book: Documenting undocumented motherhood
by Queenie, Jen Bagelman, and Geraldine Pratt Mar 1, 2021 9 min read Share This book belongs to Angelou. It was a gift from mama Queenie. … Read More
China, the Canadian left, and countering state capitalist apologia
by Vincent Wong Mar 1, 2021 17 min read Share It was a warm summer night in downtown Ottawa, with COVID-19 restrictions dampening what would otherwise have … Read More
Land Back beyond borders
by Ella Hartsoe Mar 1, 2021 10 min read Share “But land-based does not have to mean landlocked.”—Lou Cornum, “The Space NDN’s Star Map,” The New Inquiry … Read More
Finding kin and connection through “Halfbreed”
by Claire Johnston Mar 1, 2021 6 min read Share My father lives alone year-round on a lake in the bush in Treaty 3 territory in northwestern … Read More
a simile is more honest than a metaphor thank you no questions at this time
Koshu Kunii/Unsplash i have an (actually) autistic relationship to metaphor which is to sayi have trouble with the slippages involved in saying two thingsare the same when clearly they’re not, … Read More
Clock me like one of your French girls
Mel Poole/Unsplash 14th Avenue heading east. Warm evening wind on a face freshly shaved. Usual ambling gait supplanted with pace, purpose, and an inability to deviate from direction. Sent by … Read More
PLEASE LISTEN
I want other people, especially those who benefit from wealth and power, to understand what it really feels like when no one is listening. I often feel overwhelmed by the … Read More
International solidarity won’t be “cancelled”
The front page of the National Post on March 11, 2021. The first time I heard Dr. Norman Bethune’s name was in China, almost 10 years ago. At a dinner … Read More
Uncontainable
by Daniel Sarah Karasik Mar 18, 2021 16 min read Share A deadly new disease spreads and the government dithers. So the public, knowing the stakes, gets … Read More
Against all nationalisms
In Phil Henderson’s July 2020 Briarpatch review of my new book, Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants, he erroneously claims that I “drive a wedge … Read More
Levelling the playing field
York United FC players huddle up before a match. Photo courtesy of Casey Telford. When the Canadian Premier League (CanPL) first launched in 2019, it was met with excitement and … Read More
The ‘super strong Black woman’ and the silent suffering
Solana Cain I always get very angry when people, especially Black women, celebrate the strength of the Black woman and the legendary image of the dark-skinned superwoman. I constantly hear … Read More
In Canada’s federal women’s prisons, reproductive rights are under threat
Cherylanne James In 2015, several Indigenous women began reporting forced and coerced sterilizations in Saskatoon hospitals. The history of forced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada is long – just … Read More