September 2016 | The Walrus

Illustration by Jason Logan

Poetry / September 2016

Colour

August 25, 2016April 26, 2017 - by Mark Truscott

The time it takes the i to enter is is the time it takes two ideas to relate is the time it takes the sun to rise to where it …

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Illustration by Johnnie Christmas; Colours by Tamra Bonvillain

Comics / September 2016

Rescue Cat

August 24, 2016September 12, 2017 - by Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood reimagines the everyday feline as a comic-book superhero

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Illustration by Tine Modeweg-Hansen

Arts & Culture / September 2016

Highbrow Hoarder

August 24, 2016September 12, 2017 - by Douglas Coupland

The fine line between art collector and pack rat

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Illustration by Sam Island

Justice / September 2016

Going Broke in Legal Aid

August 23, 2016November 20, 2016 - by Breese Davies

The high cost of cheap justice

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Illustration by Sauchie Reid

September 2016 / Society

Forever Soldiers

August 22, 2016November 20, 2016 - by Matt Gurney

Coming home from the battlefield is hard—maybe some veterans shouldn’t

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Illustration by Jason Logan

Politics / September 2016

The Better Angels

August 19, 2016November 20, 2016 - by Jonathan Kay

What government wouldn’t spend $53,000 to prevent a sex crime?

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Illustration by Irma Kniivila

Fiction / September 2016

Three Tshakapesh Dreams

August 19, 2016April 26, 2017 - by Samuel Archibald

1. Yeah, I remember the story, even if I don’t get to tell it very often. It happened after the war. They found the kid in the Frontenac Library toilets …

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Illustration by Jason Logan

Letters / September 2016

Letters

August 19, 2016August 22, 2016 - by Readers

Exhausted Ideas; Lock your Windows; The Talk

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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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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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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.
If you require special accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact events@thewalrus.ca or (416) 971-5004, ext. 247.

	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

Accessibility information

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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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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