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January/February 2019

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January/February 2019 / Poetry

Hair is Choking the Drain

March 18, 2019November 21, 2019 - by Ian Williams

My friend in Africa has a cleaning lady. They are both Black. He tidies up a little before she arrives

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January/February 2019 / Visual Art

On Patrol With the Canadian Rangers

January 14, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Philip Cheung

This Northern military branch is often the first responder in the country’s most remote regions

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January/February 2019 / Society

Canada’s Toughest Border Crossing

January 9, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Sonya Fatah

How one government policy makes it near impossible for Indigenous people to travel through their own community

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January/February 2019 / Society

Looking Back at the Rwandan Genocide

January 8, 2019March 12, 2019 - by Christine Magill

Five survivors in Canada share their stories

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Arts & Culture / January/February 2019

The Art of the Snag

December 27, 2018November 14, 2019 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

Inside a joyful and mischievous world of attraction

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Arts & Culture / January/February 2019

Christmas on Easter Island

December 25, 2018March 12, 2019 - by Teva Harrison

It’s my first Christmas Mass, but I don’t need experience to know that this Mass is unusual

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Illustration by Mariah Llanes
January/February 2019 / Society

Why Do We Have Such a Problem With the Way Women Speak?

December 20, 2018March 12, 2019 - by Danielle Kinahan

Women’s voices are often characterized as “shrill” or “nagging”—perceptions that can keep them out of leadership roles

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Arts & Culture / Books / January/February 2019

Let the Latest Joe Beef Cookbook Guide You to Gluttony

December 19, 2018July 8, 2019 - by Shannon Tien

The Montreal restaurateurs have crafted extravagant recipes for the coming apocalypse

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Souvankham Thammavongsa
January/February 2019 / Poetry

Theory of Writing

December 10, 2018March 12, 2019 - by Souvankham Thammavongsa

Can the secret to writing well be as simple as a mathematical equation?

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January/February 2019 / Politics

Can Michael Ignatieff Beat Back Authoritarianism in Hungary?

November 27, 2018November 14, 2019 - by Curtis Gillespie

The former politician is in the middle of a battle with Hungarian leader, Victor Orbán. At stake? The future of liberal democracy in Europe

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