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May 2022

The promise of $10 child care, how two doctors are trying to fix the organ transplant system, life lessons from the study of death, and the toxic legacy of Yellowknife’s gold.

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May 2022 / Poetry

Heaven Spot

May 9, 2022May 30, 2022 - by Jim Johnstone

A line, a lip, a like- / ness reclaimed

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May 2022

Editor’s Letter: Stress Tests

May 2, 2022June 5, 2022 - by Jessica Johnson

The pandemic has arguably made many aspects of our society less resilient, including our patience

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May 2022 / Poetry

Ballad

April 27, 2022 - by Luke Hathaway

after David Thomson

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A group of people walk through a park with a pond where their reflections show their skeletons and organs.
Health / May 2022

How Two Doctors Are Hacking the Transplant System

April 25, 2022May 9, 2022 - by Karin Olafson

What if there were a better way to get life-saving organs to people who need them?

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Giant mine building in silhouette against purple clouds at sunset.
Environment / May 2022

Arsenic and Gold: My Family’s Role in the Poisonous Legacy of Giant Mine

April 20, 2022May 2, 2022 - by Eva Holland

Could my grandfather have done more to stop the dangerous dust that spewed from the mine for decades?

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May 2022 / Poetry

Bookmark

April 19, 2022 - by Oubah Osman

The past moves me / into previously / occupied bedrooms

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Education / May 2022

Death 101: Life Lessons from the Country’s Only Degree Devoted to the End

April 18, 2022May 9, 2022 - by David Swick

Some first-year arts students are asked to write papers about Plato or Jane Austen; thanatology students need an existential sensibility

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An illustration of a man watching as a city is engulfed by a giant wave.
Fiction / May 2022

The Wave

April 12, 2022May 9, 2022 - by Rawi Hage

I have already determined exactly where the wave will hit and at what time

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May 2022 / Society

Child Care Revolution: What Canada Can Learn from Germany

April 5, 2022September 22, 2023 - by Sadiya Ansari

With $10-a-day child care on the horizon, there’s a lot to learn from a country similar to ours

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Current Affairs / May 2022

Ask an Inflation Expert: What Do Rising Prices Mean for Canadians?

April 4, 2022June 9, 2022 - by Amy Peng

The prices of everyday goods and services keep going up, but there’s a glimmer of hope

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How’s The Walrus?

As the executive director, I am frequently asked this question. These days, I reply: “The Walrus was made for this moment.” From on-again, off-again trade news and negotiations to a new prime minister, we are committed to Canada’s conversations. We launched six regional bureaus earlier this year to ensure comprehensive coverage across this great country of ours. But we can’t do this alone. As a non-profit newsroom, this work isn’t possible without our readers’ support. If you believe in Canada’s stories, support our paywall-free journalism with a donation today.

Our team is small, but our commitment is big; just like our country. Every story we publish is the result of writers, artists, and editors going the extra mile (well, kilometres) to bring Canada closer together through compelling, fact-checked, and regionally grounded reporting.

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Jennifer Hollett
Executive Director, The Walrus

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