January, 2025 | The Walrus

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Our stability is more fragile than it looks

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Fiction / January/February 2025

Pack Ice Season

January 31, 2025January 30, 2025 - by Bridget Canning

Once she’s close up, everything might change

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Education

Welcome to University. Good Luck Finding a Place to Live

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 - by Katrya Bolger

Students are being forced to choose between brutal commutes and luxury condos they can’t afford

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Current Affairs / March/April 2025

“Guaranteed Jobs” That Don’t Exist: The Dark World of Immigration Consultants

January 29, 2025January 29, 2025 - by Adnan R. Khan

Canada has an insatiable demand for cheap labour. Workers are being lured here with schemes and lies

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December 2024 / Poetry

The Tunnel

January 29, 2025January 28, 2025 - by Jeff Latosik

it almost seems they’ll call me / back onto the field

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March/April 2025 / Memoir

Nazi Persecution Scattered My Family. A Lost Archive Brought Us Together

January 27, 2025January 28, 2025 - by Timothy Taylor

How 10,000 pages of documents sent me on a journey through Germany’s dark past

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Memoir

I Lost My Son to Addiction. No, Privilege Didn’t Protect Him

January 25, 2025January 27, 2025 - by Scott Oake

He had a loving family, financial support, and the best treatment. He fell victim to an overdose anyway

Quiz

Weekly Quiz: Hard-Core Climate Talk, Weird Wellness Trends, and How Biden Blew It

January 25, 2025January 27, 2025 - by The Walrus

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday.

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Part 6: Why Do We Travel?
Because Nature is Everywhere

January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 - by Caitlin Stall-Paquet

From Mexico to Miami to Montreal, wild flora and fauna break through concrete and reach for the sun, writes Caitlin Stall-Paquet. For humanity, it’s a reminder of how life persists without us

Books

The New Patron Saints of Lesbian Fiction

January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 - by Rachel Gerry

Why the best queer writers are throwing plot out of the window

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Month: January 2025

Canada Has Spent Over a Century Avoiding Collapse. Can It Keep Going?

Pack Ice Season

Welcome to University. Good Luck Finding a Place to Live

“Guaranteed Jobs” That Don’t Exist: The Dark World of Immigration Consultants

Nazi Persecution Scattered My Family. A Lost Archive Brought Us Together

Weekly Quiz: Hard-Core Climate Talk, Weird Wellness Trends, and How Biden Blew It

The New Patron Saints of Lesbian Fiction

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