January, 2020 | The Walrus

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November 2019 / Poetry

Blessing for Twitter

January 31, 2020November 10, 2022 - by Adam Sol

The icon’s head / is too thick for its hopeful wings / but responds to my thumb

News about The Walrus

Corey Mintz wins the 2019 Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism for “Land of Plenty”

January 30, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

The Walrus proudly announces the winner of the 2019 Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism

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Uncategorized

Why It’s Impossible to Buy a House

January 29, 2020April 10, 2022 - by Shawn Micallef

Canadians used to live in a country that built housing with everyone in mind. What happened?

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Environment

The Shark Research That Upended Marine Conservation

January 28, 2020 - by Brian Payton

Efforts to preserve ocean life are meaningless if governments don’t enforce standards of protection

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Books

When Male Writers Confront Toxic Masculinity

January 22, 2020January 23, 2020 - by Philip Sayers

It’s easier than ever for men to speak the language of feminism. It’s harder to act like they mean it

Society

Canada’s Greatest Playground and Its Visionary Designer

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Fifty years ago, he transformed a children’s park into a social utopia

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Arts & Culture

The Undeniable Queerness of Superhero Stories

January 17, 2020May 31, 2023 - by Anna Peppard

The genre is built on themes of transformation, disguise, and duality—a reality that LGBTQ folks live every day

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Business / January/February 2020

Is Cannabis the Answer to Everything?

January 15, 2020March 9, 2021 - by Lauren McKeon

Weed has been rebranded as a cure-all for modern life. As a stressed-out, overworked thirtysomething, I decided to try it out for myself

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Politics

What Jason Kenney’s War Room Is Costing Alberta

January 14, 2020March 6, 2020 - by Max Fawcett

The province’s failure to consider climate risk may lose it billions in global investment

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Current Affairs / World

What We Lost When Ghanimat Azhdari Was Killed in the Iran Plane Crash

January 13, 2020January 16, 2020 - by Jimmy Thomson

The University of Guelph PhD student was one of 175 who died on Flight 752. Friends remember a conservationist who fought to put Indigenous needs first

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Month: January 2020

Corey Mintz wins the 2019 Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism for “Land of Plenty”

Why It’s Impossible to Buy a House

The Shark Research That Upended Marine Conservation

When Male Writers Confront Toxic Masculinity

Canada’s Greatest Playground and Its Visionary Designer

The Undeniable Queerness of Superhero Stories

Is Cannabis the Answer to Everything?

What Jason Kenney’s War Room Is Costing Alberta

What We Lost When Ghanimat Azhdari Was Killed in the Iran Plane Crash

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