Quebec’s #metoo reckoning

Doesn’t seem to be getting a lot of attention in the English-language media, but the lit scene in Quebec is going through a huge reckoning. We’ve watched for years the shitshow at Concordia and other venues there, with some positive results and some not-so-positive, but this is a big move on the part of writers there to end the silence around bad behaviour by men. Montreal-based Giller winner Sean Michaels has a good thread on Twitter outlining what’s going on.

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