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The article presents the author's views on the periodical. He states that the periodical support the teaching of Canadian writing through the continued development of CanLit Guides. Topics discussed includes change in Canadian writing, and literary criticism, indigenous studies and loveless marriage.

The article presents the discussion on methods of literary biodiversity studies. Topics include relevance of literary studies to environmental and social justice, the relation of criticism to scientific inquiry; and examination of writing about, or that depicts, ecological variation, literature about life in its astonishing variousness.

The article focuses on the intersection of decolonizing pedagogies and meta approaches in literary and cultural studies classrooms. It explores encourage critical reflection on the conditions of learning and knowledge production while also addressing issues of equity, cultural difference and ownership of cultural resources; questioning economic structures in publishing; and inviting voices from Indigenous-owned publishers and cultural industries to enrich the classroom experience.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including the ethics of knowledge production; the intersection of literary value, privilege and critical inquiry; and maintaining ethical practices.

The article presents a discussion between South Asian Canadian women writers Sharanpal Ruprai and Sheniz Janmohamed who are both passionate about mentoring the next wave of writers. Topics discussed include the reflections on reading literature by South Asian writers, the structural impediments of mentorship, and the need of literary representations of themselves and their lives as a way of mentorship and as a way of leadership.

A literary criticism of the book “A Tale for the Time Being" by Ruth Ozeki is presented. It outlines the connection Ozeki makes between several political issues and ecological concerns. The novel pays more attention to coastal British Columbia and its literature, while reminding the reader that social and environmental injustice go beyond national borders.

The article reports that the Lesbian National Parks and Services, first performed in Banff, Alberta, in 1997, uses parody to bring Dempsey and Millan's humorous queer vision of wilderness to life on the streets and trails of Banff National Park. For the three-week duration of the group exhibition, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millans dressed in uniforms similar to those worn by real rangers, complete with the Lesbian National Parks and Services crest sewn onto their shirts and hats.

The article focuses on the poetry written by Phyllis Webb. In the foreword to her book "Wilson's Bowl," Webb wrote that her poems are the result of silence. Her book "Naked Poems" was considered by some readers as a voluntary impoverishment of poetry. Webb wrote almost eighty short poems during the summer of 1963.

Discusses the historical and cultural context of black prairie cultural production in Canada. Information on several regional anthologies and histories of prairie literature produced in the country; History of the migration of black Oklahoman and other black settlers to the Canadian prairies in the early part of twentieth century; Information on the unpublished one-act play by Addena Sumter Freitag entitled "Stay Black and Die."

Focuses on writing about war for children. Factors that need to be considered in writing about war; Examination of children's literature written during wartime; Trends in writing books about war.

Presents information on literary publications for the year 1997. What the publications suggest; Titles of the publications; Identification of the authors of the publications.

Replies to Robert Bringhurst, commenting on polyphony. Definition of natural polyphony in `Wisdom of the Mythtellers,'; Discussion on Bringhurst's essays.

Presents an open letter to Robert Bringhurs, commenting on the difference between polyphony and cacophony. Discussion on Bringhurst's poem `Singing with the Frogs,'.

Highlights the poems created by world-travelling poet Lorna Goodison. Influence of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis on Goodison's lyric invocations; Discussion on the vocabulary of homing and displacement; Concept that Goodison wanted to emphasize about poems.