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Rhea Rollmann

Rhea Rollmann is an award-winning journalist, writer and audio producer based in St. John’s and is the author of A Queer History of Newfoundland (Engen Books, 2023). She’s a founding editor of TheIndependent.ca, and a contributing editor with PopMatters.com. Her writing has appeared in a range of popular and academic publications, including Briarpatch, Xtra Magazine, CBC, Chatelaine, Canadian Theatre Review, Journal of Gender Studies, and more. Her work has garnered three Atlantic Journalism Awards, multiple CAJ award nominations, the Andrea Walker Memorial Prize for Feminist Health Journalism, and she was shortlisted for the NL Human Rights Award in 2024. She also has a background in labour organizing and queer and trans activism. She is presently Station Manager at CHMR-FM, a community radio station in St. John’s.

Rhea's Latest Articles

International Women’s Day is not a celebration

How do we build a fighting feminist movement?

‘Goodnight Moon’ and the child in all of us 

Artist Matthew-Robin Nye is in pursuit of wonder, and thinks we should be too

Entangled: Fragile and complex truths reflected in art

Nasim Makaremi Nia’s new exhibit tells a story of migration, transition, and identity in fantastic animal hybrids and beautifully fragile paper sculpture

Head of Memorial University’s EDI office leaving role

In an interview with The Independent, Delores Mullings spoke candidly about challenges with the equity, diversity and anti-racism position

Returning home brings mixed feelings for Ukrainians living in Newfoundland

A recent visit home by a Ukrainian refugee living in St. John’s underscores the joys of her homeland amid the harsh reality of the ongoing war

It’s time for equity consultants and community organizers to ditch AI

Tools are never neutral, and artificial intelligence has no place in social justice work

External consultant controversy a first test for Wakeham government

After being sworn in as premier Wednesday, Tony Wakeham called right-wing conservative strategist and PC transition team hire Steve Outhouse “one the best political minds in the country”

Workers’ issues sidelined by parties, say labour groups

As election day approaches, labour leaders say provincial candidates aren’t addressing people's “everyday troubles”

More police is not the solution

We need to challenge the public safety discourse in the provincial election

Ignoring climate change in the provincial election will have ‘devastating consequences’, say youth and labour leaders

Who in this election is talking about climate change and a just transition? Community and youth groups are, but not the candidates in any meaningful way