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• The Queer Agenda

  Funded 2021-2022 The Queer Agenda is a recurring zine publication looking to give a platform to queer voices. They exist to uplift and promote voices from the community and want to educate their audience on experiences different from their own, and show their own experiences so they feel supported and not alone. The goal of this project at its inception was to produce something for our community to showcase the lives and experiences of queer people.

• Everyday Harm Reduction Online Zine

  Funded 2021-2022 The Everyday Harm Reduction Online Zine is an online semi-instructional zine about what harm reduction is and how one can incorporate harm reduction principles. They aim to fight stigmas associated with the current and ongoing opioid crisis which disproportionately affects QTBIPOC+ folks, with different groups of people needing to cope with differential traumas inflicted by intersecting sources of oppression. The zine will incorporate research on addiction and harm reduction practices and illustrations and writings from local artists. This project is led by Alexa Bender. https://www.instagram.com/penance_art/

• Creative Writing Club Anthology

  Funded 2021-2022 The Creative Writing Club is a student group whose mission is to provide a social space for students interested in writing at the University of Alberta to network, learn, and practice their craft in a supportive environment. The Creative Writing Club Anthology is a publication of student- and/or alumni written and edited fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and flash fiction. The Anthology aims to provide the university community with a creative publishing opportunity that is accessible to all kinds of writing, regardless of style, topic or past publishing experience. Additionally, this project seeks to include voices that are underrepresented in the Canadian literary world, including those of women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+2S, neurodiverse, and disabled writers. Keep in touch with the Creative Writing Club on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/TheCrWUofA/

• Hungry: A food zine

  Funded 2020-2021, 2021-2022 From Organizer(s): "Thank you for your support, APIRG! It made it possible for us to test out an idea, and develop the pilot issue of Hungry Zine! We were able to work with 16 contributors, a designer, and pay for printing, thanks to your support!"

• Eureka Undergraduate Science Journal

  Funded 2021-2022 Eureka is a student-founded and student-run initiative. This journal offers undergraduate scientists the unique opportunity to share their discoveries with the scientific world through the peer review process. Eureka is an educational institution, with a diverse team of reviewers from many scientific backgrounds, exposing undergraduate students to the publication process often excluded from their traditional scientific education. Through clear and effective scientific writing, students will be able to work together with faculty members to contribute original research and promote science.