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Health

Should the Right to Die Extend to People with Mental Illness?

March 25, 2021April 20, 2021 - by Katie Engelhart

Adam Maier-Clayton wanted to change Canada’s laws, then die under them. Instead, he was left behind

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Memoir

Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers

March 24, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Minelle Mahtani

Not long after I started my job as a radio host, my mother told me she had tongue cancer

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Health

OCD Is Not a Joke

March 1, 2021June 26, 2023 - by Lisa Whittington-Hill

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder are often depicted as Type A clean freaks. The reality is much worse

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Politics

Labelling the Proud Boys Terrorists May Do More Harm than Good

February 24, 2021April 13, 2022 - by Ira Wells

The decision may feel like justice, but expanding the designation could have unintended consequences

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Society

Will COVID-19 Change How We Think about Disability?

February 12, 2021November 25, 2023 - by Aimee Louw

From prioritizing pedestrian spaces to proliferating online hangouts, the pandemic has made accessibility mainstream. Will it last?

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Health

When Healers Do Harm: Women Serial Killers in the Health Care Industry

February 10, 2021July 21, 2023 - by Patricia Pearson

Dozens of undetected serial killers may have prowled hospitals and care homes over the past fifty years. Why are they so rarely caught?

Technology

Everybody Hates Millennials: Gen Z and the TikTok Generation Wars

February 9, 2021May 2, 2022 - by Sejla Rizvic

The video-based platform may not have created generational animosity, but it’s happy to fan the flames

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Arts & Culture / March/April 2021

Meredith MacNeill Has Funny Bones

February 1, 2021March 9, 2021 - by Soraya Roberts

With Baroness von Sketch Show, MacNeill helped elevate the state of Canadian comedy. Her latest role presents an even more daunting challenge

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March/April 2021 / Society

Quitting America

January 18, 2021February 19, 2021 - by M.E. Rogan

I came to Canada to escape a childhood—and a nation—consumed with lies

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January/February 2021

The Myth of Universal Health Care

December 8, 2020April 6, 2021 - by Nadine Caron

Despite our illusions, Canada’s system is neither comprehensive nor equally accessible. What would it take to reform it?

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Should the Right to Die Extend to People with Mental Illness?

OCD Is Not a Joke

Labelling the Proud Boys Terrorists May Do More Harm than Good

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When Healers Do Harm: Women Serial Killers in the Health Care Industry

Meredith MacNeill Has Funny Bones

The Myth of Universal Health Care

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