Saima Desai was the editor of Briarpatch Magazine from 2018 to 2022. She's currently on a one-year leave from Briarpatch. She’s a settler living on Dish With One Spoon territory, and her family is originally from Gujarat, India.
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“The SIS-tem is broken”
Activists marched in Regina on Monday to protest low social assistance rates. They say SIS benefits are so low that they are driving recipients into homelessness. -
Meet Emily Klatt, the Dispatch’s new editor
Emily’s bringing her reporting skills and roots in southern Saskatchewan to the Sask Dispatch to help grow independent, progressive media in the province. -
The Sask Dispatch is looking for solutions journalism stories
We're looking for stories about the practical solutions Saskatchewan people are building in response to social and environmental issues. Pitches are due May 9, 2021. -
Decolonizing Relations on Treaty 4 territory
Indigenous people, immigrants, and settlers in Regina’s Decolonizing Relations group discuss land, labour, and solidarity. -
Roundtable on reopening Saskatchewan schools
The controversial reopening plan for Saskatchewan public schools has seen educators, students, and parents hit the streets in protests. Four of them shared their concerns about the Sask Party's plans with Sask Dispatch. -
Group hopes courts will force U of S to release documents on ties to Monsanto
Faculty members and others at the University of Saskatchewan have launched a legal challenge to force the University to release information on its ties to agribusiness giant Monsanto, recently acquired by Bayer.