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Decolonization of Speculative Fiction
Sunday August 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm MDT
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Herald
We live in a world made up of peoples of diverse races, cultures, and ethnicities. We often forget that colonization has had an immense effect on how we write characters. What are these colonial fallacies and stereotypes and how do we remove them from our fiction?
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Susan Forest

Editor, Laksa Media Groups
Susan Forest is the author of dual Aurora Award-winners Bursts of Fire and Flights of Marigold as well as over 25 internationally-published short stories (Analog, Asimov's, Beneath Ceaseless Skies). She edits an award-winning anthology series for Laksa Media Groups, and was Edito... Read More →
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Onyx Shelton

Co-Founder, Alberta Indigenous Writers Collective
Onyx Shelton comes from a family of mixed Canadians and Ojibway. His Anishinaabe family hails from Kaakiiskakamigaag (Little Saskatchewan First Nation, Treaty 2 Territory). He was born in Wînipêk, Manitobah (Treaty 1 Territory) and has lived in many places since. His literary taste... Read More →
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Zeva Mah

Zeva Mah reads, writes, and revises near the Rocky Mountains. She has been a member of the Alexandra Writer's Centre since 2019. Her writing features speculative fiction, often with near future technology. She is keen to read and write diverse BIPOC women characters in fiction.
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Calvin Jim

I am a writer of Asian-speculative fiction and have been writing for over 15 years. I have been published in numerous anthologies including Prairie Gothic and Where the Stars Rise. I have been nominated for 4 Aurora Awards including 3 for Best Short Fiction. I have previously spoken... Read More →
Sunday August 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm MDT
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Herald
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