The Walrus Announces the Justice Fund Writer in Residence
Justice Fund Toronto and The Walrus are pleased to announce the appointment of Julia-Simone Rutgers as Writer in Residence
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Toronto Is Canada’s Basketball Centre, but You Can’t Always See That in Its Courts
Thanks to the Raptors, basketball has never been so popular. But the lack of high-quality facilities tells a troubling story
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Objectivity Is a Privilege Afforded to White Journalists
Under the banner of diversity, racialized people are told to bring ourselves and our perspectives. But, if we bring too much of them, we get held back
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Untelling the Story of Race
In the face of white supremacy, Black writers respond with narratives of resistance
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Stop Whitewashing Our National History
Canada likes to brand itself as tolerant, multicultural, and benevolent. Black communities know that’s not true
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Race Is a Story and No Single Narrative Defines Me
In a Toronto classroom, I was forced to confront how language makes one person “other” to the next
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The Pressure to Describe My “Background”
As a Black child in a brown family, I had to learn how to define my identity in a new way
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The Challenge of Addressing Slavery in Children’s Stories
Where history has ignored the lives of Black Canadians, writers like Christopher Paul Curtis have turned painful realities into powerful narratives
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