CATEGORIES

Andrew Scheer's Racism Problem
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Andrew Scheer's Racism Problem

White supremacy is on the rise abroad and at home. Conservative politicians must do more to denounce its spread.

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July/August 2019
Fishing With A Straight Hook
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Fishing With A Straight Hook

ONE SUMMER, I tried fishing on Lac Catherine, a small lake in Quebec near the village of Entrelacs.

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July/August 2019
Words From Whale Cove
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Words From Whale Cove

Six Inuit tell the story of their families’ forced relocations to an unfamiliar land—and how they came to call the place home.

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July/August 2019
A Few Words About Trauma
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A Few Words About Trauma

Anakana Schofield’s Bina, billed as a “novel in warnings,” explores the psychology of suffering and abuse.

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July/August 2019
Overstaying Power
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Overstaying Power

Airbnb is crowding our housing markets — and it’s refusing to budge.

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8 mins  |
July/August 2019
Rise Of The Tech-savvy Parent
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Rise Of The Tech-savvy Parent

Are younger people really digitally superior?

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December 2018
New Landmarks
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New Landmarks

Scott Benesiinaabandan transforms colonial monuments into contemporary art

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December 2018
Poutine In Qatar
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Poutine In Qatar

When iconic Canadian franchises go global

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December 2018
Crossing Lines
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Crossing Lines

In Manitoba, a struggle to unite against Canada’s quiet pipeline.

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July - August 2018
Unnatural Resources
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Unnatural Resources

Why I quit my day job to become a Bitcoin miner

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7 mins  |
July - August 2018
Reasons To Rhyme
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Reasons To Rhyme

How abba and Humpty Dumpty helped me teach English in Ethiopia

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July - August 2018
Big Plans
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Big Plans

Canada isn’t known for its groundbreaking design. An upstart f irm is trying to change that.

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July - August 2018
Caribou Heard
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Caribou Heard

Jeneen Frei Njootli is making noise with antlers and amplifiers

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July - August 2018
Labour Gains
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Labour Gains

A team of scientists is learning from a long-overlooked organ, the placenta.

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May 2018
Here's Looking At No Kids
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Here's Looking At No Kids

A new generation is changing what it means to live child-free.

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May 2018
Left v. Right
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Left v. Right

Why can’t we just get along?

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May 2018
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Lonely Boys

The epidemic of isolation among young men.

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May 2018
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Candidate

Candidate 

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May 2018
The New Life Of Brian
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The New Life Of Brian

A new biography reassesses the legacy—and tracks the comeback—of our eighteenth prime minister.

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10+ mins  |
May 2018
Skip The Chorus
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Skip The Chorus

In the age of streaming and sharing, old formulas for what makes a hit are fading away

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8 mins  |
March 2018
Business Or Pleasure?
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Business Or Pleasure?

WeWork and the mixed rewards of shared offjce spaces

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8 mins  |
March 2018
Send In The Barbarian
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Send In The Barbarian

Dungeons & Dragons made me a nerd in high school. Now, everybody wants me to teach them how to play

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6 mins  |
April 2018
Building The Future
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Building The Future

Concordia University researchers are leaders in helping the world’s urban communities become more sustainable — and more resilient

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April 2018
The Lada Of My Life
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The Lada Of My Life

One car sent me on a meandering route to adulthood

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April 2018
The Future Of Sex
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The Future Of Sex

What if the key to intimacy lies with robots?

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3 mins  |
June 2018
The Future Of Food
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The Future Of Food

Forget the foodies the future is fast food

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June 2018
The Future Of Cities
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The Future Of Cities

The perfect urban space was invented thousands of years ago

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3 mins  |
June 2018
This Wicked Tongue
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This Wicked Tongue

Here beginneth a short treatise of contemplation taken from the Book of Alice Nash, Ancress of Shere, c. AD 1372.*

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January/February 2019