The Creator On the cover: Herbalist Gina Badger harnesses plants’ wisdom and healing (in small doses)
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The Moment Caring for the dome atop Vancouver’s Sun Tower
Read MoreThe Butterfly Effect
The Business Silk Laundry’s founder, Katie Kolodinski, on longevity and butterflies
Read MoreTerrarium by Winnie Truong
Artist’s Block Winnie Truong’s bursting terrarium
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Room to Grow
The Interior Perkins&Will’s Vancouver studio is as green as the architecture firm’s practices
Read MoreHome and Away
Work-In-Progress How the Winnipeg Art Gallery brought thousands of Inuit sculptures into the light
Read MoreShifting Ground
The Conversation Rage, sadness and hope: Decolonizing our arts institutions
Read MoreCome On Let’s Happy
Make room for the arts Douglas Coupland’s frenzy of emojis for Allied and Westbank’s latest collab
Read More111 Robert- Bourassa
The 1KM Guide Sights and strolling around Montreal’s Cité Multimédia
Read MoreSparking a Revolution
Now & Then Kitchener’s Tannery District remains a beacon of industriousness
Read MoreMisbah Ahmed
Fill In The Blank Misbah Ahmed’s urban infill
Read MoreContributors
ILLUSTRATIONS BY KAGAN MCLEOD

Alana Paterson is an editorial and commercial photographer based on the West Coast of Canada. She likes trucks, dogs, boats, plants and photography. She shot our cover subject

Mélanie Ritchot (Work-in-Progress) is a Nunavut-based journalist who abides by the Benjamin Franklin sentiment “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” You can find her reporting at the Nunatsiaq News.

Toronto artist Winnie Truong (Artist’s Block) works with drawing, cut paper and animation to explore the ideas of identity, feminism and fantasy. She has exhibited across North America and Europe.

Chantal Braganza is a Toronto-based writer and senior editor at Chatelaine. In this issue, she shares her thoughts on motherhood and creativity (Rethink). Her first book, Guardian Flesh, is forthcoming from Strange Light.
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Kristina Ljubanovic
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Whitney Geller, Yasemin Emory, Berkeley Poole
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Fredo Zavarella
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Catherine Dean
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Michael Nyarkoh
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Catherine Connes
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