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Month: September 2018

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Books / October 2018

The Cat Who Ate Like A Lion

September 28, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Patti Sonntag

Lessons of love and acceptance from the furriest member of the family

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Health

How Much of a Doctor’s Diagnosis Is Gut Feeling?

September 27, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Amitha Kalaichandran

Why physicians should revisit their traditional response to decision making

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Technology

The Rise of the Tech-Savvy Parent

September 26, 2018March 7, 2022 - by Angela Misri

Is the younger generation really digitally superior? Not in my experience

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The Walrus Talks

Success: Wali Shah

September 25, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Wali Shah

Wali Shah says his male role models perpetuated toxic ideals of success and manhood, but he’s here to change the status quo

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Arts & Culture

When Buffy Sainte-Marie Met Big Bird

September 25, 2018December 4, 2019 - by Andrea Warner

The iconic singer helped Sesame Street teach a generation of children about Indigenous cultures

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The Walrus Talks

Success: Ryan McMahon

September 25, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Ryan McMahon

Ryan McMahon says there’s no word for success in his language, but he defines it anyway

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Arts & Culture

The Poetic Disturbances of M. NourbeSe Philip

September 21, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Paul Barrett

In her new book of essays, the Canadian poet fights the policing and restricting of black creative expression

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The Walrus Talks

Connections: Don Tapscott

September 21, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Don Tapscott

Don Tapscott spoke about his four greatest predictions for the internet and the new social contract we all have to build for the digital era

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Jian Ghomeshi and the Perils of the Non-Apology Apology

September 19, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Lauren McKeon

For too many men, the primary focus of #MeToo has always been on male redemption—leaving women to bear the costs of harm caused

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Education / October 2018

Who Gets to Be Gifted?

September 19, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Katrina Onstad

Kids in the gifted program are disproportionately white and affluent. How streaming became another form of segregation

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