Joy Van Stralen lives in the interior of British Columbia with her wife and their cat, Lordo Gordo. An avid mucker-abouter, Joy dabbles in a lot of things that pique her interest. When she comes across something excellent, she sticks to it, which is how she became the Writing Academy video manager years ago. Joy graduated from the academy in 2016. She has since published stories in anthologies and is still working on the novel she started in the WA. She believes in the J.R.R.

What Does Pride Mean to You? As pride month draws to a close, we remind ourselves that pride is so much bigger than any one day or month. Pride can be a sense of being. It’s community. It’s the way we lift one another up–and ourselves–through our words, our gestures, our small acts of courage and kindness. Karen Richard It’s the opportunity to be open about who I am in every facet of my life. At work it is my privilege to show other people in my organization that you can be y