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Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom

How One Podcaster Got Us Talking about Sex

December 5, 2018July 9, 2019 - by Katherine Laidlaw

Kaitlin Prest explores the messy intersections of relationships, intimacy, and love

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Illustration by Leeay Aikawa

April 2017 / Business

Period Drama

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017 - by Katherine Laidlaw

It’s time for us to treat menstruation less like a medical issue and more like a cultural one

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Photography by Steve Johnson

Feature / Web Exclusives

Hold the Fort

May 17, 2016September 13, 2018 - by Katherine Laidlaw

How one Fort McMurray family built a dream and watched it burn

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April 2016 / Feature

This Will End Well

April 21, 2016November 17, 2016 - by Katherine Laidlaw

Our greatest daredevil stares down middle age

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Illustration by Min Gyo Chung

Justice / Web Exclusives

The Verdict

March 23, 2016September 8, 2017 - by Katherine Laidlaw

Seven women confront the difference between justice and the law

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Illustration by Studio Tipi

Health / January/February 2016

Sugar Rush

December 14, 2015August 22, 2019 - by Katherine Laidlaw

Getting wrecked on the sweet stuff

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Illustration by Tom Froese

Justice / October 2015

Jailhouse Bloc

September 14, 2015August 24, 2017 - by Katherine Laidlaw

What it’s like to vote behind bars

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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!

Accessibility information

To provide a fragrance-free event, we request that attendees refrain from wearing colognes, perfumes or other scented or chemical products to The Walrus Talks.
If you require special accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact events@thewalrus.ca or (416) 971-5004, ext. 247.

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.

Accessibility information

To provide a fragrance-free event, we request that attendees refrain from wearing colognes, perfumes or other scented or chemical products to The Walrus Talks.
If you require special accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact events@thewalrus.ca or (416) 971-5004, ext. 247.

	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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Les conférenciers seront annoncés prochainement!

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.

Pour en savoir davantage sur la série The Walrus Talks, consultez notre Foire aux questions ici ou envoyez un courriel à events@thewalrus.ca.

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

Accessibility information

French simultaneous translation services will be provided.
To provide a fragrance-free event, we request that attendees refrain from wearing colognes, perfumes or other scented or chemical products to The Walrus Talks.
If you require special accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact events@thewalrus.ca or (416) 971-5004, ext. 245.

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!

Accessibility information

To provide a fragrance-free event, we request that attendees refrain from wearing colognes, perfumes or other scented or chemical products to The Walrus Talks.
If you require special accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact events@thewalrus.ca or (416) 971-5004, ext. 247.

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