The Decade in Us

December 24, 2019December 20, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff

From building a life without kids to why shared work offices are the worst, these are the conversations that helped define Canada

A gold award ribbon that says "The Smart One," floating against a pale pink background.

First Person / Society

Beauty Standards Are a Rigged Game

November 21, 2019November 26, 2019 - by Sarah Trick

If I couldn’t be seen as both disabled and beautiful, I decided I’d win by becoming “the smart one”

The Walrus Talks

Belonging: Molly Burke

October 17, 2017September 24, 2018 - by Molly Burke

A sense of belonging, according to Burke, is not about changing her into an “able” person, but accommodating for all kinds of humans. It is society, not Burke, that needs to be fixed

December 2016 / Health

No Vacancy

November 23, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Sarah Trick

For the disabled, finding a place to live often takes years

Health / Web Exclusives

Illness Isn’t a Battle

October 20, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Louise Kinross

Why the popular SickKids ad betrays children with disabilities

Education / September 2016

Campus Confidential

August 16, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Liz Beatty

Where’s the line between accommodating disabled students and coddling them?

Kid smiling laughing with an adult in a car

May 2014 / Photography

Facing Difference

April 21, 2014January 9, 2020 - by Ian Brown

Down syndrome in the age of prenatal testing