November 2013 | The Walrus

Illustration by Genevieve Simms

Feature / November 2013

Standard Issues

November 21, 2013August 5, 2016 - by Zander Sherman

An Alberta teacher wants to liberate our schools from the educrats

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Photograph by Tim Georgeson

Feature / November 2013

Prime Minister in Waiting

November 17, 2013August 5, 2016 - by Charlotte Gray

Can Thomas Mulcair finish the project Jack Layton started?

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Photograph by Naomi Harris

Feature / November 2013

Big Mac

November 16, 2013February 10, 2018 - by Taras Grescoe

Fort McMurray has ambitions to become more than a one-resource town

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Illustration by Stephen Appleby-Barr

Justice / November 2013

Forgotten Woman

November 5, 2013September 8, 2017 - by Marian Botsford Fraser

The bleak prison life of Renée Acoby

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Illustration by Alex Westgate

Books / November 2013

The First Giller

November 4, 2013July 1, 2016 - by Shyam Selvadurai

When CanLit got its glam

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Illustration by Alex Westgate

November 2013 / Poetry

Cast-offs

November 1, 2013June 16, 2016 - by Robyn Sarah

Poignancy of the discarded. The armless doll that stares from the trash heap in spring, the sagging sofa with the cat-scratched arms, the love-stained mattress in the rain. Inside-out umbrellas, …

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November 2013 / Politics

End Game

October 31, 2013July 7, 2016 - by Niall Fink

The season closes at a Yukon hunting camp

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Illustration by Kagan McLeod

Books / November 2013

Happy Medium Is the Message

October 30, 2013September 8, 2017 - by Jeet Heer

In Smarter Than You Think, Clive Thompson finds the middle ground between digital utopians and Luddite naysayers

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McKesson Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism (Toronto) @ Artscape Daniels Launchpad

Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism
	Exploring trends and innovations in health care, technology, and more
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Featuring:
Onur Bodur, professor of marketing, Concordia University
Zayna Khayat, futurist, SE Health
Rebecca McKillican, CEO, Well.ca
Craig Patterson, editor-in-chief, Retail Insider

And more!

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CIFAR Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries (National Capital Region, Gatineau) @ Canadian Museum of History

Sep 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries
	How divisions shape our lives, what lies between borders, and what membership means now
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Speakers announced soon!

CIFAR is a Canadian-based, global charitable organization that convenes extraordinary minds to address science and humanity’s most important questions.

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	Présente The Walrus Talks — Les limites
	Comment les divisions définissent-elles notre vie? Qu’est-ce qui se trouve entre les limites? Que signifie maintenant l’appartenance à un groupe?
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Les conférenciers seront annoncés prochainement!

Le CIFAR est une organisation sans but lucratif basée au Canada qui rassemble de brillants cerveaux pour trouver réponse aux plus grandes questions de la science et de l’humanité.

Pour en savoir davantage sur la série The Walrus Talks, consultez notre Foire aux questions ici ou envoyez un courriel à events@thewalrus.ca.

Suncor Presents The Walrus Talks Energy (Montreal) @ Centre Phi

Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Energy
	Building a Canadian approach to energy transition
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Featuring:
Shawn McCarthy, journalist
Eryn Stewart, project director, Lumos Energy
Brendan Haley, policy director, Efficiency Canada
Aisha Bukhari, senior manager, Advanced Energy Centre, MaRS Discovery District
Johanne Gélinas, president and CEO, Transition Énergétique Québec
Christopher Ragan, academic, economist, and chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission
Alison Cretney, managing director, Energy Futures Lab

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Concordia University Presents The Walrus Talks Living Better (Toronto) @ Isabel Bader Theatre

Oct 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Living Better
	The science, culture, and politics changing how we live now.
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Speakers announced soon!

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