Local News Is Dying. The Consequences Are Worse than You Think - Unreliable information, uninformed citizens, unchecked governments
I Knew My Pregnancy Was Over. Doctors Insisted Otherwise - New Brunswick health care turned my miscarriage into a medical crisis
- You Can’t Solve the Teacher Shortage by Pretending Anyone Can Do the Job - Teaching is a profession, but it’s being turned into a gig
- When I Became a Teenager, I Thought Kindness Was for Kids - I wanted to see what it felt like to hurt people’s feelings. But now it’s time to stop
- How Do You Faithfully Tell the Story of a Divorce, Including Your Own? - That there are two sides to every story is cliché. That there are two stories to every marriage is almost science
- Trump’s Tariffs May Do the Impossible: Make Quebec Love Canada - Nothing unites the country like a US trade war
- How Canada Once Saved Thousands of Steel Jobs - As Trump’s tariffs throw the industry in turmoil, there are lessons to be learned from history
Y WE TRAVEL
In this new series, accomplished writers delve into the deeper meaning of our journeys—beyond where and how, to the fundamental question of why. Presented by Toronto Pearson Airport, the Canadian Airports Council, and The Walrus Lab.
Inside the March/April issue of The Walrus
➔ The day Assad fled
➔ How a would-be bomber rebuilt his life
➔ A long-buried archive brings a family back together
➔ When your landlord is a billion-dollar corporation
➔ The moral failings of Canada’s immigration system
Margaret MacMillan is a historian and author. She is emeritus professor of history at the University of Toronto, where she served as provost of Trinity College, and an emeritus professor of international history at Oxford University, where she served as warden of St. Antony’s College. Her most recent book, War: How Conflict Shaped Us, was published by Allen Lane in 2020 and was a finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize. Margaret and Nathan talk about the current alarming state of international relations, about her drive to write historical works that can be read and understood by non-historians, and about the Canadian short story writer whose biography she would love to write.
In episode three, Timothy Taylor uncovers his mother Ursula’s harrowing escape in 1944, tracing her time in hiding through archives, photographs, and a surprising family connection. A breakthrough in Delbrück leads to new revelations, but as he follows her survival story into the post-war years, new challenges emerge.
Every click, swipe, and like we make in online spaces leaves a digital trace that can influence government and shape our ability to participate in political life. In this episode, Elizabeth Dubois—associate professor and University Research Chair in Politics, Communication and Technology at the University of Ottawa—highlights the importance of thinking critically about internet accessibility, data transparency, and digital citizenship. Elizabeth spoke at The Walrus Talks We Desire A Better Country, in Winnipeg, on March 16, 2017.
- Pierre Poilievre’s Lead Was Supposed to Be Unshakable. It Isn’t - Polls suggest Mark Carney is reshaping the electoral landscape
- How Do You Faithfully Tell the Story of a Divorce, Including Your Own? - That there are two sides to every story is cliché. That there are two stories to every marriage is almost science
- Polar Vortex and Firenado: Hard-Core Jargon Has Taken Over Forecasts - As climate gets weird, so does language
- I Knew My Pregnancy Was Over. Doctors Insisted Otherwise - New Brunswick health care turned my miscarriage into a medical crisis
