Working Draft magazine

A job interview begins the moment someone walks into the room. What they are wearing is part of the first impression that follows.

As someone who grew up with scoliosis, I often felt alone in my experience. While I didn't have peer-support as a kid, I recently talked with two other people who also grew up with the condition. I hope our stories will resonate with other young people who are dealing with bracing or surgery. 

The worldwide craze for matcha has sparked a global shortage, a steep rise in prices, and new local businesses. Is this your average internet trend or is matcha here to stay in Winnipeg?

Since The Beatles, women and girls have been shamed for what they like, but female fans haven't let that stop them. In every era, fangirls have found each other and bonded over their interests, getting together in bedrooms — and stadiums — to celebrate the things that make them shriek.

Incels, looksmaxxers, and pick-up artists - what draws young men to these communities? Follow me as I descend into the depths of the Manosphere to learn what it truly takes to become a Top G.

Working abroad has become a billion-dollar industry in the Philippines and provides for many Filipino families, but at what cost to those who leave and those who are left behind?

As the gap between community need and government support widens, Winnipeg’s non-profit staff are caught in a violent undertow that is felt in every shift.

For as long as I can remember, my sweaty hands have told a story before I could.

As a cheerleader, I already knew that my sport was so much more than pompoms, chants, and big smiles, but when my sister got a serious concussion after being kicked in the head during practice, I began grappling with how cheerleading is perceived — and the real-life consequences of those stereotypes.

Like Sophie, my dad’s life features three potential fathers. Unfortunately, no singing and dancing are involved in this story.

Caught in the space between my old and new home, I discovered that travelling a great distance was the shortest path back to myself.

Does skydiving hit different for people living with depression? By Kelsey Ainslie

No one likes throwing up, but what happens when that aversion goes too far? 

In the summer of 2023, my high school friend Ash asked me to guide him through a ritual he believed would cure him of his OCD. What he didn't know is I was struggling with a compulsion of my own. By Jesse Brogan

Baybayin, an ancient script pre-dating Spanish colonialism in the Philippines, is making a resurgence. Its defiance against near-extinction is a testament to how cultural identity can be found through a script almost lost, especially for diasporic Filipinos seeking to reconnect with their ancestral heritage.

A miracle drug? An easy way out? How about neither. Like most things, using Ozempic as a weight loss tool is more nuanced than its reputation suggests. One Winnipeg woman shares her story with GLP-1.

If you enter any eighth-grade classroom in Manitoba, about every fourth student would fail to read at the standard reading level. Literacy skills are on the decline in Manitoba and after the COVID-19 pandemic, this decline became more drastic. With students spending less time reading and more time on screens, the issue remains: What are Manitobans doing to improve children's literacy?

Many young Canadians dream of becoming professional hockey players — a dream that women and girls were excluded from until the inaugural season of the PWHL in 2024, which finally provided female players a livable wage. How has the reality of a professional women's hockey league impacted elite female players? For Manitoba's Katie Tabin, it changed everything — and the effects are rippling out to yo...

“Abinojii Mikanah” – it’s the name that’s been in everyone’s mouths, but not because they’re learning to pronounce and appreciate it. From historical and linguistic perspectives, there are many reasons for place names to change and move forward as society does the same.

I thought I had my faith all figured out — until leaving my Christian comfort zone left me feeling vulnerable. Over drinks in a Vancouver pub with my older sister, I realized faith comes with uncertainty.

What is the impact of an instrument that can create or replicate any conceivable sound? The synthesizer has challenged the music world since its invention in the 1950s. As technological advancements accelerate, musicians like me must reconcile them with our own creativity.

The Twelve Tribes, a well-resourced new religious movement with chapters across the world, says they value free expression and debate. The media labels them a cult. JP Conan’s been hanging around, hearing them out, and he’s got some things to get off his chest.

Filipino women and girls are in a century-long battle of reclaiming basketball, a game that was once theirs. In the middle of the Manitoba prairies, half a world away from the homeland, they're getting off the bleachers and aiming high.

When the federal and provincial governments signed the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement in 2021, Manitoba’s early learning and child care sector received millions of dollars to lower the cost of child care, create new child care spaces, expand training programs, increase wages, and provide more funding to child care centres. So then why are early childhood educators, the most cr...

By Ben Little: Electric vehicle adoption in Canada is growing fast, and the government is starting to fall behind. Explore the obstacles on the road to EV adoption like declining infrastructure, public charging dead zones, questions of environmental benefit, and more. Can our country support all Canadians in the transition to EV?