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Call for Board Members

April 18, 2025

As Textile prepares to incorporate as a nonprofit organization, we’re seeking dedicated individuals to join our inaugural Board of Directors. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the fut... Read more

Call for Submissions: The Walldog

April 18, 2025

About The WalldogThe Walldog is a critical arts writing and research platform grounded in Waterloo Region, Ontario, reporting on the Waterloo-Wellington corridor. A "wall dog" was the name given to... Read more

Call for Submissions: New Hypermedia

April 18, 2025

Office hours: Friday May 9, 2025 12-3pmDo you have an idea to submit? Want to talk it over with the editorial team? Join our virtual office hours on Friday, May 9th to discuss co-creating your con... Read more

Publishers for Palestine: Statement of Solidarity

November 11, 2023

Please note this is a collective statement in solidarity with Palestine from publishers, editors, and writers around the world who stand for justice, first posted on Verso... Read more

Dreaming Into Collective Futures: Open Call

January 1, 2023

AboutThinking about how policing has impacted you can be challenging and have negative effects on your health and wellbeing. If you’d like to connect to support and reso... Read more

Call for Submissions: Recollections and Imaginings

April 1, 2022

AboutIn 2019, the Charles Street Bus Terminal in downtown Kitchener ended its local bus service, shifting the geography of public gathering spaces. Currently used as a COV... Read more

On "Diversity Cruisers"

April 4, 2021

For many communities, the presence of police cars is a precursor to negative interactions and a reminder of historical trauma. These vehicles have and always will be used ... Read more

Call for Submissions: Digital Storytelling

March 1, 2021

Call For Submissions for Coding Your Story: A Digital Storytelling Workshop SeriesTextile is working with Sam Nabi, a Kitchener-based web developer and community organizer, to offer a series of wor... Read more

A Statement on Police Violence and Black Lives

June 2, 2020

From the mainstream media, to medical and police reports, to speaking with friends and family, people use passive language to obfuscate police violence against Black people: Regis Korchinski-Paquet... Read more

New Magazine Aims to Diversify KW’s Stories

November 7, 2018

Lifetime Kitchener residents Fitsum Areguy and Andy Myles have recognized a gap in the voices that are telling Waterloo Region’s stories. Certain voices haven’t been given the platforms to shar... Read more