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  • Unist'ot'en Chief Doris Rosso speaks to supporters of the Unist'ot'en camp and Wet'suwet'en people as they gather around a camp fire off a logging road near Houston, B.C. Did the Protests Work? The Wet’suwet’en Resistance One Year Later - In the months following the pipeline protests and blockades, hereditary chiefs helped change how BC works with First Nations by Tyler McCreary
  • Scenes from Canada’s Housing Crisis by Amber Bracken
  • Row after row of sinks, each with a checkmark beside it OCD Is Not a Joke by Lisa Whittington-Hill
  • A comic alternating between people engaging in lockdown activities and close-ups of the virus Ask an Economist: How Bad Are Lockdowns Really? by Rob Gillezeau

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  1. Accents, Dialects, and Discrimination by John Colapinto
  2. Everybody Hates Millennials: Gen Z and the TikTok Generation Wars by Sejla Rizvic
  3. On Being Bipolar by Andrea Bennett
  4. Labelling the Proud Boys Terrorists May Do More Harm than Good by Ira Wells
  5. Ask an Economist: How Bad Are Lockdowns Really? by Rob Gillezeau
  • A portrait of Evie Christie Boundary by Evie Christie
  • 🎧 Better Living through Kindness by Graham Greene
  • A portrait of Jenny Haysom The Minister of Loneliness by Jenny Haysom
  • Members of the far-right group the Proud Boys gather in E street northwest before marching into Freedom Plaza, in Washington, DC Labelling the Proud Boys Terrorists May Do More Harm than Good by Ira Wells
  • Death in the Age of Facebook by Sandy Pool
  • Three cartoon faces speaking. One in the middle with a closed mouth appears worried Accents, Dialects, and Discrimination by John Colapinto
  • The Group of Seven Doesn’t Define Canadian Art by Tatum Dooley
  • A portrait of Sarah Wolfson The Needs of Humans by Sarah Wolfson
  • Waste Not by Katie Underwood
  • An officer at the Cameron County Detention Centre watches security footage from the control room, on many screens. When Border Security Crosses a Line by Hilary Beaumont
  • A photo of a protest, with police forming a line opposite the protestors. Modern Policing Is an Invention of Slavery by Rinaldo Walcott
  • An illustration, in different shades of purple, of people through the windows of their apartment buildings, all doing solitary activities. What Does “Lockdown” Even Mean Anymore? by Jonah Brunet
  • An illustration of a colourful winter scene. Two people, one in a wheelchair and one with a walker, move along a path next to a skating rink while someone skates.  Will COVID-19 Change How We Think About Disability? by Aimee Louw
  • Portrait of Billy-Ray Belcourt The Tragedian by Billy-Ray Belcourt
  • Senior woman sits alone in a dark room, seen through a doorway. She is in shadow, backlit by a window. When Healers Do Harm: Women Serial Killers in the Health Care Industry by Patricia Pearson
  • Everybody Hates Millennials: Gen Z and the TikTok Generation Wars by Sejla Rizvic
  • Standoff at 1492 Land Back Lane by Luke Ottenhof
  • Bardia Sinaee pictured in a suit and sunglasses Stichomancy by Bardia Sinaee
  • A figure walking along a path in an otherworldly twilight Having a Miserable Winter? Go for a Walk by Dan Rubinstein
  • The Longest Winter by The Walrus Staff
  • Illustration of a person filled with fiery colours, sweating, with eyes darting to the side. Behind them are green leaves and branches. Therapy for the End of the World by Britt Wray

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