The Walrus

• How the Polaris Prize Pictures the Music - Each year, visual artists create custom posters for shortlisted albums. The results are often astonishing by Meredith Holigroski

1. The Shadowy Business of International Education by Nicholas Hune-Brown
2. Don’t Be a Prude: The Benefits of Public Nudity by Nicole Schmidt
3. Why William Gibson Is a Literary Genius by Jason Guriel
4. How Universal Health Care Fails Queer Communities by Brianna Sharpe
5. Ask an Expert: Is the Housing Bubble Going to Burst? by Diana Petramala

• Truth Before Reconciliation: Canada Needs to Hear Indigenous Stories - Colonizers have used false narratives to justify genocide. But storytelling can be a powerful way to fight back by Jesse Wente

• Editor’s Letter: Why We Don’t Endorse Political Candidates - Election cycles don’t always provide depth and context for the crises we face. Good journalism does by Jessica Johnson

• Why Should I Feel Ashamed of My Opioid Prescription? - Chronic pain devastated my life. Drugs restored it by Carlyn Zwarenstein

• The Manly Makeover of a Conservative Leader - Is Erin O’Toole trying to beat Justin Trudeau at his own image game? by Scott Reid

• The Disappearance of Markham Doe - When trans people go missing, they often remain unidentified. One couple is trying to change that by Erica Lenti

• Why William Gibson Is a Literary Genius - Forty years after his breakout story, “Johnny Mnemonic,” the father of cyberpunk remains one of the best writers around by Jason Guriel

• The Internet Works—and It’s No Accident by Katie Underwood

• How Do You Fight Vaccine Hesitancy? With Information by Rosemary Counter

• Utopia, or Something Like It by Katie Underwood

• The Walrus Talks at Home: Reimagining Resilience - What does it mean when entire communities face daily challenges to living?

• The Walrus Talks at Home: CanCon Online - Canadian content and the new online creator economy

• WATCH: The Walrus Leadership Forum: The Great Skills Shift - Preparing Indigenous youth for a digital future

Caring for a sick loved one is one of the hardest things a person can go through, but it can also be an opportunity to learn how to live a more meaningful life.

How can we help farmers to reduce and producers to build resilience?

Approaches to teaching have had to change because of the pandemic. How has education changed as a result of the prevalence of online learning?

• It’s Not in Your Head: The World Really Is Getting Worse - Since the 1970s, wages, infrastructure, and the pace of technology have all stagnated. Can it be reversed? by Andrew Potter

• How the Polaris Prize Pictures the Music - Each year, visual artists create custom posters for shortlisted albums. The results are often astonishing by Meredith Holigroski

• The Other Epidemic: What’s Killing the Wild Salmon? - A virus that flourishes in fish farms is now threatening wild populations. With hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, are business interests leading to government inaction? by Max Binks-Collier