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Rachel Giese

Rachel Giese is the editorial director of Xtra. Her 2018 book, Boys: What it Means to Become a Man, won the Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
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Justice / October 2019

How Canada’s First Female Chief Justice Helped Define the Country’s Rights and Freedoms

September 25, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Rachel Giese

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

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May 2018 / Society

The Epidemic of Isolation Among Young Men

April 23, 2018August 22, 2019 - by Rachel Giese

Why are we so squeamish about male friendship?

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Photograph by Raina Kirn and Wilson Barry
April 2014 / Feature

The Talk

April 30, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Rachel Giese

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

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Feature / 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

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May 2012 / Society

Bully Pulpit

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

Is anti-bullying hysteria harming our kids?

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April 2012 / Feature

The Errors of Their Ways

April 12, 2012April 15, 2020 - 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

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Photograph by Derek Shapton
Feature / June 2011

How Immigration Helps to Lower Crime Rates

June 12, 2011April 15, 2020 - by Rachel Giese

Canada’s crime rate is dropping as immigration increases. Is there a connection?

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