Our Team

Matthew DiMera (they/he) is an award-winning editor and journalist currently living in Toronto, and is the founder of The Resolve.

Previously they were the managing editor at Xtra where they drove new and innovative digital-only editorial and engagement strategies, and the acting editor-in-chief at rabble where they led strategy for an editorial refocusing and relaunch.

Vicky Mochama is a writer and journalist. She has written for the Toronto Star, StarMetro, The Globe and Mail, TVO, The Walrus, Cottage Life, The Washington Post and more. She co-edited a national best-selling humour book and has hosted podcasts on politics, the Sustainable Development Goals, and pop culture.

Melinda Kachina Bige (she/her) is a Nehiyaw, Dene ts’ekwi from Denesuline lands of Lutsel K’e, and is associate dean of the faculty of arts at Kwantlen University. Previously as chair of KPU’s Indigenous studies department, Melinda created new curriculum for Indigenous studies, which placed Indigenous ways of knowing and learning at the centre, and changed policy to encourage and prioritize the hiring of Indigenous instructors and staff. She is a community advocate and academic specializing in decolonization, Indigenous governance, race, racism and anti-racism, resurgence and cultural-continuity.

JP Larocque (they/them) is a TV writer, producer, and journalist, with bylines in The Toronto Star, Maclean’s, The Walrus, The Huffington Post, Flare, This Magazine, Xtra, and The Beaverton. JP was also a regular panelist on the MTV/Logo series 1 Girl, 5 Gays. A proud member of both the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities, JP is committed to diverse representation in all their work.

Jeanie Tran is a journalist creating her own damn opportunities and is also the founder of How Goes The Nation, an opinion newsletter about race and racism in Canada. She has a lot of love in her heart despite being mad about a lot of things.

Lidia Abraha (she/her) is a digital storyteller dedicated to empowering Black, Indigenous and racialized communities. She has a journalism degree from Toronto Metropolitan University and writes about social justice, arts and culture. You can find her work in rabble, NOW Magazine, VICE, and The Canadian Press.

Odette Auger, Sagamok Anishnawbek through my mother, living on the traditional territories of the toq qaymɩxʷ (Klahoose), Homalco, and Tla’amin First Nations — also known as Cortes Island. Freelance journalist and communications.

Ayesha Ghaffar is an immigrant local news reporter in Vancouver. She focuses on stories about BIPOC communities, whether that includes social justice, climate change or immigration; she does not limit herself.

Ximena González is a freelance journalist based in Calgary. She writes about urban affairs, housing, and real estate. Her work regularly appears in the Globe and Mail, Jacobin, and The Tyee.

Meg Jianing Zhang (she/her) is a second-year PhD student at Columbia University. Beyond her doctoral program, she writes personal essays on her experiences of navigating academic spaces as a woman of colour, and co-hosts a drunk-comedy podcast, Livin’ La Viva Voce.

Indiana Joel is a Vancouver-based illustrator. She enjoys movies, learning new languages, and throwing epic Halloween parties.

Lynn Lau (劉連添) is a writer from Alberta who has lived and worked in four Canadian provinces and one territory. Currently residing in Burlington, Ont., she is a personal support worker and white belt in Brazilian ju-jitsu.

Sophia Murphy is a freelance writer and content specialist based in Toronto. While her work primarily covers topics in the lifestyle and culture space, she also loves to write about women’s issues and the Black experience. When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, listening to music, or chauffeuring around her kids.

Ray Mwareya is an immigrant of colour living in Ottawa, and a journalist. His work appears in Open Canada, Friends.ca, Newsweek, Al Jazeera, Reuters, and China Dialogue. His main interest is examining the myth of Canada’s so-called liberal immigration and how it plays out from the perspective of immigrants of colour.

Ado Nkemka a freelance journalist and musician based in Calgary, Alberta. Her bylines include CBC, Afros In Tha City, artsUNITE, Toast and  Avenue Magazine. Her work centres arts and culture, identity development, neurodiversity, and the subversion of cultural expectations and social norms.

Hue Pham is a Toronto-based journalist. She is completing her masters in journalism.

Denée Rudder is a recent journalism grad from Toronto Metropolitan University, and is working towards a master’s in professional communication. She has a background in public relations, social media management, content creation, digital marketing and multimedia storytelling. Her current areas of interest are social justice, the environment and wellness.

Nahid Widaatalla is a freelance journalist with a background in public health and is currently a fellow in the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact at the University of Toronto.