January/February 2014 | The Walrus

Illustration by Adrian Forrow

January/February 2014 / Technology

The Idea Maker

February 4, 2014July 15, 2016 - by Lauren McKeon

How a freethinker sold investors on thought-controlled computing

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Illustration by Stéphane Poirier

January/February 2014 / Technology

In Cold Water

February 3, 2014July 8, 2016 - by Anne Casselman

Engineering a better survival suit

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Illustration by Adrian Forrow

Arts & Culture / January/February 2014

CanCom

January 29, 2014July 4, 2016 - by Amy Kenny

Revisiting the golden age of Canadian comics

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Image courtesy of the Canadian Centre for Architecture

Books / January/February 2014

Iron Lady

January 28, 2014October 6, 2018 - by Adele Weder

For Phyllis Lambert, the Seagram Building was just the beginning

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Illustration by Tanya Lam

January/February 2014 / Poetry

From the Drawer

January 23, 2014June 14, 2016 - by C. P. Cavafy

I pulled this out to hang on a wall in my room. But the humidity in the drawer has damaged it. I won’t frame this photograph. I should have protected …

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Illustration by Adrian Forrow

Film / January/February 2014

The Last 35 mm Picture Show

January 21, 2014April 5, 2017 - by Wanda Schmöckel

A small-town Saskatchewan cinema goes digital

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Illustration by Adrian Forrow

January/February 2014 / Poetry

SN1987AZT

January 16, 2014June 14, 2016 - by Matt Rader

A common year beginning in my memory. By March, in dark pools beneath Lake Erie And in the zinc mines of Kamioka Mining & Smelting Company, Gifu Prefecture, Neutrinos from …

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Illustration by Lauchie Reid

Feature / January/February 2014

Upholding the Right

January 16, 2014August 5, 2016 - by Michael Kempa

What happened to civilian oversight of the RCMP

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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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Keith Banting, Stauffer Dunning Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University

Samra Habib, writer, photographer, and activist

Adrian Owen, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging, University of Western Ontario, and Koerner Fellow and Co-Director, Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness, CIFAR

Paige Raibmon, Professor, Department of History, University of British Columbia

Prerna Singh, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Brown University

Mary Soderstrom, writer

And more!

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 — frontières
	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.

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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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French simultaneous translation services will be provided.
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TD Bank Group Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion (Waterloo) @ Waterloo Delta Hotel

Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion
	How design, technology, education and more can remove barriers for people with disabilities
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