Issue 2

by Blake Marks The audio drama podcast has three characters: Annie, Danny, and Franny:Annie: a resident of Churchill who has been waiting so long for the repair of the railway line between Thompson and Churchill. The line hasn’t being functional since May of 2017.Danny: the representative of Omnitrax, the rail line company which was approached…

by Christina Roeckenwagner Although largely undocumented or ignored, during World War II many women flocked to join the military to contribute to their countries’ war efforts; however, traditional gender roles held in society often prevented women from realizing their full potential. Nevertheless, whether they belonged to the Axis or Allied countries, and for a variety…

by Taylor Flett Sleepless Night I hear them,On the right,Above me;Their cries,Their laughter,Pierce through layersOf exposed silence. I hear them.Through the walls;Their voices,Their shouting,Cascading into meFast and heavyA single sound like a heartbeat. The thump-thump,Startles me,Reaches me,Tells me,To be awakeAnd be Restless.Listen and there is more. These Walls Can See He seeks comfort fromAnother bedSpilling…

​by Cheryl Muskego Nyasha in Tsitsi Dangaremba’s Nervous Conditions is a Shona girl at school, who wants to give up her Shona culture, struggling in finding her identity after she left Rhodesia and studied in England for several years, Aissatou in Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter is a Senegalese woman who left Senegal to…

By Ellora Reddy We are gifted with words. Language allows us to express our thoughts, to share knowledge to help people better understand the world. Authors like Václav Havel, George Orwell, and Emily Martin all wrote works centered on the change in words and the power words holds. “The Egg and the Sperm: How Science…

By Kassidy Burden GlioblastomaSuch a pretty wordit could be the name of a queena most sinister queen It happened so suddenly,A part of my world came crashing down.I hope for the best,But I knew the worst. You came homeI was very excited.You were here!But I knew whyThis was the last time. Things were good,but then…

The Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival has been celebrated for many years since its introduction to the town of The Pas in 1916. At its inception, trappers used to come from far and near towns for the fur trade. They traveled on dog sleds in the winter for trade and made good money after sales. The…

Once a year, proud Manitobans and some winter sports lovers from other places converge on the town of The Pas in the second week of February, braving the cold and testing their limits to see if they have what it takes to be a successful “trapper”. The annual Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival has been going…

Muses from the North (MFTN) has received a good readership inside and outside the UCN community since its first publication online and in print (ISSN 2561-4274) in Fall 2017. On April 7, Kyle Darbyson, a journalist from Thompson Citizen, wrote a report on Muses from the North, the student journal, together with the quint, UCN’s…