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Sébastien Thibault

Sébastien Thibault draws for the New York Times, L’actualité, and The Atlantic.
A train, separated from people waiting for it by a canyon.
Current Affairs / March/April 2023

Ottawa’s Transit Gong Show

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 - by Sébastien Thibault

How the capital city’s dream of a world-class transit system became a nightmare

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An illustration of Catholic priest with a white clerical collar that looks like a hospital
Health / March/April 2022

Faith and Access: The Conflict inside Catholic Hospitals

February 23, 2022December 15, 2022 - by Sébastien Thibault

Why should publicly funded hospitals get to limit access on religious grounds?

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An illustration of a person peeking through their fingers. Their eyeball is the shape of the COVID-19 germ (a small round microbe with protrusions that look like the spokes of a crown).
Health / May 2020

Anatomy of a Pandemic

March 11, 2020April 10, 2022 - by Sébastien Thibault

Like major contagions throughout history, the new coronavirus causes fear as well as illness. The remedy for both, it turns out, is the same

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Politics / September 2019

Quebec Rewrites Its History in One Book

August 22, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Sébastien Thibault

A controversial new textbook peddles politics over facts

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American flag with snakes
Current Affairs / November 2018

America’s Next Civil War

October 22, 2018June 2, 2020 - by Sébastien Thibault

The United States shows all the warning signs of impending social and political collapse

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June 2018 / Society

Black Cemeteries Force Us to Re-examine Our History with Slavery

May 28, 2018January 30, 2022 - by Sébastien Thibault

How we treat the dead tells a disturbing story about Canada’s racism

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Politics

How a Federal Agency Helps Finance Some of the World’s Most Corrupt Regimes

December 19, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Sébastien Thibault

Export Development Canada has perfected the art of lending billions of taxpayer dollars to scandal-ridden foreign buyers. But its transparency could use some work

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September 2016

Why Is the Goal More Medals?

August 5, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Sébastien Thibault

A Canadian medallist on why our Olympic strategy betrays the spirit of the Games

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November 2015

Tilting at Windmills

November 14, 2015April 9, 2022 - by Sébastien Thibault

Canada’s most ambitious green energy plan failed—but not for the reason everybody thinks

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April 2015 / Books

Rise of the Gender Novel

March 18, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Sébastien Thibault

Too often, trans characters are written as tortured heroes. We’re more complex than that

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