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Listening to Learn
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Listening to Learn

While much of the business world is just starting to wake up to the social injustices that surround us, Desjardins CEO Guy Cormier started paying attention years ago.

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5 mins  |
November 2021
Standing on Guard for Canada
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Standing on Guard for Canada

When disaster strikes—from wildfires to floods to public health emergencies—the partners from Team Rubicon Canada and the LabattDisaster Relief Program are ready to serve communities in crisis

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3 mins  |
November 2021
Citizen of Nowhere
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Citizen of Nowhere

Deepan Budlakoti was Canadian one day, stateless the next. Who is responsible for someone no country wants to claim?

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10+ mins  |
November 2021
Redefining Artistic Ability
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Redefining Artistic Ability

With its mandate to support opportunities for artists with disabilities, Tangled Art + Disability centres d/Deaf and disability-identified perspectives, and makes the experience of consuming art more accessible to a diverse public

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3 mins  |
November 2021
Three Stories to Make Your Head Feel Different
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Three Stories to Make Your Head Feel Different

GENDER REVEAL PARTY

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10+ mins  |
November 2021
The Maximalist Home
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The Maximalist Home

In a time of fearful self-restraint, more is more

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9 mins  |
September/October 2021
SALMON SICKNESS
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SALMON SICKNESS

For years, Fisheries and Oceans Canada has minimized the risk of a virus some of its own scientists believe is threatening wild salmon

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September/October 2021
Slavery's Ghosts
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Slavery's Ghosts

Canada remains haunted by a past it hardly acknowledges

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10+ mins  |
September/October 2021
Taken for the Team
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Taken for the Team

Esmaa Mohamoud’s installations capture the way professional sports prof it from Black bodies

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10+ mins  |
September/October 2021
Breathing Trouble
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Breathing Trouble

Tens of thousands of Canadians who have received asthma diagnoses don’t actually have it

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8 mins  |
September/October 2021
STUDENTS FOR SALE
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STUDENTS FOR SALE

International students are lied to, cheated, and exploited on multiple fronts. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it

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September/October 2021
Province of No Choice
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Province of No Choice

Why doctors are still fighting to provide abortion care in New Brunswick

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10+ mins  |
September/October 2021
Ask a Real Estate Expert
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Ask a Real Estate Expert

What’s next for the housing market?

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3 mins  |
September/October 2021
The Way We Were
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The Way We Were

How family photo albums can make history

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2 mins  |
July/August 2021
Home Ice
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Home Ice

On the paradox of being a diehard Indigenous fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs — or any hockey team

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7 mins  |
July/August 2021
The Great Cannabis Count
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The Great Cannabis Count

Inside statisticians’ quest to quantify the hazy economy of weed

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8 mins  |
July/August 2021
Mark Carney's Next Move
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Mark Carney's Next Move

The economist led two central banks through two era-defining upheavals. Is politics his future?

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10+ mins  |
July/August 2021
Ask a Tourism Expert
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Ask a Tourism Expert

How will Canadians travel in a post-pandemic world?

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3 mins  |
July/August 2021
Family Trees
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Family Trees

How I tapped into the vast social network beneath the forest floor

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10+ mins  |
June 2021
Doctors With Borders
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Doctors With Borders

Physicians trained abroad have long struggled to find work in Canada. COVID-19 was supposed to change that

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7 mins  |
June 2021
Dancing on a Prayer
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Dancing on a Prayer

Why a struggling strip club opened its doors to God

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10+ mins  |
June 2021
Mapping Mental Illness
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Mapping Mental Illness

One scientist’s quest to demystify the human brain

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10+ mins  |
June 2021
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Justice on Trial

When Brayden Bushby was charged with the death of Barbara Kentner, Indigenous communities’ faith in Canada’s legal system would once more be put to the test

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10+ mins  |
June 2021
Go to the Flow
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Go to the Flow

Why being near bodies of water helps us feel good

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10+ mins  |
June 2021
Ask a Constitutional Expert
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Ask a Constitutional Expert

What would it take to leave the monarchy?

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3 mins  |
June 2021
A Dog's Likes
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A Dog's Likes

The journey to turn my pet into an Instagram celebrity

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10 mins  |
June 2021
The Case for Affordable Child Care
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The Case for Affordable Child Care

The pandemic has underscored the need for a national child care program

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10 mins  |
January/February 2021
Still Unnamed
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Still Unnamed

The report by the Royal Commission on the Status of Women was a major milestone for gender equality in Canada, but it failed to address the LGBTQ community. SARAH RATCHFORD explains that while we’ve come a long way in recognizing gender nonconforming folks, there’s more work to be done

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3 mins  |
January/February 2021
The Myth of Universal Health Care
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The Myth of Universal Health Care

Two physicians on what it would take for Canada’s health care system to deliver on its promises

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10+ mins  |
January/February 2021
Why Do We See Dead People?
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Why Do We See Dead People?

Humans have always sensed the ghosts of loved ones. It’s only in the last century that we convinced ourselves this was a problem

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January/February 2021