Rude Awakening
At the Venice Biennale, Steven Shearer’s death metal–inspired installation reclaims the power of text to provoke
Read MoreSeptember 2011
Michael Harris measures the impact of HIV/AIDS on the generation that has come of age in its shadow; Lisa Gregoire investigates Canada’s “Jihadi Hunter”; Alexandra Molotkow profiles Gavin McInnes, the notorious co-founder of Vice magazine; Kamal Al-Solaylee asks why European classics still dominate our domestic theatres; new poetry by Sara Peters and John Reibetanz…
Dead White Guys
European classics still dominate Canadian theatres
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Giving Offence
Gavin McInnes co-founded Vice magazine. As it got big, he got ousted
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I Understood Our Time Was Running Out
For Julie I understood our time was running out, so I planned a winter picnic, and privately decided not to eat. We drove past petrified trees, and thankfully we passed …
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Life after Death
Thirty years after HIV/AIDS was first identified—after it decimated gay communities across the country—a new generation comes of age in its long shadow
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Goin’ Down the Road
In which the writer recalls a lifetime of Trans-Canada road trips, first with her parents, then with her family, and, with her nest now empty, alone with her husband. Is this the end of something or the beginning?
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The Jihadi Hunter
Provocateur Tarek Fatah wants Canadian Muslims to embrace progressive, secular values. His fans think he’s a hero; his critics think he’s exploiting anti-Islamic sentiment
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Blinded by Science
Modern-day hucksters are cashing in on vulnerable patients
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Spellbound
La nouvelle orthographe is supposed to improve language—to the chagrin of some French speakers
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