November, 2019 | The Walrus

The Walrus Talks

Mobility: Lisa Helps

November 30, 2019November 25, 2019 - by Lisa Helps

Who has a right to the city?

A photo of the poet Elizabeth Smart in her later years, wearing a dark jacket and a white shirt with a frilled collar, looking to the left of the frame and smoking.

Arts & Culture / December 2019

Elizabeth Smart Died in 1986. Her Work Still Haunts Me

November 29, 2019February 23, 2022 - by Dale Hrabi

Poetic genius, bohemian, copywriter: she taught me to never compromise

An illustration of men in construction gear and hard hats parachuting into a city.

Politics

Small Towns Are Dying. Can Immigration Save Them?

November 28, 2019April 13, 2022 - by Étienne Lajoie

Newcomers can extend the lives of shrinking villages, but only if Quebec can confront its xenophobia

An oil pumpjack stands in an open prairie field covered with snow.

Business

Give Alberta Oil Back to the People

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 - by Linda McQuaig

Norway has banked more than $1 trillion—all thanks to its state-owned oil company. Should Alberta follow its model?

The Walrus Talks

The Walrus Talks Women of Distinction

November 26, 2019February 4, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Seven esteemed YWCA Toronto Women of Distinction award recipients discuss the advancement of women in health, science, arts, business, social justice, and more

A man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and preparing fish outside.

Society

The New Road in the North

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 - by Crystal Gail Fraser

The government framed the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway as a nation-building project. But, for Indigenous people, the road is about connecting with ourselves