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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…

Poetry / September 2011

I Understood Our Time Was Running Out

September 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by Sara Peters

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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Poetry / September 2011

Bluegrass

September 12, 2011July 20, 2017 - by John Reibetanz

starts with   mouth-to-mouth inspiration   from the beige-lipped perfect   O   of a Martin D-28 guitar where soul on rebound   from plucked brass   swims up through sound waves and waits humming   behind a copse of hair   at the mouth of …

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Photograph by Sebastiano Pellion di Persano
September 2011 / Visual Art

Rude Awakening

September 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Michael Harris

At the Venice Biennale, Steven Shearer’s death metal–inspired installation reclaims the power of text to provoke

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September 2011 / Theatre

Dead White Guys

September 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Kamal Al-Solaylee

European classics still dominate Canadian theatres

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Media / September 2011

Giving Offence

September 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Alexandra Molotkow

Gavin McInnes co-founded Vice magazine. As it got big, he got ousted

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Photograph by Birthe Piontek
Feature / September 2011

Life after Death

September 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Michael Harris

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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Education / September 2011

Spellbound

September 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by Linda Besner

La nouvelle orthographe is supposed to improve language—to the chagrin of some French speakers

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Business / September 2011

The Money Tree

September 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by Arno Kopecky

Climate change provides a tree planter with the business opportunity of a lifetime

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Education / September 2011

Aid for Aides

September 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by John Lorinc

A Carleton program will certify political aides, the fall guys behind our elected officials

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Photograph courtesy City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Subseries 58, Item 1500
Cities / September 2011

A People’s History

September 12, 2011February 24, 2020 - by David Macfarlane

On an iconic Toronto street, the past lives in the details

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