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Tom Jokinen

Tom Jokinen has written for the Globe and Mail, the Literary Review of Canada, and The Walrus. He lives in Winnipeg.
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Politics

Why Are Conservatives So Obsessed with the CBC?

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 - by Tom Jokinen

Pierre Poilievre seems to be on a mission to defund the CBC. He’s not the first Tory to attack the public broadcaster

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Environment / March/April 2023

How to Make Peace with Canada Geese

February 6, 2023February 8, 2023 - by Tom Jokinen

We’ve been at war with the angry birds for centuries. Are they an invasive species, or are we?

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Illustration of a racoon and the show title, "Hinterland Who's Who," in white capital letters.
November/December 2020

The Boring Brilliance of Hinterland Who’s Who

October 21, 2020April 6, 2021 - by Tom Jokinen

Fifty years later, the iconic one-minute nature docs remain the best television to ever come out of Canada

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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 2, 2020 - 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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September 2017

Is the Sun Rising or Setting on the CBC?

August 21, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Tom Jokinen

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

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July/August 2017

The Line King

June 15, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Tom Jokinen

Steve McDonald’s colouring books have conquered the world

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October 2016

Canada’s Bull Semen Boom

September 22, 2016April 1, 2020 - 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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October 2015 / Technology

Number Cruncher

September 17, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Tom Jokinen

Coffee and quantum physics with the Liberals’ digital savant

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April 2013

All Together Now!

April 3, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Tom Jokinen

Community choirs and the popularity of amateur culture

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October 2012 / Politics

What Would Tommy Douglas Think?

September 11, 2012July 22, 2020 - 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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