Vivek Shraya Proves Kids’ Books Can Help Us Explore Messy Truths - Revenge of the Raccoons flips the narrative about the much-despised pests. But it’s also a story for grown-ups
Letters to the Editor: December 2022 - On a poet’s tarnished legacy, the housing crisis, and Quebec’s rebellious opposition leader
- How Period-Tracking Apps Can Be Weaponized by Pro-Life Advocates - With Roe v. Wade overturned in the US, menstruation apps have become a new concern in the fight for abortion rights. Do they pose the same risk in Canada?
- Who Gets to Be Mentally Ill? - Today, people talk about seeing a therapist like they’re going to the dentist. But our compassion around mental health still excludes the people who need it most
- Autofiction - Have I always been in the world? / No, I’ve been autumn in the middle of August.
- A New Wave of Ciders Is Bringing a Refreshing Change to Cocktail Hour - Tariq Ahmed founded Revel Cider in 2014—now he spends his days brewing batches of traditional and not-so-traditional ciders
- Why the Future Is Analog - During the pandemic, our digital lives hollowed us out. Getting back in touch with reality could make us whole again
Do you know a teen who dreams of being a writer?
The 2023 Amazon Canada First Novel Award is currently seeking submissions for the youth short story category. The prize is $5000. The deadline to submit is February 5, 2023.
Inside the December 2022 issue of The Walrus
COVID-19 Brings the Importance of Indoor Air Quality to the Forefront, The Rings of Power Has a Troll Problem, Going to Afghanistan, and more.
➔ COVID-19 Brings the Importance of Indoor Air Quality to the Forefront
➔ The Rings of Power Has a Troll Problem
➔ Finding a Father on Facebook Marketplace
➔ Going to Afghanistan
Our host Sophie Heringa speaks to Alisha Arora, who is in the process of pioneering an A.I. program that detects suicidal ideation on social media with M.I.T. Arora shares the story of the events that led her to such an idea.
André Picard, is a health reporter and author who started us off on this audio journey, with his talk on the epidemic of loneliness, so it only felt appropriate to hand the mic back for the final episode of season 3, because this has been quite a time to be a health reporter, and Picard is one of this country’s best.
In our first-ever documentary “Submerged”, we hear the different ways Indigenous communities bear the brunt of mega hydroelectric projects. What happens when land is flooded, waterways diverted, and dangerous neurotoxins like methylmercury are released?
- Why the Voting Age Needs to be Lowered to Sixteen - The time to address climate change and inequality is running out. Young people deserve to have our say—while we still can
- How Period-Tracking Apps Can Be Weaponized by Pro-Life Advocates - With Roe v. Wade overturned in the US, menstruation apps have become a new concern in the fight for abortion rights. Do they pose the same risk in Canada?
- How the UK Is Winning the Race against Climate Change - While Canada has fumbled every climate promise, the UK has been hitting its emissions targets. What would it take to catch up?
- COVID-19 Brings the Importance of Indoor Air Quality to the Forefront - Until the COVID-19 pandemic, we rarely thought about indoor air quality as a serious health threat
- Autofiction - Have I always been in the world? / No, I’ve been autumn in the middle of August.
- Going to Afghanistan - Leadership had already noticed the change in morale since the official announcement. This was the new Canadian military
