An Interview with Jaskwaan Bedard: Haida educator, X̱aad Kil speaker and teacher on language. “I first met Jaskwaan, a Xaad Kil speaker and teacher, while in the Indigenous Perspectives module at SFU together. Jaskwaan gifted me the reminder that the attitude in which we talk about these things shapes our actions. When we think of a language as finitely “dead” or “lost,” we don’t see sense in learning or reclaiming these things, especially in a society that values productivity above all else. I had the distinct honour of interviewing Jaskwaan about X̱aad Kil, which is very much alive.”

An interview with the emerging local Vancouver band, Sugarfungus. The five-piece band, comprised of Tess Meckling (lead singer), Alex Marr (bassist), Bradan Decicco (lead guitarist), Jackson Moore (keyboardist), and Ivan Barbou (drummer), describe themselves as “introverts making dance music.”

The band released their first EP Letting Go, Moving Still, a set of warm and fuzzy tracks that blend bright guitar lines and atmospheric synths with pop-driven hooks that capture the feeling of drifting in and out of sweet, mushroomy bliss. The band released a six-part visualizer alongside their EP, in collaboration with local visual artist Harry Sung.