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September 2010

Marni Jackson considers why parents can’t let go of their adult children; Gordon Laird studies Indira Samarasekera, president of the University of Alberta; J.B. MacKinnon describes our environment as “A 10 Percent World”; Daniel Baird explores the Toronto International Film Festival’s new home; fiction by David Bergen…

September 2010 / Television

Modern Primitive

September 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Survivorman’s Les Stroud taps into our twenty-first-century malaise and finds TV gold

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First Person / September 2010

Follow the Leader

September 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Denise Chong

A friend and colleague remembers Pierre Trudeau

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Science / September 2010

No One Can Hear You Scream

September 12, 2010August 12, 2020 - by Ivan Hansen

At Mars on Earth, on Canada’s Devon Island, researchers prepare for space travel’s worst dangers

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September 2010 / World

Brazilian Blind Spot

September 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Christopher Frey

The Brazilians have lately been looking north for opportunities. For our own good, we ought to return the favour

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September 2010 / Sports

The Perfect Partner

September 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Andrew Clark 

Why doubles player Daniel Nestor could be tennis’s greatest hope

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Illustration by Mariah Burton
Education / September 2010

Editor’s Note

September 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

The Toronto District School Board is the largest entity of its kind in the country. It oversees 595 schools, 257,000 students, 16,000 elementary and secondary school teachers, and 25,000 additional …

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Photograph by Ruth Kaplan
Feature / September 2010

Office of the President

September 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Gordon Laird

For University of Alberta’s Indira Samarasekera, running a university is an exercise in high-stakes risk management

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Feature / September 2010

The Boomerang Effect

September 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Marni Jackson

How did the forever young generation turn into perpetual parents?

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Feature / September 2010

A 10 Percent World

September 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by J.B. MacKinnon

Our Earth reflects just one-tenth the biological variety and abundance it once did. What happened?

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Feature / September 2010

Pravda and Other Words for Truth

September 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Medeine Tribinevicius

V.I. Lenin’s long journey from revolutionary hero to icon of kitsch

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