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Housing Justice Issue

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Housing Justice Issue

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Regina, join us August 27th for our the launch of our special Housing Justice issue.

The evening will include a workshop by the Regina Tenants Union and a special performance by Jake & the Kid.

🗓️ Thursday, August 27, 7 PM
📍Artesian (2627 13

Our special Housing Justice Issue hot off the press!

We've worked for months to bring you 60 pages of writing and art from housing justice activists, writers and organizers across the country.

Here's what's inside:
🗺️ A map on tenant actions
🏠 A

In honour of Prisoners Justice Day on August 10, we at Briarpatch hope to celebrate and preserve the long tradition of abolition which exists among Black and Indigenous communities across so-called Canada. We affirm our commitment to the abolishment

The Briarpatch team is coming to a city near you!

Over the next few weeks, we will be hosting launch events for our special edition Housing Justice Issue in Montreal, Vancouver, and Regina.

Swipe to learn more and register at the link in our bio.

August 1st is Emancipation Day which commemorates the Abolition of the British Slavery Act in 1834. It honours the history and legacy of communities which have challenged the colonialist system from fighting against enslavement to fighting for labour

Last week, the constitutional challenge for the court case against the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front – Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum – came to a close, with a verdict set for January 2027.

Their work against the criminalizati

Two weeks ago, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a $2 billion deal with a subsidiary of the U.S. weapons manufacturer General Dynamics. The Liberal government continues to exponentially expand its war machine and policing.

In her 2022 piece, &ld

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As forest fires ravage Ontario, displacing several First Nations, Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to invest in pipeline projects in Alberta, signs more military contracts, and makes cuts to Natural Resources Canada.

In addition to Indigenous co

🚨 We are relaunching our website.

Our website is currently under maintenance. Our web developer is working to get everything back up and running but it will be a couple of months before our website is fully restored.

For the meantime, you can exp

Our 2025 Writing in the Margins Hometown Entry winner.

Carla Harris’ poem, “The Windsor-Essex Lakes are the Victim of This Party” talks about harmful algal bloom as a consequence of climate change compounded by the inaction of the

Brit Sippola’s piece “Dog on the Roof” tackles longing, loss, and the complexity of loving a family member navigating their mental health.

✍️The honourable mention in the Creative non-fiction category as part of our 2025 Writing in

This July, Briarpatch is launching a special issue on housing justice. This issue is a massive undertaking for us, involving more work to outreach, research, edit, fact-check, and proofread.

That’s why we need your help. In April, we launched

Every year, Briarpatch publishes an issue devoted to reporting stories about the labour movement in Canada.

This year, we are looking for articles, investigative reporting, historical analysis, photo essays, timelines, personal essays, reviews, pro

Christina Hajjar’s photo essay “In the Valley of Memory” on the importance of land and the collective struggle for liberation and justice against Zionist occupation and government neglect.

“I use photography in other parts o

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