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Arts & Culture / Books / January/February 2019

Let the Latest Joe Beef Cookbook Guide You to Gluttony

December 19, 2018July 8, 2019 - by Shannon Tien

The Montreal restaurateurs have crafted extravagant recipes for the coming apocalypse

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Illustrations by Jeannie Phan

Cover Story / Education / October 2018

Who Gets to Be Gifted?

September 19, 2018July 8, 2019 - by Katrina Onstad

Kids in the gifted program are disproportionately white and affluent. How streaming became another form of segregation

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Illustration by Mügluck

September 2018 / Society

The New Old Age

August 27, 2018July 8, 2019 - by Sandra Martin

Longevity is now our reality. Are we ready for it?

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Photography by Rob MacInnis

September 2018 / Society

The Charmed Life of Esther the Wonder Pig

August 15, 2018July 6, 2019 - by Jason McBride

What one celebrity pet can tell us about our curious and complicated relationship with animals

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Illustration by Lauren Tamaki

Fiction / July/August 2018

Upholstery

July 24, 2018March 12, 2019 - by Mireille Silcoff

Mrs. Naimer would swim the whole way across the lake and back, a feat everyone on the beach ignored on purpose

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Photo by Peter Wall / SOI Foundation

Becoming Natan Obed

June 21, 2018July 17, 2019 - by Samia Madwar

The national Inuit representative is the most important leader many Canadians haven’t heard of

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Illustration by Sébastian Thibault

June 2018 / Society

Black Cemeteries Force Us to Re-examine Our History With Slavery

May 28, 2018July 8, 2019 - by Charmaine A. Nelson

How we treat the dead tells a disturbing story about Canada’s racism

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Illustration of a Black Woman Surrounded by Face-Shaped Data Structures

June 2018 / Technology

How We Made AI As Racist and Sexist As Humans

May 16, 2018August 19, 2019 - by Danielle Groen

AI influences everything from hiring decisions to loan approvals. Too bad it’s as biased as we are

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McKesson Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism (Toronto) @ Artscape Daniels Launchpad

Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism
	Exploring trends and innovations in health care, technology, and more
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Featuring:
Onur Bodur, professor of marketing, Concordia University
Zayna Khayat, futurist, SE Health
Rebecca McKillican, CEO, Well.ca
Craig Patterson, editor-in-chief, Retail Insider

And more!

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CIFAR Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries (National Capital Region, Gatineau) @ Canadian Museum of History

Sep 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries
	How divisions shape our lives, what lies between borders, and what membership means now
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Keith Banting, Stauffer Dunning Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University

Samra Habib, writer, photographer, and activist

Adrian Owen, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging, University of Western Ontario, and Koerner Fellow and Co-Director, Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness, CIFAR

Paige Raibmon, Professor, Department of History, University of British Columbia

Prerna Singh, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Brown University

Mary Soderstrom, writer

And more!

CIFAR is a Canadian-based, global charitable organization that convenes extraordinary minds to address science and humanity’s most important questions.

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	Présente The Walrus Talks — frontières
	Comment les divisions définissent-elles notre vie? Qu’est-ce qui se trouve entre les limites? Que signifie maintenant l’appartenance à un groupe?
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Les conférenciers seront annoncés prochainement!

Le CIFAR est une organisation sans but lucratif basée au Canada qui rassemble de brillants cerveaux pour trouver réponse aux plus grandes questions de la science et de l’humanité.

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Suncor Presents The Walrus Talks Energy (Montreal) @ Centre Phi

Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Energy
	Building a Canadian approach to energy transition
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Featuring:
Shawn McCarthy, journalist
Eryn Stewart, project director, Lumos Energy
Brendan Haley, policy director, Efficiency Canada
Aisha Bukhari, senior manager, Advanced Energy Centre, MaRS Discovery District
Johanne Gélinas, president and CEO, Transition Énergétique Québec
Christopher Ragan, academic, economist, and chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission
Alison Cretney, managing director, Energy Futures Lab

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French simultaneous translation services will be provided.
To provide a fragrance-free event, we request that attendees refrain from wearing colognes, perfumes or other scented or chemical products to The Walrus Talks.
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TD Bank Group Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion (Waterloo) @ Waterloo Delta Hotel

Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion
	How design, technology, education and more can remove barriers for people with disabilities
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Featuring:

Luke Anderson, Co-Founder, StopGap Foundation
Jutta Treviranus, Director and Founder, Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University
Jeff D’Hondt, Indigenous Consultant, City of Toronto
Michelle Woolfrey, Co-Founder, Blind Girl Inc.
Mahadeo Sukhai, Head of Research and Chief Accessibility Officer, Canadian National Institute for the Blind

And more!

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If you require special accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact events@thewalrus.ca or (416) 971-5004, ext. 247.

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