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ISSN 2817-8327 (Print)
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Monument Grotesk & Gravity (ABC Dinamo), Tiempos (Klim), Spot mono (Schick Toikka), Screamer (Florian Karsten), Softcore (Teiko), Animo (Heavyweight), Slussen (Blaze).
Masthead Fall/Winter 2025
Publisher
Althea Blackburn-Evans
Editor-in-Chief
Marcia Steyaert
Senior Editors
Paul Fraumeni
Megan Stacey
Design/Art Direction
Raj Grainger
Assistant Editors
Amanda Jackman
Trista Walker
Contributors
Steven Anderson
Alex Aris
Wyatt Bain
Tishan Baldeo
Patchen Barss
Shannon Bellisle
Gabrielle Drolet
Niklas Elmehed
Keri Ferguson
Daniel Hearn
Jean Hung
Melinda Josie
Alexa Kavoukis
Mac Lai
Colleen MacDonald
Crystal Mackay
Jodi Lynn Maracle
Andrew Nelson
Frank Neufeld
Jeff Renaud
Zoe Rousseau
Alice Taylor
Dalbert B. Vilarino
Rose Wong
Sarah Wright
Land Acknowledgement
Western University is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron peoples, on lands connected with the London Township and Sombra Treaties of 1796 and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum.
This land continues to be home to diverse Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) whom we recognize as contemporary stewards of the land and vital contributors of our society. Their distinct rights are an important part of our institutional responsibility to Reconciliation, and they are essential partners as we continue our commitment to increasing Indigenous voices and presence across all levels of community life, work, study and research.
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The installation What Do You Carry? What Do You Leave Behind? (detail) by Indigenous artist-in-residence Jodi Lynn Maracle includes sculpture and performance with soil, calico, deer hide, salt and found objects. Maracle uses Haudenosaunee material and techniques—combined with soundscapes, projections, video and performance—to interrogate questions of place, power, erasure and responsibility to the land.
Back Cover
To build a just, sustainable world, we must value agriculture and reward the farmers who feed us.
Bipasha Baruah
Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies professor
and Western Research Chair
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