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Dromline is written and produced in Toronto, Ontario. The editorial team can be contacted at [email protected].
Mila
Editor-in-Chief
Radmila Yarovaya is a political animal, poet, and serial founder of publications, still convinced that a well-placed sentence can topple the status quo. She holds an MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Ethics, Society, and Law from the University of Toronto (Trinity College) - because one degree in arguing wasn’t enough. Mila is a lover of Bulgakov, London, Wong Kar Wai, the perfect fraisier, and Post–Soviet democratization. She welcomes you into the fray and invites to join the current.
Rashid
Editor, Marketing & Social Media Manager
Born in Ottawa and raised in Africa and Europe, Rashid (he/him) is a human currently living and working in Toronto. He spends his time working at Drom Taberna for coin to sustain his existence in this late-capitalist hellscape. He did his undergrad in international development and loves writing about Africa, politics, sports, and culture. His favourite part of the creative process is book design. His favourite writers are George Orwell, MG Vassanji, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie. He enjoys video games, reading, and British reality TV shows.
Celeste Ganon
Art Director
Celeste (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Toronto. Between illustration, graphic design, animation, film and editing, she is intrigued by the different ways of communicating information. Ritually found with her iPad illustrating the world around her, Celeste enjoys live music, and other activities that briefly let her forget we’re floating on a dying rock and nothing matters.
Vikram
Editor
Vikram Nijhawan is a writer, journalist, and lover of all things human and sentimental, based in Toronto. He holds an undergraduate degree in English from the University of Toronto, and has spent most of his post-graduate life in the city, save for a year in New York City, where he completed his Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University. He enjoys writing about everything from tennis to geopolitics (and the ample overlap in between those subjects), is endlessly fascinated by human stories and the narrative embedded in everyday existence. He would want his epitaph to read, “Here lies one who wrote the Truth.”
Valentin
Director of Technology
Born in Toronto, Ontario with roots in slavic nations of yesteryear, Valentin is a technologist by trade and artist by heart. Graduating from the University of Waterloo, he holds an undergraduate degree in Systems Design Engineering, focusing on Human Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence. He has been involved in a plethora of ventures: Co-founding Canada’s largest hackathon, Hack the North; being a founding and contributing member of several tech companies; producing a documentary; publishing magazines; creating tools for free and fair elections. He enjoys writing and creating experiences centered around technology, climate change, and society. He is currently the Co-founder of GenerativeModels.AI, a Toronto-based company focusing on ethical and responsible uses of AI in the world of writing.