You may have noticed there were no hot takes in your inbox this morning! We’re very sorry about that! Over the summer, we have decided to move to a once-per-month newsletter so we can enjoy more of Saskatchewan’s hot mess weather. So keep your eyes peeled (gross) for your monthly Dispatches on June 11, July 9, and August 13. In the meantime, here are some articles we’ve published recently as well as recordings from two of the three Solutions Journalism workshops we held earlier this month.
From “What is Solutions Journalism” with Saima Desai, Kimberley Hartwig, and Sara Birrell:
From Janine Windolph’s workshop on Storytelling in Indigenous Communities:
Two stories on why the Discourse™ around conversion therapy in Regina was trash, by John Cameron and Cat Haines:
Denin Lowley via Unsplash
https://briarpatchmagazine.com/saskdispatch/view/mapping-the-connections-between-anti-queer-anti-trans-speakers-at-reginas-conversion-therapy-ban-council-meeting
Jaye Kovach
https://briarpatchmagazine.com/saskdispatch/view/open-letter-to-mayor-masters-and-the-regina-community-wellness-committee?fbclid=IwAR0UZ30tDxwFnylSVlDXUDMqdx5E3u5tGTiTaX_KrSp1zzZQBTHM4CRR6go
Reporting from Aasa Marshall on how Swift Current became a safe haven for refugees of Manus Island’s notorious prison camp:
DIAC Images via Wikipedia Commons
https://briarpatchmagazine.com/saskdispatch/view/finding-asylum-in-swift-current
Enjoy the summer!