Paul Barrett | The Walrus

In her new book of essays, the Canadian poet fights the policing and restricting of black creative expression

The silencing of part-time instructors is the real free speech crisis

Nick Mount’s Arrival brings Canada’s 1960s literary stars to life—but overlooks the era’s diversity

Black writers are not marginal to our literature; they are our literature. So why aren’t they being taught?

In Canadian literature, community is often the only way minority voices are heard

Canadians have a long history of ignoring anti-black racism and gaslighting those who demonstrate its existence