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Portrait of Sarah Polley against a bluish-grey background.
Arts & Culture / June 2022

Who Does Sarah Polley Think She Is?

May 17, 2022May 20, 2022 - by Sarah Liss

She first gained fame as a child actor. The writer and director has been confronting the traumas of these early experiences ever since

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The Walrus Talks at Home at the Broadbent Institute’s 2020 Progress Gala

November 19, 2020February 4, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

The moment I realized I could change the world

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Photograph of children's handprints in multicoloured paint on a textured black wall.
Environment

The Kids Are Mad as Hell

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 - by Hana Shafi

Climate change is stealing their future. But their activism gives me hope

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Environment

Lockdown Let the Earth Breathe. What Do We Do Next?

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 - by Sarah Ratchford

COVID-19 could be a turning point in climate activism—but only if we play it right

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A photograph of the writer, Desmond Cole, with his arms crossed and smiling at the camera. The background is purple with pink stripes.
Society

In Conversation: Desmond Cole and Téa Mutonji

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 - by Téa Mutonji

The two writers on media representation, anti-Black violence, and true liberation

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Fiction

Artifacts

May 8, 2020May 9, 2020 - by Kirsten Madsen

A short story about desire, arson, and environmental activism in a Yukon museum

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A crowd of protestors marches toward camera, carrying Black Lives Matter signs.
Society

What Black Lives Matter Taught Me about Protesting

February 3, 2020January 30, 2022 - by Janaya Khan

Freedom fighting doesn’t happen by some twist of fate. It’s a spark lit by daily indignities and humiliations

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Photography of Protesters Holding Signs at the Women's March
Politics

One Year Later: The Women’s March on Washington

January 22, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Amanda Cockburn

As we continue to push for women’s rights, last year’s protests have a lot to teach us about compassionate and rigorous conversation

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Environment

Farming as Protest

November 15, 2016July 21, 2020 - by Christopher Pollon

Opposing British Columbia’s Site C dam through agriculture

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Feature / June 2014

Outcasts

June 26, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Hugh Brewster

Fifty years ago, a gay activist met a Maclean’s journalist. Together, they helped start a revolution

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