Liisa Kovala (Member at Large) co-hosted the Rekindle Creativity: Women’s Writing Retreat in French River, Northeastern Ontario, with Dinah Laprairie in May 2025. Learn more at rekindlecreativity.com. Liisa won first prize in Geist’s 18th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest and her story, “Surveillance”, was published in Geist’s September 2023 issue. Liisa’s (Member at Large) books include her historical novel, Sisu’s Winter War, set during the Finnish-Russian Winter War and in 1980 Northern Ontario, and Surviving Stutthof: My Father’s Memories Behind the Death Gate, both published by Latitude 46 Publishing.