December Issue

The December Cover of Alberta Views. We could prevent a mass shooting so why is Canada's ban on assault-weapons stalled?

FEATURE

We Could Prevent a Mass Shooting

So why is Canada’s ban on assault-weapons stalled?

DIALOGUE

Should Healthcare have User Fees?

A dialogue between Shawn Whatley and Shazma Mithani

FEATURE

The Non-judgmental Judge

What we need to know about Alberta Chief Justice Ritu Khullar

Fiction

Holy Ghost

2024 Short Story Contest Winner

View of Alberta

The Gun Sculpture, Sandra Bromley and Wallis Kendal Edmonton. 2000

The Gun Sculpture,
by Sandra Bromley and Wallis Kendal, 2000, Edmonton.

Book Reviews

Ascenti

edited by Lorene Shyba and James R. Parker
reviewed by Peter Hemminger

Prairie Edge

by Conor Kerr,
reviewed by Francine Cunningham

I (Athena)

by Ruth DyckFehderau,
reviewed by Candace Fertile

The Harvesters

by Jasmina Odor,
reviewed by K.I. Press

Northerny

by Dawn Macdonald,
reviewed by Kelly Shepherd

books

Art

Great moments in sport X That awesome downhill by john will

GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORT X, THAT AWESOME DOWNHILL, BY JOHN WILL
1980. Etching. 49 x 69 cm.

Contributors

Mirabelle Chiderah Harris-Eze

(“Holy Ghost”) is a Canadian-Nigerian-American who grew up in Calgary and now writes about chinooks, failure and Igbo masqueraders. Harris-Eze also won the Writers’ Union of Canada’s Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers in 2021.

Barb Howard

(“The Non-Judgmental Judge”) is the author of five books, including Happy Sands from University of Calgary Press. Her article on court delay, “Justice for None,” ran in the December 2018 issue of Alberta Views. 

Shazma Mithani

(“Should Healthcare Have User Fees”) is an emergency physician at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton. She serves as a director of the Alberta Medical Association and of the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton.

Evan Osenton

(“We Could Prevent a Mass Shooting”) is the editor of Alberta Views. He is on sabbatical until January. His article “Who Wants Albertans to Gamble More” won Gold at the 2024 Alberta Magazine Awards.

Shawn Whatley

(“Should Healthcare Have User Fees”) is a physician and Munk Senior Fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Background

Misericordia one of many catholic hospitals in alberta. covenant health

Religion

Holy Healthcare

Our religious hospitals problem

Should we Ban Handguns?

Gun laws

Should We Ban Handguns?

A dialogue between Najma Ahmed and Rod Giltaca

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Justice

Justice For None

A Supreme Court decision on court delay means the legal system must reform.

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