CATEGORIES

LOTTERY POETRY
The Walrus

LOTTERY POETRY

She retrieved a bamboo tube that contained red-tipped sticks, each with a number from one to 100.

time-read
6 mins  |
July/August 2020
Sense and Sensitivity
The Walrus

Sense and Sensitivity

Publishers increasingly lean on outside experts to vet books for cultural insensitivity. Is it working?

time-read
9 mins  |
July/August 2020
Finding Franny
The Walrus

Finding Franny

On a seventy-day canoe trip, I traced the journey of a Victorian painter

time-read
2 mins  |
July/August 2020
How to Make a Solar System
The Walrus

How to Make a Solar System

What the world’s largest telescope is revealing about the birth of planets

time-read
8 mins  |
July/August 2020
Hand in hand
The Walrus

Hand in hand

Canada’s food banks are facing unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, but a critical donation of hand sanitizer from the Labatt Canadian Disaster Relief Program is helping them serve communities in need

time-read
4 mins  |
July/August 2020
Forgotten Disaster
The Walrus

Forgotten Disaster

Few Canadians commemorate the 1985 Air India bombing, the biggest terror attack in the country’s history

time-read
7 mins  |
July/August 2020
DANCING BEAR
The Walrus

DANCING BEAR

I remember hearing a low growl, a sound that couldn’t have come from any of the humans at the market.

time-read
10 mins  |
July/August 2020
The Walrus

MURDER IN OLD BARNS

Why a Nova Scotia community is still looking for the killer of a beloved farmer, three decades on

time-read
10+ mins  |
June 2020
Stand-Up's Next Act
The Walrus

Stand-Up's Next Act

On comedy’s growing generational divide

time-read
9 mins  |
June 2020
Your Brain on COVID-19
The Walrus

Your Brain on COVID-19

Why our minds struggle to process abstract dangers

time-read
10+ mins  |
June 2020
Distant Threat
The Walrus

Distant Threat

Until my uncle was sent to care for patients in Wuhan, the outbreak didn’t feel real to me

time-read
3 mins  |
June 2020
The Walrus

Inner Life

Margaux Williamson pays homage to what’s right in front of us

time-read
2 mins  |
June 2020
The Walrus

ENVIRONMENT - Point of No Return

The climate crisis is forcing thousands around the world to flee their homes. Many can’t go back

time-read
10+ mins  |
June 2020
Alone in the Universe
The Walrus

Alone in the Universe

What space missions can teach us about mental health and isolation

time-read
7 mins  |
June 2020
How To Travel With A Goldfish
The Walrus

How To Travel With A Goldfish

My life in carry-on luggage

time-read
4 mins  |
March 2020
The Age of Alpacas
The Walrus

The Age of Alpacas

A farmer in England is seeking to design the perfect wool

time-read
7 mins  |
March 2020
Stay Tacky, Niagara Falls
The Walrus

Stay Tacky, Niagara Falls

Why I wouldn’t change a thing about my hometown

time-read
10+ mins  |
March 2020
The Walrus

WITNESS

I WAS SMOKING on the veranda when Quammie returned from his day trip to Berbice. Everyone pronounced it Borbeace, bending the vowels while digging deep into the first syllable.

time-read
10+ mins  |
March 2020
Count Me In
The Walrus

Count Me In

Why we need more health data on LGBTQ communities

time-read
6 mins  |
March 2020
The East Coast Takes Off
The Walrus

The East Coast Takes Off

The promise of a private spaceport fuels hope for a Nova Scotia community

time-read
10 mins  |
April 2020
A Space Beyond Language
The Walrus

A Space Beyond Language

What I’ve learned from what my mother has forgotten

time-read
3 mins  |
April 2020
How Should Religious Groups Respond To The Environmental Crisis?
The Walrus

How Should Religious Groups Respond To The Environmental Crisis?

How should religious groups respond to the environmental crisis?

time-read
9 mins  |
April 2020
Go Sell It On The Mountain
The Walrus

Go Sell It On The Mountain

Banff Centre started off as a remote artists’ retreat. Now it’s trying to help creatives adapt to the modern world

time-read
10+ mins  |
April 2020
Of Needlework and Nebulae
The Walrus

Of Needlework and Nebulae

The otherworldly beading creations of Margaret Nazon

time-read
3 mins  |
April 2020
The Age of Surrender
The Walrus

The Age of Surrender

When is a senior no longer capable of making their own decisions? It depends on whom you ask

time-read
10+ mins  |
April 2020
Vocal Range
The Walrus

Vocal Range

Riit’s new album brings throat singing to the nightclub

time-read
8 mins  |
April 2020
The New Separatists
The Walrus

The New Separatists

The roots of western alienation date back generations. Here’s why the latest secession movement looks different

time-read
10 mins  |
April 2020
A New Housing Model For Managing Mental Decline
The Walrus

A New Housing Model For Managing Mental Decline

A new housing model for managing mental decline

time-read
8 mins  |
May 2020
The Walrus

The Digital Afterlife

The ongoing legal battle to decide who owns our data after we die

time-read
10+ mins  |
May 2020
Anatomy Of A Pandemic
The Walrus

Anatomy Of A Pandemic

History has much to teach us about how to survive the COVID-19 outbreak. We need to listen to the lessons of the past

time-read
10+ mins  |
May 2020