Working Draft magazine

The character of the Final Girl has been a horror staple since the classic horror movies of the '70s and '80s. What does what she wear say about her and how has it changed over time?

In the messy middle of Winnipeg lies an opportunity. A suite of city development plans paint a bright future for the city and its residents.

When reality as I knew it began to crumble, I turned to a virtual landscape to take back control. What transpired was a journey through a virtual reality - one that led me through dark times and loneliness, but ultimately, led me to my calling in life.

I spend my Sunday mornings watching an eight-person band perform for a crowd of 400 — this is the reality in many contemporary Evangelical churches. As a musician and a Christian, I'm questioning why worship is done this way.

Throwing punches and lifting six days a week. Praying through vivid nightmares. Sobriety isn’t the finish line — it’s the fight you wake up to every morning. This is recovery.

Come for the miniature orcs and goblins playing football. Stay for the camaraderie.

A name is something given to you. But for almost 10 years while Luis was part of the "hidden population," he couldn’t use his. Instead, he borrowed a dead man’s name until he could reclaim his own.

After a series of concussions left me with debilitating treatment-resistant depression, I finally found a treatment that worked — but I didn’t hear about it from a doctor. I heard about it from a friend.

Dana Goertzen's four-year journey to win the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship brought her closer to her heritage and created lasting memories.

Where do you see social change happen? For a group of educators and university students, it’s in an unlikely space: an elementary school music room.

In 2019, my high school esports club had fewer than 10 students showing up each week. Today, 72 schools are registered with the Manitoba School Esports Association. So what changed? As it turns out, a lot more than I ever expected.

Eldest daughters wear a lot of hats: the role model, the parentified child, the mediator, the responsible one. But online communities like #eldestdaughter are building a narrative of support that recognizes the backbone of the family.

How does a late-diagnosed Autistic navigate professionalism in a world built for allistics?

Growing up, my brother and I shared almost everything, but were defined by our differences: the wild child and the perfectionist. I thought I knew what ADHD looked like because of him — disruptive and impossible to ignore. It took a long time to realize we shared even more than I thought.

Technology in the classroom is supposed to enhance learning. AI is no exception. Like the tools before it, the impact of AI will depend on how we use it. Government guidelines for AI use in education don’t exist in Manitoba yet, which means teachers and schools are doing their best to figure it out.

After my best friend died and my dad moved to a different city, I lost my connection to music. After years of feeling numb, I discovered Witch House music and finally began to confront my grief.

For years I believed escaping into fantasy meant I was avoiding my problems. Only later did I realize my mind wasn’t failing me, it was trying to survive the waves of borderline personality disorder.

People say that the kids these days are lazy, good-for-nothings that don't want to work, but are they lazier than any generation has ever been? Let's find out.

When romance and fantasy are more popular then ever, why are the readers who love them still so often ridiculed?

Gambling is usually associated with poker chips or slot machines, but these collectors gamble on blind boxes.

Morley Daniels is no stranger to career changes. He’s worked manual labour jobs outside, installed satellites in Alberta, and until a few years ago, led a gang in Winnipeg’s North End. Now, he builds bridges for Pier Solutions as Step Up Construction’s lead hand.

Schools have been working to be more inclusive towards 2SLGBTQIA+ students, but many queer students have had to bear the weight of finding themselves on their own. Where do we go from here?

My first Yu-Gi-Oh! meetup seemed doomed to disaster after I unwittingly used an illegal deck against a perfect stranger. Little did I know, friendship and community were in the cards.

A business collapse. A child's leukemia diagnosis. A realization that life could be different. For three Manitoban women, midlife became the moment to rethink work and to rebuild their careers on their own terms.

Anxiety has always felt personal, like something wrong with me. It wasn’t until I looked at the patterns around me — the planning, the instinct to expect the worst, that I realized it was learned.