January, 2023 | The Walrus

January/February 2023 / Poetry

Woody Strode, Black Cowboy

January 31, 2023February 6, 2023 - by Bertrand Bickersteth

If you act like a nobody, / you are a nobody. The actor / Woody Strode wasn’t / just any nobody.

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Canadian Time Machine/Voyages dans l’histoire canadienne

January 30, 2023April 3, 2023 - by The Walrus Lab

Canadian Time Machine is a podcast that unpacks key milestones in our country’s history. It is funded by the Government of Canada and created by The Walrus Lab.

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January/February 2023

Editor’s Letter: The Fight for Good Journalism

January 30, 2023January 26, 2023 - by Jessica Johnson

As the tide of online disinformation swells, fact checking can help build trust in media

Arts & Culture

Alone Is about Much More than Pure Survival

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 - by Erin MacLeod

The History channel series spins our fear of solitude into a showcase of how much humans can withstand

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January/February 2023

Letters to the Editor: January/February 2023

January 26, 2023January 25, 2023 - by Readers

On false convictions, municipal political drama, and The Great Canadian Baking Show

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Health

Why We Made Fewer Memories during the Pandemic

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 - by Jadine Ngan

Monotony and anxiety wrought havoc on our brains. Can we bounce back?

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Silent Suffering

January 24, 2023March 23, 2023 - by Glynis Ratcliffe

Some Canadian medical experts agree that people living with the most severe mental illnesses are not getting the attention or funding they need.

Fiction / January/February 2023

The Money

January 23, 2023January 20, 2023 - by Lynn Coady

Ever since childhood, words would desert Helen when she got angry—if she felt any kind of strong emotion, really

Health

The Mental Health Crisis on the Other End of the Phone

January 20, 2023May 29, 2023 - by Inori Roy

Remote work has transformed the already challenging overnight shift for crisis hotline operators into a deeply lonely one

January/February 2023 / Poetry

Acacia

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 - by Julie Bruck

I wonder how it feels—he asked nobody
in particular, to want anything that much?

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Month: January 2023

Canadian Time Machine/Voyages dans l’histoire canadienne

Alone Is about Much More than Pure Survival

Letters to the Editor: January/February 2023

Why We Made Fewer Memories during the Pandemic

The Money

Acacia