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Society
Our latest stories on the intricacies of daily life, the lessons of first-person experience, how we relate to one another, and how to make our social world a better place
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(N)O Canada!
Is our national anthem worthy of true patriot love?
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Up, Up, and Away
Artists who want to make it go to Europe or the States. The others head north to Dawson City
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History in Play
The Richard III Society of Canada agitates for a maligned king
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Teen Angst, RIP
There’s something disturbing about the overwhelming happiness of Canada’s teenagers
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The Second One-Legged Runner
Looking back on Steve Fonyo, Terry Fox’s troubled successor
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Confidence Game
Is Asperger’s syndrome being used as a false front?
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Higher Learning
Balancing theory and action at Canada’s first northern university
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Hedonic Indicators
Bhutan takes the next step in democratizing happiness
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Editor’s Note
Michael Ignatieff begins his recent memoir with a meditation on citizenship in which he writes that the true patriot is obliged to acknowledge “the dark with the light.” It is …
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