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Cannabis: Renee Gagnon

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 - by Renee Gagnon

Cannabis offers an opportunity for diversity because the industry doesn’t have entrenched players and the ability to exclude entire groups

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We’ve Legalized Marijuana. Let’s Modernize Our Alcohol Laws Too

October 17, 2018July 16, 2019 - by Paul Gallant

Canada is finally treating tokers like grownups. But we need to address the disparity between pot and booze

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Pot Is Legal. Is It Time to Redefine Sobriety?

October 17, 2018November 16, 2018 - by Amanda Scriver

The rise of CBD and other cannabis products pushes us to re-examine traditional ideas of substance-free living

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Shane Rounce

Inside the Underground Weed Workforce

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 - by Lee Hawks

In 2010, I quit my teaching job and travelled south of the border to trim massive crops of cannabis

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Illustration by Joren Cull

Legalized Marijuana Goes Luxe

October 17, 2018November 2, 2018 - by Jen Gerson

Inside the growing culture of cannabis connoisseurship

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Is the World Ready for Canada to Be a Marijuana Superpower?

July 11, 2018October 17, 2018 - by Brett Popplewell

In a few months, the land of maple syrup will lead the global weed economy

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Illustration by Vesna Asanovic

Wake and Bake

April 20, 2017October 17, 2018 - by Felix Vikhman

A psychotherapist details the rise of marijuana-induced psychosis among his clients

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Illustration by Sam Island

Cannabis / January/February 2017

The First Lady of Reefer Madness

December 22, 2016October 18, 2018 - by Melvyn Green

How a renowned Canadian feminist popularized our racist war on drugs

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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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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.
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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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