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Casey Plett at AFNA awards

Shifting Narratives: Casey Plett’s Little Fish

June 13, 2019August 10, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff

An interview with the winner of the 2019 Amazon Canada First Novel Award on the state of trans stories in fiction and on making diverse, once-quieted voices come to life

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A Work of One’s Own

May 6, 2019August 10, 2019 - by Amazon Canada First Novel Award

Nominees for the 2019 Amazon Canada First Novel Award Youth Short Story category share how they find their voice amid the cacophony of the information age.

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Un siècle de luttes

November 30, 2018August 10, 2019 - by The Government of Canada

Il y a 100 ans, le 24 mai 1918, les femmes canadiennes obtenaient le droit de vote aux élections fédérales pour la première fois. Aujourd’hui, nous célébrons cette étape importante tout en réfléchissant au sort de ceux et celles qui en ont été exclues et à la lutte – loin d’être terminée – pour l’égalité des droits.

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Illustration of a Male Yogi

Yoga’s Culture of Sexual Abuse: Nine Women Tell Their Stories

April 25, 2018August 9, 2019 - by Matthew Remski

Disturbing accounts of misconduct against the founder of one of North America’s most popular forms of yoga

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Winter is the Time of the Story

February 13, 2018August 10, 2019 - by Canada Council for the Arts

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award winners on the art of storytelling

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Age-friendly communities empower seniors

October 20, 2017 - by Margaret Denton

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Rwanda needs more aggressive women

October 5, 2017October 5, 2017 - by Marie Merci Ishimwe

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A senior couple embraces in their kitchen

Is Dementia a Normal Part of Aging?

August 4, 2017August 10, 2019 - by Dementia Friends Canada

With an aging population in Canada, it’s more important than ever to improve dementia awareness

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McKesson Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism (Toronto) @ Artscape Daniels Launchpad

Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism
	Exploring trends and innovations in health care, technology, and more
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Featuring:
Onur Bodur, professor of marketing, Concordia University
Zayna Khayat, futurist, SE Health
Rebecca McKillican, CEO, Well.ca
Craig Patterson, editor-in-chief, Retail Insider

And more!

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CIFAR Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries (National Capital Region, Gatineau) @ Canadian Museum of History

Sep 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries
	How divisions shape our lives, what lies between borders, and what membership means now
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Keith Banting, Stauffer Dunning Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University

Samra Habib, writer, photographer, and activist

Adrian Owen, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging, University of Western Ontario, and Koerner Fellow and Co-Director, Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness, CIFAR

Paige Raibmon, Professor, Department of History, University of British Columbia

Prerna Singh, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Brown University

Mary Soderstrom, writer

And more!

CIFAR is a Canadian-based, global charitable organization that convenes extraordinary minds to address science and humanity’s most important questions.

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	Présente The Walrus Talks — frontières
	Comment les divisions définissent-elles notre vie? Qu’est-ce qui se trouve entre les limites? Que signifie maintenant l’appartenance à un groupe?
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Le CIFAR est une organisation sans but lucratif basée au Canada qui rassemble de brillants cerveaux pour trouver réponse aux plus grandes questions de la science et de l’humanité.

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Suncor Presents The Walrus Talks Energy (Montreal) @ Centre Phi

Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Energy
	Building a Canadian approach to energy transition
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Featuring:
Shawn McCarthy, journalist
Eryn Stewart, project director, Lumos Energy
Brendan Haley, policy director, Efficiency Canada
Aisha Bukhari, senior manager, Advanced Energy Centre, MaRS Discovery District
Johanne Gélinas, president and CEO, Transition Énergétique Québec
Christopher Ragan, academic, economist, and chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission
Alison Cretney, managing director, Energy Futures Lab

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French simultaneous translation services will be provided.
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TD Bank Group Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion (Waterloo) @ Waterloo Delta Hotel

Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion
	How design, technology, education and more can remove barriers for people with disabilities
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