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Strikers overturn a streetcar in Winnipeg, June 21, 1919.

Current Affairs / June 2019 / Society

What the Winnipeg General Strike Can Teach Us About Class, Capitalism, and Greed

April 29, 2019July 22, 2019 - by Tom Jokinen

In 1919, 35,000 workers ground Winnipeg to a halt. We may never again see another strike like it

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Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Press

Cover Story / September 2017

Is the Sun Rising or Setting on the CBC?

August 21, 2017July 8, 2019 - by Tom Jokinen

Our public broadcaster charts its course in a world of Snapchat, clickbait, and teenage YouTube stars

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Sault Ste. Marie, from Fantastic Cities (2015)

July/August 2017 / Visual Art

The Line King

June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 - by Tom Jokinen

Steve McDonald’s colouring books have conquered the world

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Illustration by Joren Cull

Feature / October 2016

Canada’s Bull Semen Boom

September 22, 2016September 17, 2018 - by Tom Jokinen

We export more than $100 million worth of “white gold” per year—much of it from a handful of designer superstuds

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Illustration by Tom Froese

October 2015 / Technology

Number Cruncher

September 17, 2015July 24, 2016 - by Tom Jokinen

Coffee and quantum physics with the Liberals’ digital savant

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Illustration by Benoit Tardif

April 2013 / Music

All Together Now!

April 3, 2013April 5, 2017 - by Tom Jokinen

Community choirs and the popularity of amateur culture

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Photograph by Christopher Wahl

October 2012 / Politics

What Would Tommy Douglas Think?

September 11, 2012July 16, 2019 - by Tom Jokinen

New Democrats today promise to make your life better without subscribing to anything as old-fashioned as a system of beliefs. Inside the ranks of the party unfaithful

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Photograph by Andrew B. Myers

December 2011 / Feature

Adventures of a Supernumerary

December 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by Tom Jokinen

My unlikely role in the Canadian Opera Company production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos

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McKesson Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism (Toronto) @ Artscape Daniels Launchpad

Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism
	Exploring trends and innovations in health care, technology, and more
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Featuring:
Onur Bodur, professor of marketing, Concordia University
Zayna Khayat, futurist, SE Health
Rebecca McKillican, CEO, Well.ca
Craig Patterson, editor-in-chief, Retail Insider

And more!

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CIFAR Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries (National Capital Region, Gatineau) @ Canadian Museum of History

Sep 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries
	How divisions shape our lives, what lies between borders, and what membership means now
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Keith Banting, Stauffer Dunning Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University

Samra Habib, writer, photographer, and activist

Adrian Owen, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging, University of Western Ontario, and Koerner Fellow and Co-Director, Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness, CIFAR

Paige Raibmon, Professor, Department of History, University of British Columbia

Prerna Singh, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Brown University

Mary Soderstrom, writer

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CIFAR is a Canadian-based, global charitable organization that convenes extraordinary minds to address science and humanity’s most important questions.

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	Présente The Walrus Talks — frontières
	Comment les divisions définissent-elles notre vie? Qu’est-ce qui se trouve entre les limites? Que signifie maintenant l’appartenance à un groupe?
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Le CIFAR est une organisation sans but lucratif basée au Canada qui rassemble de brillants cerveaux pour trouver réponse aux plus grandes questions de la science et de l’humanité.

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Suncor Presents The Walrus Talks Energy (Montreal) @ Centre Phi

Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Energy
	Building a Canadian approach to energy transition
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Featuring:
Shawn McCarthy, journalist
Eryn Stewart, project director, Lumos Energy
Brendan Haley, policy director, Efficiency Canada
Aisha Bukhari, senior manager, Advanced Energy Centre, MaRS Discovery District
Johanne Gélinas, president and CEO, Transition Énergétique Québec
Christopher Ragan, academic, economist, and chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission
Alison Cretney, managing director, Energy Futures Lab

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French simultaneous translation services will be provided.
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TD Bank Group Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion (Waterloo) @ Waterloo Delta Hotel

Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion
	How design, technology, education and more can remove barriers for people with disabilities
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Featuring:

Luke Anderson, Co-Founder, StopGap Foundation
Jutta Treviranus, Director and Founder, Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University
Jeff D’Hondt, Indigenous Consultant, City of Toronto
Michelle Woolfrey, Co-Founder, Blind Girl Inc.
Mahadeo Sukhai, Head of Research and Chief Accessibility Officer, Canadian National Institute for the Blind

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