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Pete Ryan

Pete Ryan teaches illustration at Sheridan College.
Illustration of a circle of slowly sinking boats on the water. In each boat, a person scoops water out of the bottom of their boat and pours it into the boat of the next person, creating a complete circle.
January/February 2021 / The O'Hagan Essay on Public Affairs

The Myth of Universal Health Care

December 8, 2020January 11, 2021 - by Pete Ryan

Despite our illusions, Canada’s system is neither comprehensive nor equally accessible. What would it take to reform it?

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Society

How Selfie Culture Ruins the Great Outdoors for Everyone Else

May 16, 2019April 21, 2020 - by Pete Ryan

Social media has made natural spaces more popular. It could also destroy them

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Illustration by Pete Ryan
Health / October 2017

The Danger of Putting Youth on Antidepressants

September 20, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Pete Ryan

Why medication shouldn’t be the default treatment for our kids’ mental health

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May 2011 / Media

Editor’s Note

May 12, 2011April 19, 2020 - by Pete Ryan

In the early 1980s, I was the publisher of Saturday Night, a magazine much like The Walrus. Founded in 1887 as a weekly newspaper, it thrived between the two world …

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