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June 2020

What astronauts can teach us about isolation, comedy’s growing generational divide and the climate crisis is forcing thousands around the world to flee their homes.

Profile of Alexandra Oliver
June 2020 / Poetry

Best Practice

April 9, 2021 - by Alexandra Oliver

You’d see them hauling speakers at a gig, / drinking Cokes and fondly reminiscing / about that night (the ketamine! The wig!)

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June 2020 / Visual Art

How One Painter Captures the Wonder of Ordinary Spaces

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 - by Sophie Weiler

Margaux Williamson’s portraits of interiors pay homage to what’s right in front of us

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Illustration of a woman in khaki pants and a green jacket, sitting on a tree stump and smoking. In her other hand she holds a shovel. In the background is a forest of pine trees.
Fiction / June 2020

Rookie

May 28, 2020February 9, 2021 - by Josiah Neufeld

A short story about desire and unforgivable offences in a tree planting camp

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A black and white photo of an older man wearing a winter coat, his hands in his pockets. Behind him is a barn that says "Elm Knoll Farm" and the ground is covered in snow.
June 2020 / The Walrus True Crime

Murder in Old Barns

May 27, 2020June 27, 2020 - by Lindsay Jones

Why a Nova Scotia community is still searching for the killer of a beloved farmer thirty years later

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Illustration of a young brown woman in a suit, telling jokes from onstage at a comedy club. The young, diverse audience laughs. Several male comics, older and white, stand outside the spotlight looking moody and resentful.
Arts & Culture / June 2020

The Comedy Culture War

May 25, 2020June 18, 2020 - by Erika Thorkelson

A new wave of comics is rejecting stand-up’s tired tropes

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Image of the poet, Jason Guriel, a man with dark hair and glasses staring into the camera and smiling slightly. The photo is black and white; the background behind him is blue.
COVID-19 / June 2020 / Poetry

COVID-19 Couplets

May 23, 2020 - by Jason Guriel

On daily walks, we cut the neighbours swaths / Of space

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Photograph of a man kneeling on a woven mat in front of an orange wall.
Environment / June 2020

Stranded by the Climate Crisis

May 20, 2020June 10, 2020 - by Carolyn Thompson

Global environmental disasters are forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, their countries, and everything they know

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Illustration of an astronaut in full space gear, surrounding by bright streaks of light that resemble small comets.
In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration / June 2020 / Science

What Astronauts Can Teach Us about Mental Health and Isolation

May 19, 2020September 10, 2020 - by Elizabeth Howell

We’re learning what members of space missions have known for decades: it’s hard to live in a confined space for long periods of time

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Illustration of two people wearing leopard-print jackets and running down the aisles of a supermarket. The woman is pushing a cart.
COVID-19 / June 2020 / Science

Your Brain on COVID-19

May 6, 2020June 18, 2020 - by Carolyn Abraham

Fear, denial, panic buying: why our minds are not designed to process threats like the coronavirus pandemic

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