Rachel Giese

Vector drawing of the chief justice with her hands folded over a lecturn

Beverley McLachlin presided over some of the most pivotal cases in Canadian legal history

Illustration of a Young Man Standing Alone

May 2018 / Society

The Epidemic of Isolation Among Young Men

April 23, 2018February 18, 2022 - by Rachel Giese

Why are we so squeamish about male friendship?

Photograph by Raina Kirn and Wilson Barry

April 2014

The Talk

April 30, 2014October 21, 2021 - by Rachel Giese

A new sex ed program for boys asks them to explore the question of what makes a good man

March 2013

The New Normal

March 4, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Rachel Giese

Canada’s largest mental health facility is undergoing a multimillion-dollar facelift that reflects a greater cultural shift, the mainstreaming of mental illness

May 2012 / Society

Bully Pulpit

May 12, 2012January 9, 2020 - by Rachel Giese

Is anti-bullying hysteria harming our kids?

April 2012

The Errors of Their Ways

April 12, 2012October 18, 2021 - by Rachel Giese

Some 24,000 Canadians will die this year from medical mistakes. Even the most temperate doctors call this an epidemic. Why these mishaps persist despite, and even because of, medicine’s growing sophistication