The Walrus

• Horror, Horror Everywhere: New Books Are Shaking the Genre to Its Core - Writers are taking spooky books to places they’ve never gone before by Danny Jacobs

1. Inside the Mental Health Crisis Facing College and University Students by Simon Lewsen
2. Don’t Be a Prude: The Benefits of Public Nudity by Nicole Schmidt
3. Adding Colour to the Romance Genre by Zeahaa Rehman
4. Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers by Minelle Mahtani
5. What Happens to Our Brains When We Get Depressed? by Simon Lewsen

• Who Does Sarah Polley Think She Is? - She first gained fame as a child actor. The writer and director has been confronting the traumas of these early experiences ever since by Sarah Liss

• Ask an Environmental Expert: What’s the Carbon Footprint of the Internet? - Our digital habits are worse for the environment than flying. That toll is expected to grow by Laura Marks

• Why Is Politics Getting Nastier? - With threats and harassment rising, running for office has become a dangerous job by Stephen Maher

• Why Is the Pandemic Death Toll among Workers Still a Mystery? - COVID-19 didn’t spare workers in manufacturing, but two years on, information about their deaths remains hard to find by Nora Loreto

• Why Success in Canada Means Moving to America - Canada’s modest institutions have lowered the ceiling on creative professionals. Is leaving the answer? by Tajja Isen

• Robots Are Writing Poetry, and Many People Can’t Tell the Difference - Machines are putting out astonishingly human writing. What does that mean for the future of art? by Carmine Starnino

• Climate Change Is Coming for Your Coffee by Elizabeth Chorney-Booth

• Hooked-up Culture by Katie Underwood

• Resilience is Key by Glynis Ratcliffe

• [WATCH] The Walrus Talks What’s Next? (Toronto) - Artificial intelligence, sustainability, and the social and political innovations shaping our future

• [WATCH] The Walrus Talks What’s Next? (Ottawa) - Artificial intelligence, sustainability, and the social and political innovations shaping our future

• [WATCH] The Walrus Talks at Home: Pharmacare - Rethinking the current state of prescription drug coverage in Canada

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Indigenous peoples face some of the highest levels of poverty in Canada. According to many people, including Candice Shaw, these inequalities are the intended result of colonial systems. Shaw believes that in order to address inequality at its core, we need to decolonize systems of power while continuing to engage Indigenous communities in discussions on reconciliation.

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Since 2015, Canada had deployments of ground troops in Ukraine, working to reform the country’s military after the invasion of Crimea. In light of Russia’s most recent invasion of Ukraine, Sarah Lawrynuik wanted to take a look back at what the Canadian Armed Forces did there and how the training it provided has affected the country’s ability to hold off Russian advancements.

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The oil and gas industry is under pressure to accelerate towards a decarbonized future. These efforts require bold and courageous leadership. Who better to change an oil and gas company from the inside out than its first Chief Climate Officer, Martha Hall Findlay.

• Why Is Politics Getting Nastier? - With threats and harassment rising, running for office has become a dangerous job by Stephen Maher

• Who Does Sarah Polley Think She Is? - She first gained fame as a child actor. The writer and director has been confronting the traumas of these early experiences ever since by Sarah Liss

• Ask an Environmental Expert: What’s the Carbon Footprint of the Internet? - Our digital habits are worse for the environment than flying. That toll is expected to grow by Laura Marks