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Saturday, October 19 • 12:00pm - 12:50pm
An Expanse of Political Discourse

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Even more than protomolecules and space marines, 'The Expanse' is primarily about many of the political issues we grapple with today: colonialism, discrimination, classism, and militarization. Using imaginary societies to explore contemporary questions is obviously a long tradition in SFF and horror, but if we create a future world with so many of the same issues faced by our own society, are we also making a statement about humanity's ability to progress? Do we risk trivializing the real-world problems of today by mapping them onto parts of an imagined world? Or, is this a positive source of potential activism?
Moderators
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Eric Choi

Aerospace Engineer, Writer, Editor
Eric Choi is a Hong Kong born aerospace engineer, writer, and editor in Toronto. He was the first recipient of the Isaac Asimov Award (now the Dell Magazines Award) and has twice won the Aurora Award for his short story “Crimson Sky” (Analog, July/August 2014) and for the Chinese-themed... Read More →

Panelists
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Phoebe Barton

Attendee
Phoebe Barton is a queer trans science fiction writer based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her short fiction has appeared in venues such as Analog, Lightspeed, and Kaleidotrope, anthologies from Neon Hemlock and World Weaver Press, and she wrote the interactive Nebula Award-finalist... Read More →
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'Nathan Burgoine

A tall queer guy writing (mostly) shorter queer fictions, 'Nathan Burgoine tends to exist somewhere within the Romance, YA, or Spec-Fic categories (often overlapping), but always queer. A former bookseller of a couple of decades, 'Nathan lives in Ottawa, Canada, with his husband and... Read More →
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Nisa Malli

Nisa Malli is a writer and researcher, born in Winnipeg and currently living in Toronto. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria and has completed residencies at the Banff Centre and Artscape Gibraltar Point. Her first book, Allodynia (Palimpsest Press... Read More →
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Adam Shaftoe

Critic, author, podcast personality, workforce development practicioner, not-for-profit manager
Adam Shaftoe writes reviews, essays, and fiction. His essays and reviews have previously appeared in On-Spec Magazine, Jamais Vu - The Journal of the Strange Among the Familiar, and Onder Magazine. His current labours include a novella-length review of Cowboy Bebop, because the world... Read More →

Saturday October 19, 2019 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Salon F - 60 seats
  Literary, Panel

Attendees (22)