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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, 2020January 29, 2021 - by Stephanie Wong Ken

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

A photograph of a long, elaborate bridge spanning a wide river.

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

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

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?

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

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