Contributors
“What struck me as I reported this story, on the rise of big data in policing, was how quickly the technology is advancing. Technical issues that only began registering in 2016, such as what to do with racial biases in large data sets, now have tremendous resonance. It’s also apparent that Canadian policy-makers haven’t responded, which means law enforcement agencies are adopting practices and buying technologies from private firms without a robust governance framework, and that’s worrying.” — John Lorinc (“Safety in Numbers,” p. 26) is a frequent contributor to The Walrus who also writes about cities for the Globe and Mail and Spacing. “We respond to a crisis only when it gets acute or when someone takes up the cause—a celebrity or a politician. With Syria, people had been fleeing war for four years before Canadians started to say ‘enough is enough.’” — Kamal Al-solaylee (“Unwelcome to Canada,” p. 34) is a journalism professor at Ryerson University. He is working on his third book. “I first read Elisabeth de Mariaffi’s Hysteria, a thriller about a missing child, the week my son was born. I was in the state of high alertness and delirium that characterizes the early days of motherhood, and while I tried to stay dispassionate, reading the gripping novel with my infant in my arms unnerved me.” — Merve Emre (“Plot Twist,” p. 62) is an English professor at Mcgill University. Her second book, A More Perfect Type, is forthcoming from Doubleday. Sharon Butala (“Against Ageism,” p. 15) is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has published eighteen books of fiction and non-fiction.
Her latest novel, Zara’s Dead, will be released in May.
Lauren Crazybull (illustration, p. 12) has had her work featured in Canadian Art, Briarpatch, andshameless magazines. She is currently working on #yegsad, a webcomic.
Amanda Jernigan (poem, p. 19) is the author of three poetry books: Groundwork, All the Daylight Hours, and, most recently, Years, Months, and Days.
Ruth Kaplan (“Bathers,” p. 56) is working on a photography project featuring refugees living in shelters along the Canadian border.
Peter Klein (“The Lada of My Life,” p. 66) is based in Vancouver. He is the executive director of the Global Reporting Centre.
Tina Knezevic (“Dirty Laundry,” p. 20) has written for the National Post, TVO, and the Dallas Morning News. She is a former editorial fellow at The Walrus.
Arno Kopecky (“Spirit of the Law,” p. 12) is a Vancouver-based journalist and author.
Jeff Latosik (poem, p. 64) will release his third collection of poetry, Dreampad, this spring. Mariah Llanes (illustration, p. 15) has illustrated for the Globe and Mail, Moneysense, and Narratively.
Kirsten Madsen (“Artifacts,” p. 44) has published fiction in The New Quarterly and Prairie Fire. She is based in Whitehorse.
Serena Malyon (illustration, p. 62) is a Medicine Hat, Alberta–based illustrator.
Her clients include Tor, Orbit Books, and Kids Can Press.
Katty Maurey (illustration, p. 44) is a Montreal-based illustrator. She is working on a children’s book with Kids Can Press.
Matt Murphy (cover, illustration, p. 26) is a United Kingdom–based illustrator who has produced work for The New York Times Magazine, the Guardian, and the Washington Post.
George Murray (“Send in the Barbarian,” p. 23) is the author of six books of poetry, two books of aphorisms, and one book for children.
Richard Sanger (poem, p. 33) has had his poetry published in the London Review of Books, Poetry Review, and the Times Literary Supplement. His latest collection, Dark Woods, will be published this spring by Biblioasis.
Ian Teh (photographs, p. 34) is a Kuala Lumpur–based photographer. His work has appeared in National Geographic, The New Yorker, and Mother Jones.