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Month: November 2021

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December 2021 / Fiction

The Mission

November 30, 2021January 4, 2022 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

Saint Mary’s River coldly wrought the edge of the Mission to the north, blocking its expansion toward the reserve’s hoodoos

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Who Will Inherit the Earth?

November 30, 2021February 5, 2022 - by Katie Underwood

A lesser-discussed casualty of the climate crisis are children’s rights—particularly for those who are already marginalized.

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December 2021

Editor’s Letter: Is Pandemic Tech Here to Stay?

November 29, 2021 - by Jessica Johnson

Switching to remote communications may have felt inevitable, but that doesn’t mean the transition has been smooth

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December 2021 / Justice

My Day in Zoom Court: Virtual Trials Are a Better Option for Sexual Assault Survivors

November 26, 2021November 27, 2021 - by Sophia Watson (pseudonym)

Tradition dictates that perpetrators and victims must meet in court. COVID-19 showed that wasn’t necessary

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Game On

November 26, 2021February 25, 2022 - by Katie Underwood

How the Shaw Charity Classic became Canada’s community-fundraising platform to beat—and in well under a decade.

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Arts & Culture / Books

The Shadow Land: Indigenous Memoirs and the Question of “Trauma Porn”

November 25, 2021September 21, 2022 - by Cody Caetano

The term has emerged as an insidious charge. How should we approach painful stories?

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Business / January/February 2022

Ask a Supply Chain Expert: Are Product Shortages Our New Normal?

November 24, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Harish Krishnan

’Tis the season to unpack the pandemic’s impact on production and distribution

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December 2021 / Poetry

Today My Task Is the Codicil

November 23, 2021 - by Molly Peacock

I’ve had my pomegranate life. / Seeds sluicing red . . . Rose affection

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December 2021 / Letters

Letters to the Editor: December 2021

November 22, 2021January 6, 2022 - by Readers

On scientific integrity, access to abortion services, and the many threats facing Canada’s wild salmon

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December 2021 / Science

The Pigeon Puzzle: How Do They Figure Out Their Impossibly Long Routes Home?

November 19, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Trevor Popoff

You might consider them flying rats, but their odysseys stump scientists

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