Don Gillmor | The Walrus

Illustration by Michael Byers

Feature / July/August 2016

Stuck

July 20, 2016September 17, 2018 - by Don Gillmor

Traffic is ruining our lives—but we can be saved

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Photograph by Heather Elton

March 2016 / Memoir

A Poet Self-Destructs

February 19, 2016June 2, 2016 - by Don Gillmor

The tormented life of my friend Murdoch Burnett

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Photograph by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

December 2015 / Memoir

The Roughneck Diaries

November 25, 2015July 13, 2016 - by Don Gillmor

Remembering when the oil sands were young

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Photograph by Jaime Hogge

Feature / January/February 2012

The Invention of Waterloo

January 12, 2012September 17, 2018 - by Don Gillmor

Canada’s Technology Triangle has spawned more than 450 high-tech companies, including BlackBerry pioneer Research in Motion. But it didn’t just happen: an upstart university had the brains to embrace mathematics

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Photograph courtesy of Diamond+Schmitt Architects/Cicada Design

Arts & Culture / May 2010

Red Tape

May 12, 2010June 26, 2017 - by Don Gillmor

For Diamond+Schmitt, winning an international competition to design a cultural centre in St. Petersburg was a blessing and a curse

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Feature / May 2009

That Old Flame

May 12, 2009June 21, 2017 - by Don Gillmor

After sixty years, Harlequin Romance books are still enslaving readers. What’s their secret?

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July/August 2008 / Memoir

Shelter from the Storm

July 12, 2008July 4, 2017 - by Don Gillmor

Fathers and sons, architecture as refuge, and a family’s great loss

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Books / June 2008

Review: Toronto Noir

June 12, 2008June 30, 2017 - by Don Gillmor

What seethes beneath T.O.’s cool politeness

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McKesson Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism (Toronto) @ Artscape Daniels Launchpad

Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism
	Exploring trends and innovations in health care, technology, and more
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Featuring:
Onur Bodur, professor of marketing, Concordia University
Zayna Khayat, futurist, SE Health
Rebecca McKillican, CEO, Well.ca
Craig Patterson, editor-in-chief, Retail Insider

And more!

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CIFAR Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries (National Capital Region, Gatineau) @ Canadian Museum of History

Sep 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries
	How divisions shape our lives, what lies between borders, and what membership means now
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Keith Banting, Stauffer Dunning Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University

Samra Habib, writer, photographer, and activist

Adrian Owen, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging, University of Western Ontario, and Koerner Fellow and Co-Director, Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness, CIFAR

Paige Raibmon, Professor, Department of History, University of British Columbia

Prerna Singh, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Brown University

Mary Soderstrom, writer

And more!

CIFAR is a Canadian-based, global charitable organization that convenes extraordinary minds to address science and humanity’s most important questions.

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	Présente The Walrus Talks — frontières
	Comment les divisions définissent-elles notre vie? Qu’est-ce qui se trouve entre les limites? Que signifie maintenant l’appartenance à un groupe?
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Le CIFAR est une organisation sans but lucratif basée au Canada qui rassemble de brillants cerveaux pour trouver réponse aux plus grandes questions de la science et de l’humanité.

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Suncor Presents The Walrus Talks Energy (Montreal) @ Centre Phi

Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Energy
	Building a Canadian approach to energy transition
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Featuring:
Shawn McCarthy, journalist
Eryn Stewart, project director, Lumos Energy
Brendan Haley, policy director, Efficiency Canada
Aisha Bukhari, senior manager, Advanced Energy Centre, MaRS Discovery District
Johanne Gélinas, president and CEO, Transition Énergétique Québec
Christopher Ragan, academic, economist, and chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission
Alison Cretney, managing director, Energy Futures Lab

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French simultaneous translation services will be provided.
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TD Bank Group Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion (Waterloo) @ Waterloo Delta Hotel

Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion
	How design, technology, education and more can remove barriers for people with disabilities
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Featuring:

Luke Anderson, Co-Founder, StopGap Foundation
Jutta Treviranus, Director and Founder, Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University
Jeff D’Hondt, Indigenous Consultant, City of Toronto
Michelle Woolfrey, Co-Founder, Blind Girl Inc.
Mahadeo Sukhai, Head of Research and Chief Accessibility Officer, Canadian National Institute for the Blind

And more!

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