Editorial Board
Olivia Shan
English Section Executive Editor
Olivia Shan is a McGill undergraduate, pursuing a double major in English Literature and History. She has been a part of the Imaginatlas team since 2019 and is beyond thrilled to help bring the publication to a wider audience. Raised by Tolkien’s legendarium, she is interested in epic fantasy, historically-inclined works of SFF, and has a special fondness for stories involving doomed polar expeditions.
Catherine Hall
English Section Executive Editor
Catherine Hall holds a Bachelor’s degree in English literature from McGill University. Her love of fantasy and science fiction began when she read Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings as a child. To this day, Tolkien remains her favourite author and she is particularly interested in his work and its connection to Old English literature. She is currently working on her own fantasy novel.
Hannah Allen-Shim
English Section Editor
Hannah Allen-Shim is visiting McGill University from Oberlin College & Conservatory of Music, where she pursued a Bachelor of Music in Harp Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature and French. She is an alumna of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre and has published translations in Anomaly, Pamenar Online Magazine, ellipse, and elsewhere. Her current projects include guest editing a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by Québec writers in English translation.
Magdalena Nitchi
French Section Editor
Magdalena Nitchi is pursuing an honours bachelor in English literature, the subject of which is Canadian Science-Fiction. She is also pursuing a minor in cultural studies, and is interested in comics and print culture. Her love of all things strange and supernatural was cemented by Stephen King’s work, and he remains one of her favourite authors. She is interested in sci-fi, fantasy, and everything in between, and is a voracious reader in both English and French.
Kai Ming Wang
French Section Editor
Zoe Leousis
Social Media Editor
Zoe Leousis is a 1st year at McGill pursuing an honours bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a minor in English literature, hoping to pursue a career in law. Her appreciation for science fiction and fantasy was fueled by works of Philip K. Dick and James Patterson.
Tian Yu Lei
Illustrations Editor