I am a journalism and mass communication undergraduate from India, who was drawn to Cultural Studies due to its interdisciplinary structure, its focus on the socio-political implications of art that affects said culture, and the beautiful city of Kingston and Queen’s University. I have lived in Delhi my entire life, and blissfully luxuriated in the grounds of old monuments (access to which is almost always free), well-curated museums (despite our memorabilia being ravaged by the British), and some of the oldest, densest and most colourful markets in the world (you pay only in sweat and aching feet). Access to such rich culture being equitable and accessible is an issue close to my heart, and one which I battle when I see important, and more gravely, stolen art, being gatekept behind expensive ticketing, pricey flights and hotels, passport discrimination, and white skin by the Global North. I hope to explore this during my years being a graduate student in the Cultural Studies department. In my spare time, I like to read novels and talk about them in my small but voracious book club, and watch movies with my friends, endlessly pausing to comment and critique. You can follow me on Instagram here, on Linkedin here, and on StoryGraph here.

I am a Communication and Culture studies graduate from the University of Calgary, who is passionate about helping mixed race, minority, immigrant, and less fortune kids and families. During my undergrad I conducted a 4-month capstone research project on the self-identity of mixed-race youth and the social issues they can grow up around, which was inspired by my own experience and upbringing being biracial. It was here I became committed to the importance of young kids seeing themselves in others, whether that be race, religious affiliation, gender, sexuality, etc.  I have also dedicated myself to being a role model for mixed race, minority kids, following the philosophy that “If you can see it, you can be it".  This is what drew me to cultural studies, as well as my love for always learning and growing. 

Dr. Lindsay Morcom (Ardoch Algonquin First Nation) is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education. She earned her Master’s degree in Linguistics at First Nations University through the University of Regina in 2006. She then completed her doctorate in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in 2010. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with experience in education, Aboriginal languages, language revitalization, linguistics, and reconciliation. She is of Anishinaabe, Black Sea German, and French heritage and embraces the distinct responsibility this ancestry brings to her research. She is an active member of the Kingston urban Indigenous community and works collaboratively with the Kingston Indigenous Languages Nest to foster urban Indigenous language revitalization.

Dr. Chloé Savoie-Bernard is a writer who works various forms: poetry, short story, literary criticism, and translation. As an editor she works at L’Hexagone, a publishing house in Montréal. She is also developing a practice in performance. She has published several books, most notably Des femmes savantes, (Triptyque, 2016) and most recently Sainte Chloé de l’amour (Hexagone, 2021). Her current book project focuses on fragmented kinships and constructions of memory between fathers and daughters within the context of first generation Haitian immigrants in francophone Canada.