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Simon Lewsen

Simon Lewsen, a Toronto-based writer, contributes to Azure, Precedent, enRoute, the Globe and Mail, and The Atlantic. In 2020, he won a National Magazine Award.
Photograph by Jacqueline Waters, Royal Ontario Museum
April 2017 / Science

A Dead Whale and the Politics of Climate Change

March 9, 2017April 20, 2020 - by Simon Lewsen

A museum struggles to tell the story of a species nearing extinction

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Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank
Politics

America Is Not a ‘Safe Country’ for Refugees

February 9, 2017January 25, 2021 - by Simon Lewsen

It’s time for Trudeau to sever ties with a US system that goes against Canadian values and international law

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Television

The Web Aesthetic Comes to Cable Television

February 2, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Simon Lewsen

Nirvanna the Band the Show is as repetitive as a GIF and as random as a meme. It’s also great TV

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Arts & Culture

The CanLit Firestorm

November 24, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Simon Lewsen

After the Steven Galloway controversy, Canadian literature may never be the same

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Society

Why Would Someone Choose to Be a Monster?

September 28, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Simon Lewsen

Pedophiles don’t get a pass for their sins. But James Cantor’s controversial research could explain why they do what they do

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Still from the film Julieta
Film

The Trouble with Adapting Munro

September 13, 2016May 16, 2017 - by Simon Lewsen

To bring a book to life, you have to reimagine it

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Illustration by Jenn Liv
Science / September 2016

Can You Hear It?

August 15, 2016July 28, 2020 - by Simon Lewsen

For years, Windsor residents have been haunted by a hum in the air. Turns out, they’re not alone

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Photograph by Aleksandar Antonijevic
Feature / June 2016

Pulling Strings

June 26, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Simon Lewsen

The mechanics of bringing Le Petit Prince to the stage

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Photo by Aven Hoffarth
Music

Can We Replace the Hip?

June 17, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Simon Lewsen

There might never be another band that speaks on behalf of Canada. That’s not a bad thing

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Illustration by Paul Kim / Photography by musicisentropy
Music

Drake: The Next Generation

April 28, 2016March 31, 2020 - by Simon Lewsen

Is the Toronto rapper the saviour of hip hop?

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