A collection of diverse short stories set in a brutally cold Winnipeg, exploring human connection, survival, and...
Daily Stories
The Melgund Recreation Storytelling Club is a summer storytelling program in Northwestern Ontario exploring creative writing, oral history, and digital storytelling. Meeting weekly, the club brings community members together to experiment with stories rooted in northern places, experiences, and voices. This category features work from the program, highlighting Northwestern Ontario storytelling, digital literacy, community arts, and participatory applied AI research—where local stories, creative tools, and shared learning meet.
Exploring human connection amidst urban isolation, uncanny encounters, and the enduring quest for meaning and warmth.
Impossible art, hidden gardens, artificial snow, and artistic struggles illuminate human connection amidst challenging, evolving environments.
These tales explore northern artists grappling with harsh environments, personal ambition, and the stark choice between staying...
Kids brave ice for gummies; a badger in a vest sparks laughter; a scholarship sacrificed; Jell-O war...
Stories exploring human connection, kindness, and survival against societal decay, resource scarcity, and encroaching darkness.
This batch explores near-future societal detachment, fragile human connection, and the struggle for empathy amidst escalating digital...
These stories explore community-based participatory research, challenging traditional scientific methods through lived experience and collaborative knowledge translation...
Artists, activists, and a journalist uncover buried local histories, corporate malfeasance, and environmental neglect, challenging official narratives...
A collection featuring domestic intrigue, community empowerment initiatives, the impact of collaborative art, and deep-time material science.
