AMANDA EMMS

Hi! I’m Amanda Emms. I live above a skatepark in Winnipeg, Treaty 1 territory. I am a writer, collaborator, volunteer and activist.

As a long-time renter, I am passionate about rent regulations. I am a member of the Right to Housing Coalition’s Residential Tenancies Act Working Group and a CCPA Manitoba Research Affiliate.

I love movies and am a proud former member of the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival (WUFF). I am lucky enough to be part of two book clubs. The library is my favourite space.

“Why is the sky blue?” —A fair enough question, and one I have learned the answer to several times. Yet every time I try to explain it to someone or remember it myself, it eludes me. Now I like to remember the question alone, as it reminds me that my mind is a seive, that I am mortal.

“Why is the sky blue?” —A fair enough question, and one I have learned the answer to several times. Yet every time I try to explain it to someone or remember it myself, it eludes me. Now I like to remember the question alone, as it reminds me that my mind is a seive, that I am mortal.

-Maggie Nelson, Bluets

AMANDA EMMS