Born in 1935 in the village of Esket, Cecilia DeRose was welcomed into a loving, supportive Secwepemc family. Growing up in an isolated meadow, Cecilia was the fourth of ten children, spending much of ...

At the height of the Covid pandemic, BC provincial court judge Philip Seagram faced a personal reckoning. His work had been consuming so much of his life he had been unaware even of his own son’s university ...

Kate Braid has never been one to follow the beaten path. In 1977, she broke barriers by stepping—or rather, stumbling—into the male-dominated world of construction. With two beloved memoirs, Journeywoman: ...

When asked, "But where are you really from?" Daniela Elza responds with a challenge: "How much time do you have?"

Is This an Illness or an Accident? is a profound exploration of belonging, identity, and ...

In the early 1990s, ancient temperate rainforests on Vancouver Island became the stage for mass blockades against clearcut logging in Nuučaańuł territory. Until the more recent struggles at Fairy Creek, ...

Beneath My Scars is an emotional and intimate account of Maskerine's escape from an abusive partner and the path that led her to safety. With unflinching honesty, she opens up about the isolating and paralyzing ...

Enter into the life and mind of a shy teenager coming of age in the early 2000s in a pretty, suburban neighbourhood where nothing is quite as it seems—including her. At a glance, she’s a student with ...

When Catherine Lang's niece and Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang was killed while embedded with Canadian troops near Kandahar City, Afghanistan, in 2009, her world shifted.

In the aftermath, Lang ...

Peter “Pete” Maloff was born in Saskatchewan in 1900, the year after the first Doukhobors, including his parents, immigrated to Canada. Living through the eras of WWI and WWII in a Doukhobor community ...

Carly Butler was a lively, imaginative child being raised by her strong and independent mom, DJ, in 1990s Montana. They were a dynamic duo, working on housing projects and bringing music to the local ...