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    Evelyn Elgie

    FOUNDER, Website Design

    Evelyn is an artist, writer, and editor living on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples. After earning a Double Honours degree in Creative Writing and Contemporary Studies from the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, they moved to Vancouver to earn their MA in Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Social Justice at UBC. As if this wasn’t enough schooling to be getting on with, they hopped streams into the Master of Publishing program at SFU. They now work in the editorial department at New Society Publishers.

    Evelyn’s first book of poetry was published by Penrose Press. They sell their salvaged art locally and online as Heliotrope Design.

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    Larissa Piva

    FOUNDER, Treasurer, Fundraising, Assistant Editor

    Larissa is an artisan, writer, and exploration enthusiast living on the traditional unceded traditional territories of the Quw’utsun peoples. She has a Double BA in Sociology and Creative Writing from UVic and a Master of Creative Writing from UBC. Larissa’s work created from her small business, Craft Cove Studio, has been displayed by the Craft Council of BC, the East Side Arts Society, Passion Passport, and more. When she isn’t working on her craft(s), you can find her working at a collaborative desk as a Digital, Media, and Development Associate for the Cowichan Women Against Violence Society. You can find more information about her artistic journey on her website.

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    Claire Miller-Harder

    Director of Development, Managing Editor, Digital Marketing

    Claire Miller-Harder is a writer and MFA student at the University of British Columbia. Her writing has appeared in The Capilano Review, Room and filling Station, and her poem “Dishwashing” is cited among Notable Poems in Best Canadian Poetry 2020. Working in many forms and genres, her writing explores themes of belonging, spirituality, and grief through a queer, feminist lens.