September 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…
Rude Awakening
At the Venice Biennale, Steven Shearer’s death metal–inspired installation reclaims the power of text to provoke
Read MoreDead White Guys
European classics still dominate Canadian theatres
Read MoreGiving Offence
Gavin McInnes co-founded Vice magazine. As it got big, he got ousted
Read MoreI 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 …
Read MoreA People’s History
On an iconic Toronto street, the past lives in the details
Read MoreGoin’ 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?
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreBlinded by Science
Modern-day hucksters are cashing in on vulnerable patients
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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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