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Nicholas Hune-Brown

Nicholas Hune-Brown (@nickhunebrown) has written for Toronto Life, Hazlitt, and The Believer.
Illustration of a university campus. On one side, students relaxingly speak to each other and work at computers in the sun. On the other side, in the shadows, are overcrowded ladders of students climbing in through windows.
Education / September/October 2021

The Shadowy Business of International Education

August 18, 2021May 29, 2022 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Foreign students are lied to and exploited on every front. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it

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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

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

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

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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