Dionne Bunsha

Dionne Bunsha is an award-winning author and journalist. She is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction book, Scarred: Experiments with Violence in Gujarat (Penguin India, 2006) about the aftermath of the communal violence in Gujarat.

As a Senior Assistant Editor for Frontline magazine (www.frontline.in) in Mumbai, India, she travelled extensively to report on human rights, social justice and environmental issues. Dionne writes for The Guardian, The Hindu newspaper, the New Internationalist, Guernica, Toronto Star and The Tyee. She was a Knight International Journalism Fellow at Stanford University in 2008-09.

Currently, Dionne coordinates a environmental projects for the Lower Fraser First Nations and teaches communications at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.