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Nicholas Hune-Brown

Nicholas Hune-Brown (@nickhunebrown) has written for Toronto Life, Hazlitt, and The Believer.
Cities / Society

Canada’s Greatest Playground and Its Visionary Designer

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Fifty years ago, he transformed a children’s park into a social utopia

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Illustration of chaotic shared office space
Business / March 2018

Why It’s so Hard to Actually Work in Shared Offices

February 15, 2018January 25, 2021 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

WeWork offers freelancers a chic workspace and beer on tap—but are people productive?

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Photograph courtesy of the CBC
October 2016 / Television

Shop Talk

September 21, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Can Kim’s Convenience help fix TV’s diversity problem?

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Hockey player standing defiantly
December 2015 / Sports

Hockey’s Puppy Mill

November 20, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

A former junior player takes the CHL to court

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Photograph by Grant Harder
April 2013 / Cannabis

Grow Industry

March 12, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Marijuana prohibition is destined to end. Who will become the Seagrams of weed?

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September 2010 / Television

Modern Primitive

September 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Survivorman’s Les Stroud taps into our twenty-first-century malaise and finds TV gold

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Image provided by Library and Archives Canada
Books / January/February 2010

Right of Passage

January 12, 2010April 15, 2020 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Will the promise of the Northwest Passage finally be realized?

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October 2009 / Society

Gaga for Gags

October 12, 2009May 1, 2017 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Behind the scenes of Canada’s hidden-camera hit, Just for Laughs Gags

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Illustration by Thomas Libetti
Environment / March 2009

The All-Inclusive Exclusive

March 12, 2009July 17, 2019 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

A week in a Cuban paradise, until Hurricane Paloma hits

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July/August 2008 / World

Loneliest Planet Europe

July 12, 2008April 15, 2020 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Travel and heartbreak, on the perfect budget

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Cover of the Mar/Apr issue of The Walrus magazine. Mar/Apr 2021

Double issue: declaring your data at the border, the Group of Seven 100 years later, an Indigenous-led camp for unhoused people in Edmonton, death in the age of Facebook, and quitting America for good.

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