Why We Need Community Now More than Ever

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Society

Why We Need Community Now More than Ever

December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 - by Casey Plett

Isolation might be as unhealthy as smoking. Why aren’t we taking connection more seriously?

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Arts & Culture / January/February 2024

How Quebec Fell in Love with Documentary Theatre

December 4, 2023January 11, 2024 - by Sandrine Rastello

Would you watch a play about hydro electricity? How about the dairy industry?

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November 2023 / October 2016 / Society

Growing Up Trans

December 2, 2023December 2, 2023 - by M.E. Rogan

When do children know their true gender?

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Health

Will New Tech End the Need for Human Pregnancy?

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 - by Claire Horn

We are five to ten years from a partial artificial womb for humans, according to estimates

December 2023 / Letters

Letters to the Editor: December 2023

November 30, 2023November 29, 2023 - by Readers

On artifacts, CanCon, and chemicals

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Arts & Culture / November 2023

The Walrus’s Most Memorable Magazine Covers

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 - by Various Contributors

Art directors past and present reveal the stories behind the eye-catching illustrations and photography

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World

What Does “Defence” Really Mean?

November 29, 2023January 15, 2024 - by Samia Madwar

The United Nations prohibits the use of force except in the case of self-defence—but that can too easily be moulded into a euphemism for retaliation, revenge, and punishment

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Books

The Case for Never Reading the Book Jacket

November 28, 2023January 8, 2024 - by Tajja Isen

I don’t want to be told what’s going to happen and I definitely don’t want to be told what the book is “about”

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At McMaster University, Building a Better 2080 Starts Now

November 27, 2023March 12, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

The Imagining 2080 forum invited future-thinkers from across generations and disciplines to envision possible futures for Canada

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December 2023 / Health

Why the Opioid Crisis Is Rooted in the Housing Crisis

November 27, 2023January 3, 2024 - by Kevin Patterson

A prevalent narrative asserts that the tents, the despair, the not waking up are about mental illness and addiction. That narrative crumbles after the first questions

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