Why Everyone You Know Is Suddenly a Birder - A pandemic pastime has grown into something deeper
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- Why Everyone You Know Is Suddenly a Birder - A pandemic pastime has grown into something deeper
- I’d Prefer Not to Mind My Own Business - Gossip gives me a little bit of peace, even though it’s at someone else’s expense
- RCMP Uncovers Domestic Terror Plot with Military Links - The group had explosives, stolen weapons, and plans to overthrow the government
- Why Everyone You Know Is Suddenly a Birder - A pandemic pastime has grown into something deeper
- I’d Prefer Not to Mind My Own Business - Gossip gives me a little bit of peace, even though it’s at someone else’s expense
- RCMP Uncovers Domestic Terror Plot with Military Links - The group had explosives, stolen weapons, and plans to overthrow the government
- The Bloc Wants to Break Up Canada—but Not Yet - A surge of national unity has swept Quebec. It’s only a matter of time before the sovereignty debate resurfaces
- As Trump Pushes Tariff War, Ford’s Electricity Bluff Loses Voltage - Ontario’s threats to cut off American states are hollow. The province simply can’t afford to
- Poilievre Is Parachuting into Rural Alberta to Win Back His Seat - The party leader is betting on Canada’s most conservative riding. Will it be enough?
- The Dearly Departed Are Getting Creative with Death - Goodbye, cremation and caskets; hello, human composting and aquamation
- The Key to Understanding Adult Siblings: Your In-Laws - Iryn Tushabe’s debut novel, about two sisters bonding in the face of tragedy, compelled me to look into my own relationships
- There Was a Time Canada Really Did Build, Baby, Build - Lessons from when we skipped the consultants and produced the materials that won a war
- The Two Captive Orcas Who Can Nearly Taste Freedom - The clock is ticking to rehome whales that have never lived outside of Marineland
Amazon Canada and The Walrus are pleased to announce that this year’s winner of the Amazon Canada First Novel Award is Valérie Bah for Subterrane.
Learn more about the winning novel and the entire shortlist.
Inside the July/August issue of The Walrus
➔ The death of the middle class musician
➔ Rage against the publishing machine
➔ How tariffs are testing ties between Northern neighbours
➔ Why Guantánamo Bay still defies belief
➔ Afghanistan’s lost generation
This week on What Happened Next, host Nathan Whitlock is joined by author, game designer, and journalist Natalie Zina Walschots. Her most recent book is the novel Hench, published by HarperCollins in 2021. Natalie and Nathan talk about the multiple times she has written, then scrapped, the sequel to Hench, about finally cracking the novel while working in a borrowed camper in small-town Nova Scotia, and about the Canadian book that would have turned her very chill experience with Canada Reads into a “medieval joust.”
A new podcast that brings big ideas down to earth. Each episode features a past or present scholar from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation—leaders in fields like international development, medicine, business, journalism, and epidemiology—whose work is shaping a better future for Canada and the world. These conversations reveal how cutting-edge research is being transformed into real-world impact. This is where thought meets action.
The science behind social connection is clear: volunteerism and face-to-face contact with our community members are essential for our well-being. Susan Pinker is a psychologist and author of the book The Village Effect. This special episode of The Conversation Piece features content from her presentation at The Walrus Talks: Reimagining Volunteerism, supported by The Belonging Forum, an initiative of the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness. Pinker spoke at The Walrus Talks: Reimagining Volunteerism on April 15, 2025.
The Bloc Wants to Break Up Canada—but Not Yet - A surge of national unity has swept Quebec. It’s only a matter of time before the sovereignty debate resurfaces
- I’d Prefer Not to Mind My Own Business - Gossip gives me a little bit of peace, even though it’s at someone else’s expense
- The Two Captive Orcas Who Can Nearly Taste Freedom - The clock is ticking to rehome whales that have never lived outside of Marineland
- When Therapy Didn’t Work, I Turned to an Illegal Drug - MDMA helped me come to terms with years of trauma
- Forest Hill Gothic - I watched as a wrinkled hand reached out of the basement window
