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Updated September 16, 2025
Arts:
Giller Prize nominees 2025: Seeking pitches about nominated books, including about the talking animals in myth and literature as featured in Wild Life, starring two talking hyenas.
Deadline: ASAP
Arts patronage and funding: The Giller Prize has said it could collapse without federal funds; meanwhile, many artists are developing new entrepreneurship models. Seeking research analysis around how societies fund arts and issues with patronage.
Deadline: ASAP
Seeking Halloween or horror genre-related pitches.
Deadline: Early October
Education/Health:
Looking for an academic to write a piece on Robert Munsch’s legacy as a children’s lit author, or navigating news that he has been approved for medical assistance in dying.
Deadline: ASAP
Looking for scholars to write for us in the event that Canadian Irvin Studin wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on schoolchildren and the COVID-19 pandemic when the prizes are announced on Oct. 10.
Deadline: Oct. 10
Culture + Society:
With repeated high-profile violent events occurring in the U.S., including the recent murder of Charlie Kirk, the Charlotte train stabbing and another school shooting, what is the impact on major sporting/tourist events like the World Cup?
Deadline: ASAP
Explainer on Gen Z slang and how new terms/phrases develop online.
Deadline: Any time
Health:
What’s circadian rhythm, and why does changing the clocks cause havoc with it?
Deadline: Before the clocks change on Nov. 2
Politics:
The U.S. government has said it will “undertake appropriate action” against foreigners making light of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. What are the impacts of such high-profile killings on rights and freedoms in increasingly repressive societies?
Deadline: ASAP
Updated August 26, 2025
Environment + Energy:
Looking for articles on the impact of climate change and extreme weather on people experiencing homelessness or tenuous housing. What do governments/organizations need to do to help?
Deadline: ASAP
Health/Medicine:
Looking for an explainer on chikungunya virus: What it is, how it’s spread, how it affects people, where it’s circulating and whether travellers are at risk.
Deadline: Ongoing
Measles update for back-to-school season: Are the current measles outbreaks a concern as kids head back to school? What do parents of school-aged children need to know?
Deadline: ASAP
Politics:
Looking for a scholar to explain Prime Minister Mark Carney’s strategy in dropping tariffs on American goods. Is he playing the long game? Is it the art of the deal?
Deadline: ASAP
Updated August 20, 2025
Arts:
Looking for a scholar to write about the ongoing Oasis tour as it heads to North America, including how it’s broken records and created local economic booms in the UK (20 per cent of the British population has reportedly tried to get tickets) and has also defied expectations re: the brothers’ harmonious reconciliation. Is it just about the music? Or can we also relate to the family estrangements and reconciliations?
Deadline: ASAP
Business + Economy:
Governments and labour strikes: Looking for someone to write a piece for us about the government’s increasing interference in labour rights over the years with back-to-work orders, and what that has meant for unions. What were these orders originally meant to accomplish, and has government overreach tipped the balance against workers? Have corporations come to rely on government support as a crutch during strikes?
Deadline: ASAP
Environment + Energy:
Looking for articles on the impact of climate change and extreme weather on people experiencing homelessness or tenuous housing. What do governments/organizations need to do to help?
Deadline: ASAP
Health/Medicine:
Looking for an explainer on chikungunya virus: What it is, how it’s spread, how it affects people, where it’s circulating and whether travellers are at risk.
Deadline: ASAP
Measles update for back-to-school season: Are the current measles outbreaks a concern as kids head back to school? What do parents of school-aged children need to know?
Deadline: ASAP