Michelle Cyca
@michellecyca
✌️not here anymore!
Writing about Former Senator Murray Sinclair and realized I have the immense privilege to say that the first interview I ever conducted in my journalism career was with Sinclair and the kindness and patience he showed me. Sending condolences to his family. thestar.com/news/canada/pe…
"I’m painfully aware that every time I talk about our shortcomings when covering Palestine...I lose 'credibility.' I silently agreed not to talk about Palestine in exchange for a 'viable' career in journalism. No longer." My @TorontoStar op-ed today: thestar.com/news/insight/t…
gorgeous feature by @jsrutgers if you’re looking for an uplifting weekend read ❤️
Five First Nations separated, flooded and pushed out by hydroelectricity are uniting to defend their homelands. @jsrutgers and 📸@othertimsmith went to northern Manitoba for the launch of Kitaskeenan, an Indigenous-led plan to preserve the northeast coast. thenarwhal.ca/kitaskeenan-ma…
A play set to open tonight at Victoria's storied Belfry Theatre seems to be going ahead despite recent revelations of possible pretendianism of its acclaimed Canadian playwright. cheknews.ca/canadian-playw…
still no response from Lauzon, nor any of the partners for 1939: @BelfryTheatre (which is now in previews), @canadianstage and @stratfest. maybe this is what theatre people mean by "the show must go on"?
New from me: The new play 1939 from acclaimed director Jani Lauzon promises to advance truth & reconciliation. But there's no evidence its central story — her own Indigenous family history — is true. thewalrus.ca/an-acclaimed-c…
The CAJ is deeply concerned about repeated online attacks against @SMohyeddin — a former CBC radio reporter & award-winning freelance journalist — by Ontario MPP Goldie Ghamari. thestar.com/news/gta/toron…
77 Palestinians killed in a single airstrike and hundreds injured don’t even get any attention anymore. The Israeli government has been able to kill us constantly, facing no consequences or repercussions, and the world is watching.
so proud to be a part of this team & to work each day with another First Nations journalist like the brilliant @Sevawood is such a gift. ❤️🙏
(1/2) WINNER ALERT! - Excellence in Innovative Journalism Congrats to Stephanie Kwetásel’wet Wood, Michelle Cyca, Lindsay Sample, Karan Saxena, Ainslie Cruickshank, Matt Simmons, Shawn Parkinson, Karlene Harvey, Jesse Winter, Marty Clemens & Jennifer Gauthier!
Among the signatories: Annie Ernaux, Percival Everett, Ben Lerner, Miriam Toews, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Deborah Eisenberg, Mary Gaitskill, Ha Jin, Michelle de Kretser, Rachel Kushner, Jhumpa Lahiri, Guy Maddin, Raven Leilani, Robert Macfarlane, Jacqueline Rose, Namwali Serpell .../
BREAKING: Today, more than 1000 authors are launching a mass boycott of Israeli publishers who are complicit in the dispossession of the Palestinian people. This declaration amounts to the largest cultural boycott of Israeli institutions in history. lithub.com/hundreds-of-au…