At Ninety-One, Alanis Obomsawin Is Not Ready to Put Down Her Camera

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She revolutionized cinema and is inspiring the next generation of Indigenous filmmakers

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July/August 2023 / Memoir

The Limits of Self-Care

September 4, 2023September 5, 2023 - by Victoria Chan

A shocking spree of anti-Asian violence taught me to put community first

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Fiction / July/August 2023

Buddy West

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 - by Sam Shelstad

“How much for the cowboy in the window?”

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Introducing the 2023 TD Fellow on Disability and Inclusion

September 1, 2023August 30, 2023 - by The Walrus Staff

The Walrus and TD Bank Group are pleased to announce Khalida as the new TD Fellow on Disability and Inclusion

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Memoir

I Didn’t Hate Cooking Palak Paneer, I Hated the Patriarchy

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 - by Hina Imam

What deterred me? Perhaps the expectation that I should be keen. Keen to cook. Keen to serve

July/August 2023 / Letters

Letters to the Editor: July/August 2023

August 30, 2023August 29, 2023 - by Readers

On injustice for the dying, eternal renters, and the future of publishing

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Arts & Culture / July/August 2023

In Vicki Smith’s Dreamlike Paintings, Women Court Peace in Pools and Lakes

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 - by Connor Garel

She paints in total silence in an effort to achieve the same meditative state of her subjects

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Arts & Culture

Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It?

August 29, 2023January 8, 2024 - by Tajja Isen

It’s not entirely clear who it’s for and what its function should be in a rapidly changing literary ecosystem

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Technology

Wait—Is ChatGPT Even Legal?

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 - by Fenwick Mckelvey

AI companies are using copyrighted works to train their systems. The lawsuits are just getting started

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Fiction / July/August 2023

Dispatches Regarding the Woeful Origins of the Town’s Bicycle Race

August 26, 2023August 26, 2023 - by Tom Froh

Today a ranger spotted two wolves on a carbon-frame Ibis tearing down a hill at fifty kilometres per hour

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