Blah Blah Blah: The Lack of Small Talk Is Breaking Our Brains

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Blah Blah Blah: The Lack of Small Talk Is Breaking Our Brains

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 - by Hannah Seo

Chit-chat is often dismissed as mindless and boring. But its absence over the past year is affecting you more than you think

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May 2021 / Memoir

The House That Mum Built

April 21, 2021March 24, 2022 - by Anubha Momin

Touring the homes of Frank Lloyd Wright helped me see what my architect mother had always wanted in life

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May 2021

The Rise and Fall of a Double Agent

April 20, 2021October 6, 2023 - by Justin Ling

Cameron Ortis was an RCMP officer privy to the inner workings of Canada’s national security—and in a prime position to exploit them

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Environment / May 2021

Ask an Oil Expert: What’s the Future of Fossil Fuel in Canada?

April 19, 2021November 24, 2021 - by Imre Szeman

The Keystone XL pipeline’s cancellation has many wondering what will happen next

The Walrus Talks

Marketplace Morality: From Masks to Veganism

April 16, 2021 - by Zeynep Arsel

Whether we are aware of this or not, many of our actions, big or small, have a moral dimensions, and this includes things we buy and consume

May 2021 / Poetry

Geese in Formation

April 16, 2021 - by Tim Bowling

You yourself are never an ending, / never collapse like the pinsetters’ set-up / or vanish like the smudged pencil

The Walrus Talks

The Walrus Leadership Forum on Health Care

April 15, 2021February 4, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Building a life sciences strategy for Canada

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Business

What I’ve Learned from Getting Fired Six Times (So You Don’t Have To)

April 15, 2021June 10, 2024 - by Cathrin Bradbury

If you’re called into the boss’s office on a Tuesday or a Thursday, watch out. And if you see an envelope? Run

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Current Affairs / May 2021

How Immigration Really Works

April 14, 2021September 22, 2023 - by Kelly Toughill

Who will choose Canada’s next wave of newcomers? It could be someone in your town

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Environment / May 2021

The Hidden Cost of Rechargeable Batteries

April 13, 2021June 8, 2021 - by Caitlin Stall-Paquet

A burgeoning lithium-mining area in Quebec shows the complications of green tech

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