Dr. Natalie Coulter has been a core member of IRDL for a number of years, and it is with great anticipation that we celebrate her move to the role of Acting Director. Dr. Coulter has hit the ground running with a number of new initiatives and events on the horizon for IRDL. These include weekly “Shut Up and Write” sessions, the BINBWoC [aka BIN-BEE-WOC] Graduate Student Collective that aims to create a university space for Black, Indigenous, non-binary, women of colour scholars to deal with racist and sexist institutional structures, and numerous new projects under the IRDL umbrella. Watch this space for updates!