WHISTLER MULTICULTURAL NETWORK
WHISTLER MULTICULTURAL NETWORK is a grassroots community group of immigrants supported by the Whistler Welcome Centre. Through their monthly Multicultural Community Kitchen program, local immigrant volunteer chefs share recipes, and lead participants in cooking a meal from their culture before everyone shares a meal and stories together. The Community Kitchen team also prepares food for […]
WEBB-CAMPBELL, SHANNON
SHANNON WEBB-CAMPBELL is a mixed-Indigenous (Mi’kmaq) settler poet, writer and critic. Her first book, Still No Word (2015) was the inaugural recipient of Egale Canada’s Out In Print Award. Her work has appeared in many anthologies and publications including The Globe and Mail, Geist, The Malahat Review, Canadian Literature, Room, and Quill and Quire. In […]
VANECKOVA, BARBORA
BARBORA VANECKOVA is a Multicultural Outreach Worker at the Whistler Welcome Centre where she leads the Multicultural Community Kitchen program. She is a keen chef, and one of her recipes is featured in Whistler’s Multicultural Cookbook, created by the Whistler Multicultural Network.
VAN HEMERT, CAROLINE
CAROLINE VAN HEMERT is an Alaskan author, biologist, and adventurer whose travels have taken her from the pack ice of the Arctic Ocean to the swamps of the Okavango Delta. Her writing and research have been featured in the New York Times, Audubon, LA Times, Outside, and MSNBC. Her recent book, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the […]
THOMPSON, KELLY S.
KELLY S. THOMPSON is a former captain in the Canadian Armed Forces, retiring after an injury. She has an honours BA in Professional Writing from York University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, and is a Ph.D. candidate in Literary and Critical Studies at the University of Gloucestershire. Her work has […]
STEFANIK, JASON
JASON STEFANIK proudly resides in Winnipeg’s gritty North End. A poet, publisher, and propagandist, he is a second generation adoptee, of mixed and mysterious background. His collection Night Became Years was longlisted for the 2019 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and shortlisted for the 2018 Governor General’s Award in poetry.
STAPLEY, MARISSA
MARISSA STAPLEY is the author of the bestselling novel Mating for Life, and Things to Do When It’s Raining, which has been published in nine countries and translated into seven languages. The Last Resort, published in June, became an instant national bestseller. Her journalism has appeared in newspapers and magazines across North America. She lives […]
ST. PIERRE, SARAH
SARAH ST. PIERRE joined Simon & Schuster Canada in 2014 and became Editor in 2018. She has worked with bestselling authors of fiction and nonfiction including Beverley McLachlin, Roz Nay, Genevieve Graham, Bob McKenzie, Jody Mitic, and Robert Bateman. She is looking for commercial novels, historical fiction, psychological thrillers, upmarket romance, memoirs, and books that […]
SHENHER, LORIMER
LORIMER SHENHER is an acclaimed author, public speaker, and advocate for marginalized people and police reform. His first book, That Lonely Section of Hell, is a memoir of working on Vancouver’s Missing and Murdered Women file. It was chosen as a Globe and Mail’s 100 Best Books. His new memoir, This One Looks Like a […]
SEESEQUASIS, PAUL
PAUL SEESEQUASIS is a nîpisîhkopâwiyiniw (Willow Cree) writer, journalist, cultural advocate and commentator currently residing in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Since 2015, he has curated the Indigenous Archival Photo Project, an online and physical exhibition of archival Indigenous photographs that explores history, identity and the process of visual reclamation. His writing has appeared in The Globe and […]