Issue 16 - Resilience
(Shipping starts August 14)
Beyond the ability to adapt, resilience is about how we weather storms — the force that allows us to overcome obstacles and turn adversity into an opportunity to reimagine the future. It’s that moment when, as balance is disrupted or reality starts to crumble, humans — like nature — choose to rebuild with what remains. And to learn how to welcome another tomorrow.
- An essay by Samuel Bellefleur on transhumance and the survival of fishers in the Lower North Shore;
- A cultural essay by Rachel Cheng on nixtamalization;
- Three reflections on resilience, offered by members of the BESIDE community;
- A feature on motherhood by Marie Charles Pelletier;
- A manifesto by designer Laurent Gauthier-Pelletier on the memory of objects;
- A section on architecture and collective living, in collaboration with Ligne magazine;
- A report by Gabrielle Anctil on urbanism in the age of solitude;
- A conversation on reconciliation between an Indigenous and a non-Indigenous voice, with Véronik Picard and Rodrigue Turgeon;
- An essay by photographer Paul Dussault on nature reclaiming its rights in a mining town;
- A visual essay by Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen exploring the relationship between humans and landscape;
- A cultural essay on snack bars by Emilie Villeneuve;
- A personal essay and mini-guide on fire morels, by Emile David;
- A travel diary from the Macronautes on the giants of Labrador;
- A visual essay by Charles-Frédérick Ouellet on those who battle forest fires;
- A personal essay by Demiesha Dennis on her connection to nature and her land of welcome;
- A story by Gabriel Rondeau on the Romaine River;
- A section on wine and the artisans of the land, in collaboration with VIVANT magazine;
- A Korean culinary mini-guide by Chloé Brossard.
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