March Issue
ESSAY
The Case for Sticking Around
Let’s not quit Canada. Let’s make it better for everyone—including Albertans
DIALOGUE
Should we Keep Agricultural Supply Management?
A dialogue between Phil Mount and Danny Le Roy
FEATURE
The Last Crew
The end of the line for the Cree workers that helped southern Alberta agriculture prosper
View of Alberta
5 Stone
by Garth Rankin, silver gelatin photograph, 1984.
Book Reviews
Precarious
by Marcello Di Cintio,
reviewed by Jason Foster
The Beauty and the Hell of It & Other Stories
by Lynda Williams,
reviewed by Jannie Edwards
The Drowned Man’s Daughter
by C.J. Lavigne,
reviewed by Candas Jane Dorsey
Frontenac House Poetry Quintet 2025
published by Frontenac House,
reviewed by Catherine Owen
Canada Unscripted
edited by Vic Sarin,
reviewed by David Moscrop
The Many Names of Robert Cree
by Robert Cree, with Therese Greenwood,
Briefly noted by Alberta Views
Columns
Eye on Alberta
Contributors
(review of The Drowned Man’s Daughter,) is an author, editor and former publisher in Edmonton. A long-time arts advocate, she received the Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s Golden Pen Award for lifetime achievement in 2017.
(“The Last Crew,”) is a journalist and former international aid worker. In 2016 he received a National Magazine Award for his article about uncovering slave labour trafficking on Red Cross projects in Indonesia. His previous AV story (“Deadly Streets”) was about government cuts to photo radar.
(“Protecting the Local,”) is a writer and editor from Calgary and regular contributor to Alberta Views. His first book is Back from the Deep (Steerforth Press, 2024).
(“Should We Keep Agricultural Supply Management?”) is an associate professor of economics at the University of Lethbridge. His research interests include livestock production, irrigation and the impact of renewables policies on agriculture.
(“Should We Keep Agricultural Supply Management?”) is the National Farmers Union’s VP for policy. He grew up on a dairy farm in Ontario and has a research background in political economy and sustainable food.
(review of the Frontenac House Poetry Quintet 2025,) is the author of 17 collections of poetry and prose. Her latest book, Moving to Delilah (Freehand Books, 2024), was nominated for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry.
