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John Macfarlane

John Macfarlane is the editor and co-publisher of The Walrus.
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March 2014 / Sports

Editor’s Note

February 17, 2014April 14, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

“It’s more than a game,” croons the announcer promoting an upcoming instalment of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. “It’s our game.” What, exactly, does it mean to say that hockey …

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Illustration by Adrian Forrow
January/February 2014 / Politics

Editor’s Note

December 9, 2013April 13, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

In 1982, with the global economy in recession, Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau established a Royal Commission, chaired by former finance minister Donald Macdonald, to look into remedies. The Macdonald …

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Illustration by Brian Morgan
December 2013

Editor’s Note

November 11, 2013April 13, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

As a child, I didn’t pay much attention to airplanes. Like most boys at the time, I was obsessed with cars. (When I was a teenager in the ’50s, my …

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November 2013 / Society

Editor’s Note

October 16, 2013April 13, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

At the turn of the past century, my grandfather emigrated to Canada from England, where as a boy he apprenticed as a tool and die maker. Here he found a …

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Media / October 2013

Editor’s Note

September 10, 2013April 13, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

The year 2003 is recent enough that its contours seem almost familiar—and yet distant enough that recalling them requires some effort. Jean Chrétien stepped down as prime minister to make …

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Media / September 2013

Editor’s Note

August 12, 2013April 13, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

The editorial interns at The Walrus are for the most part better educated than I am. I went to university but didn’t graduate, having discovered my calling in the sandbox …

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Environment / July/August 2013

Editor’s Note

June 10, 2013April 13, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

In 1988, 300 scientists and policy-makers met at a conference in Toronto to address “The Changing Atmosphere: Implications for Global Security.” They concluded that pollutants resulting from human activity were …

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Illustration by Ryan Heshka
June 2013 / Society

Editor’s Note

May 13, 2013April 13, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

Watching the memorial service for Stompin’ Tom Connors reminded me of the public outpouring of grief that followed the Princess of Wales’s death in 1997. Diana once personified the romantic …

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Environment / May 2013

Editor’s Note

April 15, 2013April 13, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

The modern green movement was born in Concord, Massachusetts, where Henry David Thoreau wrote The Maine Woods, a book extolling the benefits of conservation. Some of its readers were inspired …

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April 2013 / Politics

Editor’s Note

March 11, 2013April 19, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

When Canada celebrated its centennial in 1967, I was a sophomore at the Globe and Mail and could name from memory the premiers of all ten provinces. They were W.A.C. …

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