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Love’s Remains

Canada’s poets have left a rich epistolary trail

Snuffed Torch

Can the Olympic myth survive?

Whoville?

Make-believe residents of a displaced community

Sharon Engbrecht

Sharon Engbrecht studies contemporary British and Canadian literature at the University of British Columbia.

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Sharon Engbrecht

Refined Language

How the oil industry rebranded itself September 2024
Let’s start with a thought experiment. It’s 6 a.m. in the dead of winter on the Canadian prairies. There’s no wind, and everything is frozen. The rivers have turned to ice, and the sun won’t be up for a few hours. Without wind, water, or solar energy, how can we imagine a just transition away from fossil…