June 2019 | The Walrus

The senate chamber with red carpeting and wood panelled walls.

Arts & Culture / June 2019

Canada’s Most Despised Political Institution Gets a Makeover

June 7, 2019July 16, 2019 - by Simon Lewsen

Will the Senate’s new look make it more popular?

Arts & Culture / Comics / June 2019 / Visual Art

In This Wildly Popular Comic, Toronto Is Beautiful and Falling Apart

June 4, 2019July 9, 2019 - by Sharon Nadeem

Inside Michael DeForge’s new collection

Environment / June 2019

If You Give a Shark a Twitter Account, Will It Make People Care About Conservation?

June 3, 2019July 23, 2019 - by Chelsea Murray

In a campaign to protect sharks, a controversial research group is disrupting the traditional world of science

Cover Story / June 2019 / Society

The Rise of Junk Science

May 27, 2019July 9, 2019 - by Alex Gillis

Fake publications are corrupting the world of research—and influencing real news

A typewriter with rainbow paper illustrating a man in a lounging position.

First Person / June 2019

My Father, the Secret Pornographer

May 23, 2019August 26, 2019 - by Rebecca Duclos

I recently discovered my dad used to write gay porn

Current Affairs / Education / June 2019 / Society

Are University Campuses Where Free Speech Goes to Die?

May 22, 2019July 9, 2019 - by John Semley

A new generation of students reignites the fight over intellectual freedom

A woman marathoner running in the woods.

June 2019 / Sports

When Male Runners Lose to Women

May 2, 2019August 26, 2019 - by Leyland Cecco

Conventional wisdom has long asserted men outperform women in long-distance races. Ultramarathon results prove that assumption wrong

Strikers overturn a streetcar in Winnipeg, June 21, 1919.

Current Affairs / June 2019 / Society

What the Winnipeg General Strike Can Teach Us About Class, Capitalism, and Greed

April 29, 2019July 22, 2019 - by Tom Jokinen

In 1919, 35,000 workers ground Winnipeg to a halt. We may never again see another strike like it