March, 2020 | The Walrus

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April 2020 / Politics

The New Separatists

March 31, 2020April 2, 2020 - by Max Fawcett

The roots of western alienation date back generations. Here’s why the latest secession movement looks different

Sports

Sports under Quarantine

March 30, 2020November 23, 2021 - by Benjamin Hertwig

With the closure of arenas, a sports fan laments the loss of community

A photograph of the poet, a man with his chin in his hand and looking toward the right of the frame, against a periwinkle-blue background.

March 2020 / Poetry

Autobiography

March 27, 2020 - by David O'Meara

Without design, the future shrugged. / I hoped I might find myself over there and not / be disappointed.

An image of the grand banks of Newfoundland, with a series of houses lining the perimeter of the banks. The photo is styled in red and pink hues, so the water appears a dark salmon colour and the houses and sky are paler shades of pink.

Arts & Culture

The Poet Who Warns Us Not to Revere the Past

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 - by Mark Callanan

The work of Newfoundland poet Tom Dawe tackles the dangers of nostalgia

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April 2020

Meet the Albertans Who Want to Start Their Own Country

March 25, 2020March 26, 2020 - by Brett Gundlock

A photo essay from the front lines of the Wexit movement

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Society

The Pressure to Describe My “Background”

March 24, 2020June 10, 2021 - by Eternity Martis

As a Black child in a brown family, I had to learn how to define my identity in a new way

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Business

How Tim Hortons Became a Political Prop

March 23, 2020March 9, 2021 - by Max Fawcett

Polarization has infiltrated Canada’s most iconic brand

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April 2020 / Poetry

Incantation

March 20, 2020 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

One hand pushes the swing, the other holds an open book, / paper valley of an elsewhere.

Illustration of an elderly woman sitting in a chair with her back to the viewer. She is surrounded by animals––an owl, a leopard, a turtle, a goose, and a dog, which she pets while it sits at her feet.

April 2020

What I’ve Learned from What My Mother Has Forgotten

March 19, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Damian Rogers

My mother’s dementia made me think about my own future in a new way

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April 2020 / Health

When Is a Senior No Longer Capable of Making Their Own Decisions?

March 18, 2020July 24, 2020 - by Sharon J. Riley

How our medical systems strip elders of their autonomy

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Month: March 2020

The New Separatists

Sports under Quarantine

Autobiography

The Poet Who Warns Us Not to Revere the Past

Meet the Albertans Who Want to Start Their Own Country

The Pressure to Describe My “Background”

How Tim Hortons Became a Political Prop

Incantation

What I’ve Learned from What My Mother Has Forgotten

When Is a Senior No Longer Capable of Making Their Own Decisions?

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