“All you do is write?”  During Writers Collective of Canada’s (WCC’s) first decade, conversations with leading social service, community, arts, and health leaders around the country often carried an undercurrent of scepticism. Although we could cite academic evidence, transformational stories, and rigorous program…

Author: Catherine Lough Haggquist “There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.” – Toni Morrison February marks the arrival of the…