Mace Elsher

About Me

Hello, my name is Mace Elsher. I’m the lead reporter of the Alberta Bureau at Clear Stream Media. I love to tell human stories that are grounded in social and political issues. 

To me, there is something so beautiful about being able to uplift someone else’s voice or experience. 

I have multimedia skills so I can enrich my stories with more than just the written word. I love unconventional and different stories.

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My Latest Work

This Magazine •

Alberta’s secession movement is deeply anti-queer

Mungujakisa Edmond viz Vecteezy / EOZyo viz Wikimedia Commons / Corrie Maurik
The day Albertans vote on the 10-question referendum falls on October 19, 2026, a simple Monday when people start their work week and others return to class.
A simple Monday for most, but one that has groups of Albertans feeling anxious and nervous.
“This referendum does not represent the Alberta that I know,” said Pam Rocker, founder and director of Affirming Connections. “The communities that I know come together t...
Clear Stream Media •

Allowing space for play by reducing waste and encouraging art

In the city of Edmonton, an artist by the name of Darian Selander, is hosting art workshops rooted in reducing waste and upcycling materials. 


Selander has dubbed this project Studio Salvage and encourages people from all ages to come and engage in making art out of recyclables, and reusable items.


“I’ve been mulling over this idea for a while,” said Solander. “I’m a huge believer in the idea of having a space where the public can go that doesn’t cost money.”


She speaks to how free thir...
Clear Stream Media •

Conversations over coffee: Ben Crane

It’s a quiet morning for Ben Crane, the aroma of coffee is strong in the air and he prepares to sit down to chat about what Alberta means to him. 


“It’s home,” he said. “It’s like that feeling of coming home when you’ve been away for so long and you lie in your own bed again.”


Crane built his livelihood from the ground up with his studio Jinglebob Music & Cartoon fine art, in Eckville, Alta. A lifelong creative, he has spent the last 30 years in the recording industry as a music producer a...
The Meliorist Publishing Society •

LGBTQSIA2+ Histories in Japan and China 

Views: 8Written by Mace ElsherThis series will explore Queer identities, representation, and the oppressive ideologies met by the LGBTQS2IA+ community within Chinese and Japanese history. Before continuing, I would like to state that I will be using language such as “homosexual,” “transvestism,” and “queer,” this is not to offend people of the LGBTQS2IA+ community but to establish terminology that is specific to historical cases. Contemporary individuals that associate themselves with the LGBTQS...

Love letter to Japan finds home in Calgary’s Chinatown – The Press

The warm lighting from the green, blue and beige lamps casts a gentle glow across the spines of books nestled safely on cypress shelves.
A teal curtain is pulled back by a gold rope over a small window. Cool lighting from the snowy space outside filters in to the cozy space inside. The smell of rose and freshly cut wood hangs in the air.
“We are the first and only (exclusively) Japanese book store in Calgary,” says Antonella Ella, owner of Nekoto Books. “The space is designed like a small Hokkai...
These Words •

Hobby Shops: The Meaning They Hold for the Community

When you walk into The Sentry Box, if the Egyptian hieroglyph mural doesn’t capture your attention, the dungeon styled mezzanine certainly will. Perhaps the armies of miniatures that have been carefully sculpted and painted on display will draw you in. Ranging from Warhammer, to Dungeons and Dragons, to Gundam, Battletech, World of Warcraft, Pathfinder, and so much more. They sit poised in their carefully crafted scenes, inviting visitors in to have a look and marvel at the tiny details. Their s...
These Words •

Lasting Connections: Bonds Forged from TTRPGs

The stalactites fall from the ceiling and collide with the thin volcanic crust. The terrain shifts as the rock parts and the sea of molten lava spills forth through the cracks of stone. The rumbling of the volcano, a once quiet murmur, is now a roaring quake that shakes the walls, the floor, and the beings that have found themselves trapped within the stirring volcano. One by one, the adventurers are separated by plates of volcanic stone that are parted by the overflowing scalding waves of lava....
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These Words •

Fidgeting

I fidget endlessly in my chair as I listen intently to my professors speak. Their words hang on the edge of my attention, and I can feel myself unable to pay them mind. I knew I should not have had so much coffee before making the hour-long trek to campus. I must use the restroom. I wait for a break, a pause, a moment for when I can slip away to find a washroom. I try to be the first. Everyone tries to be the first. I need to be first. Otherwise, the confused and disapproving glances are thrown...

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