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colonialism

Illustration of several plates containing cassava-based dishes like pie and sliced root. The plates are garnished with purple and green flowers.
First Person / January/February 2021

Why My Mother’s Cassava Pie Is More than a Comfort Food

December 11, 2020December 15, 2020 - by Stephanie Wong Ken

Learning the history of resistance behind my family’s favourite dish

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World

Which Countries Get to Be Tourist Destinations?

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 - by Roshana Ghaedi

Some regions are branded as places to find yourself. Others, like the Middle East, are constantly villainized

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Photo of the poet Lorna Goodison against a violet floral backdrop
Arts & Culture

Lorna Goodison and the Wicked Force of Poetry

September 3, 2020September 4, 2020 - by Kate Siklosi

The first Canadian to win the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry finds beauty in a world that often denies it

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In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration

Space Is Not a Frontier

August 14, 2020September 10, 2020 - by Sarah Trick

We’ve barely addressed the legacies of colonialism and racism on Earth. Must we now export these things to the stars?

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Arts & Culture

The Decade in Food

December 25, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From Canada’s farming crisis to our love of Kraft Dinner, here are the ideas, people, and conversations that helped define Canada

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Environment

Canada’s National Parks are Colonial Crime Scenes

June 30, 2017June 10, 2020 - by Robert Jago

Many Canadians see wilderness as a right of citizenship. But the concept of Canada as a wilderness is unrecognizable to me and to other Indigenous people

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