(“Winning Back Workers,”) is an independent journalist covering Alberta politics. He is author of Kenneyism: Jason Kenney’s Pursuit of Power and writes The Orchard newsletter on Substack.

Pamela Banting

(review of Conservation Confidential,) teaches ecocriticism and petrocultural studies at the University of Calgary.

Robert Diab

(“Should Canada Ban TikTok?”) is a law professor at Thompson Rivers University and the co-author of Search and Seizure.

Marcello Di Cintio

(“Always Hiding,”) is a Calgarian whose books include Walls: Travels Along the Barricades; Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense; Driven: The Secret Life of Taxi Drivers; and Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers (2025, Biblioasis).

Bonnie Larson

(“Cancelling Care,”) is a physician who was previously a cultural anthropologist. She works mainly with homeless Calgarians where they are—on the streets, in the alleys, by the river.

Theresa Shea

(review of How to Breathe Water,) is author of The Unfinished Child, The Shade Tree and the forthcoming Dog Days of Planet Earth (ECW Press, fall 2026).

Adam Zivo

(“Should Canada Ban TikTok?”) is a freelance writer and weekly columnist at the National Post. He covers the war in Ukraine. He founded and directs LoveisLoveisLove, an LGBTQ advocacy campaign.