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Month: July 2012

The Race against Time
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The Race against Time

July 30, 2012October 16, 2019 - by Smithsonian Channel

Pushing the limits of brain science could bring Canadian marathoners Olympic glory

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July/August 2012

Going Once

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Jason Sherman

This appeared in the July/August 2012 issue.

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Books / July/August 2012

From the Middle East, but No Longer of It

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

Journalists Nahlah Ayed and Kamal Al-Solaylee publish culturally informed memoirs criticizing the rise of political Islam in their ancestral homelands

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Fiction / July/August 2012

Kikwaakew

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Joseph Boyden

Cutting through the bush is tough on him this morning. No packed trails to follow, and in the shadows the snow’s deep. He’s not felt fear in a while, him. …

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Illustration by Leon Gylve
July/August 2012

An Exile on Main Street

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Matthew McKinnon

K’naan’s World Cup anthem, “Wavin’ Flag,” made the Somali Canadian rapper a global star. Now, with a radio-friendly album, he is chasing mass-market (read: American) success

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Illustration by Stefanie Ayoub
Arts & Culture / July/August 2012

Double Vision

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Emily Landau

Poet Pauline Johnson enthralled Victorian theatregoers with a stereotype-smashing spin on her Mohawk-English heritage. Along the way, she became Canada’s first postmodern celebrity

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July/August 2012

London Calling

July 12, 2012July 6, 2017 - by James Chatto

An expat considers his hometown—and whom he will cheer for at the Olympics

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July/August 2012 / Society

Preacher in Practice

July 12, 2012May 1, 2017 - by Daniel Baird

Father Thomas Rosica, Catholic priest and smooth media operator, is an expert at spreading the Word

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Photography by John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Environment / July/August 2012

Ship Spotting

July 12, 2012July 17, 2019 - by Claudia Goodine

Will the Trans Mountain pipeline and Kinder Morgan’s bid to increase oil tanker traffic sink Vancouver’s green ambitions?

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I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth
Fiction / July/August 2012

I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth

July 12, 2012February 8, 2022 - by Margaret Atwood

Long ago, when they were all a lot younger, Zenia had stolen a man from each of them. From Tony, she’d stolen West, who did however think better of it—or …

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