November 2015 | The Walrus

Illustration by Sébastien Thibault

Feature / November 2015

Tilting at Windmills

November 14, 2015December 5, 2016 - by Chris Turner

Canada’s most ambitious green energy plan failed—but not for the reason everybody thinks

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Artwork by Hudson Christie

November 2015 / Society

From Torture to Table

October 21, 2015August 23, 2017 - by Jonathan Kay

Our industrial food chain is built on animal cruelty

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Environment / November 2015

Cub Scout

October 20, 2015July 17, 2019 - by Susan Peters

Foster care in Winnipeg’s polar bear orphanage

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November 2015 / Society

Life after Doomsday

October 20, 2015April 6, 2017 - by Simon Lewsen

Tracking cult activity from a Montreal storage locker

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Photograph courtesy of the Colebourn Family Archives

November 2015 / Photography

Finding Winnie

October 19, 2015July 25, 2016 - by Alexander Tesar

Everyone’s favourite bear goes to war

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Image courtesy of the CBC still photo collection

November 2015 / Television

Live from Another Country

October 16, 2015April 5, 2017 - by Kliph Nesteroff

How the CBC blew its chance to create Saturday Night Live

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Photograph by Joseph Hartman

November 2015 / Visual Art

A Portrait of the Artist’s Studio

October 16, 2015April 6, 2017 - by Joseph Hartman

Where contemporary masterpieces are born

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Illustration by Jenn Liv

November 2015 / Poetry

Nymph

October 15, 2015June 2, 2016 - by Cassidy McFadzean

Forest’s pine needles made a false floor that broke away below me, earth loosening around the tree’s roots and the rotting log’s hollow chambers. I fell ass-first in the dappled …

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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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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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