December 2014 | The Walrus

Photograph by Carl Heindl

December 2014 / Feature

Armed and Dangerous

December 20, 2014August 5, 2016 - by John Lorinc

How mission creep is turning our cops into warriors

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Illustration by Gracia Lam

December 2014 / Feature

Oxy Town

December 18, 2014May 11, 2017 - by Dan Werb

Prescription opioids, a small Ontario community, and the failure of the war on drugs

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Illustration by Jesse Jacobs

Books / December 2014

Goodbye, Jim

December 9, 2014July 1, 2016 - by Emily Urquhart

A renowned bookseller’s last day on the job

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Illustration by Leeay Aikawa

December 2014 / Fiction

Red Dog

December 8, 2014June 12, 2017 - by Kathy Page

Everyone agrees that last summer Katie shelled the peas beautifully, though she was rather slow and lunch didn’t happen until well after two. It was a gorgeous day, the family …

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Art by Ethan Rilly

Comics / December 2014

Christmas Spirits

December 3, 2014July 4, 2016 - by Jeet Heer

Days in the lives of Ottawa staffers

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Illustration by Jesse Jacobs

December 2014 / Technology

Need for Speed

December 1, 2014July 7, 2016 - by Simon Liem

An Alberta town becomes an unlikely Internet innovator

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Illustration by Jesse Jacobs

December 2014 / Poetry

Doubt and Faith

November 28, 2014June 6, 2016 - by Darren Bifford

He might wonder all his life whether his decisions were betrayals, whether he found love out of fear, what prompted him to stay, what wished in him to leave. Or …

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Illustration by Jesse Jacobs

December 2014 / Poetry

Three Poems for the Raven

November 27, 2014June 6, 2016 - by Amanda Jernigan

I. It comforts them to think that we embark in pairs, shuffling into the hold of the boat, this creaking ark— they who go solus into the dark. II. Noah …

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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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To provide a fragrance-free event, we request that attendees refrain from wearing colognes, perfumes or other scented or chemical products to The Walrus Talks.
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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.

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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French simultaneous translation services will be provided.
To provide a fragrance-free event, we request that attendees refrain from wearing colognes, perfumes or other scented or chemical products to The Walrus Talks.
If you require special accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact events@thewalrus.ca or (416) 971-5004, ext. 245.

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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Featuring:

Luke Anderson, Co-Founder, StopGap Foundation
Jutta Treviranus, Director and Founder, Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University
Jeff D’Hondt, Indigenous Consultant, City of Toronto
Michelle Woolfrey, Co-Founder, Blind Girl Inc.
Mahadeo Sukhai, Head of Research and Chief Accessibility Officer, Canadian National Institute for the Blind

And more!

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To provide a fragrance-free event, we request that attendees refrain from wearing colognes, perfumes or other scented or chemical products to The Walrus Talks.
If you require special accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact events@thewalrus.ca or (416) 971-5004, ext. 247.

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