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Emily Urquhart

Emily Urquhart is a writer based in Kitchener, Ontario. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Azure, and Hakai Magazine. Her newest book is The Age of Creativity: Art, Memory, My Father, and Me (Anansi, 2020).
Arts & Culture

How Creativity Changes as We Age

September 16, 2020February 12, 2021 - by Emily Urquhart

As Turner lay dying, he asked to see sunlight. Renoir demanded a pencil. For many artists, the final chapter is the most creative

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Over-the-shoulder photo of a woman holding a smartphone to take a picture of the autumnal forest around her.
Environment / Society

Hate Social Media but Love Nature? There’s an App for That

August 19, 2020August 20, 2020 - by Emily Urquhart

Facebook and Twitter can be sinkholes of rage and despair. But virtual communities like iNaturalist might usher in the digital utopia we were promised

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Image courtesy of the artist and the University of Waterloo
Arts & Culture / December 2017

The Age of Creativity

November 17, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Emily Urquhart

My father is a remarkable painter. And he’s done some of his best work in his eighties

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Photograph of Emily Urquhart
Memoir

They Call Him a Ghost

April 1, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Emily Urquhart

Chapter five of the author’s new book, Beyond the Pale

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Books / December 2014

Goodbye, Jim

December 9, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Emily Urquhart

A renowned bookseller’s last day on the job

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April 2013 / Memoir

The Meaning of White

March 20, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Emily Urquhart

Science can explain why my daughter has a genetic disorder called albinism, but it is in stories that I find comfort

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