May 2019 | The Walrus

A mountain behind a group of apartment buildings, with a woman in the window.

Fiction / May 2019

Going Up the Mountain

October 9, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Trevor Shikaze

A short story about what it means to resist the fast pace of modern life

May 2019 / Poetry

Peony

August 1, 2019 - by Kateri Lanthier

A rose withers to a decorative casting of herself

Arts & Culture / May 2019 / Poetry

Three Poems

June 28, 2019July 9, 2019 - by Michael Fraser

A series about the lives and experiences of African Canadians who joined the Union army in the American Civil War

First Person / May 2019

What I Learned From My Father’s Murder

April 22, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Jodi Singer

I used to think that good things happened to good people. Then my dad was killed

UK information commissioner Elizabeth Denham

May 2019 / Technology

Is Elizabeth Denham the Only Person Powerful Enough to Take on Facebook?

April 18, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Leah McLaren

How a privacy regulator from British Columbia forced Silicon Valley to change the way it uses your personal data

Several people sitting on rocks holding books and pencils

Arts & Culture / Books / May 2019

Multiculturalism Is Not the Real Story of Canada

April 17, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Tajja Isen

Two new novels explore what it means to be Black in a country that prides itself on tolerance

Health / May 2019

Is a Walk in the Forest Better Than a Trip to the Doctor?

April 16, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Peter Kuitenbrouwer

New medical research confirms an old maxim: fresh air really does do the body good

Man peering inside bedroom as electronics resonate

May 2019 / Society / Technology

Are You Afraid of Google? BlackBerry Cofounder Jim Balsillie Says You Should Be

April 10, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Brian J. Barth

The entrepreneur who made billions putting BlackBerrys into pockets is now sounding the alarm about Big Tech’s creep toward surveillance capitalism

Three young people hoisting up a statue from a cliffside

Business / May 2019 / Politics

Will the Boomers Cause a Financial Bust?

April 9, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Max Fawcett

The group that lucked out in the generational lottery is now making millennials cover their low taxes and rising health care costs

Collage of photos including woman holding sheet over child's head and another of intermingling feet

Health / May 2019

The Loneliness of Infertility

April 8, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Alexandra Kimball

I never felt more isolated than when I talked to other women about trying to have a baby