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Illustration of an interconnected network of people, separated by a blazing yellow network that resembles a cable and separates the people into different boxes. The colour scheme is green, orange, and purple––a conceptual illustration of the internet network.

Technology

This Is the Internet We Were Promised

April 29, 2020May 1, 2020 - by Angela Misri

The World Wide Web hasn’t felt this supportive since it was invented. Why did it take a pandemic?

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

Politics / September 2019

Quebec Rewrites Its History in One Book

August 22, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Martin Patriquin

A controversial new textbook peddles politics over facts

Strikers overturn a streetcar in Winnipeg, June 21, 1919.

Current Affairs / June 2019 / Society

What the Winnipeg General Strike Can Teach Us about Class, Capitalism, and Greed

April 29, 2019July 2, 2020 - by Tom Jokinen

In 1919, 35,000 workers ground Winnipeg to a halt. We may never again see another strike like it

old canada parliament building and soundwaves

Society

Canadian History Isn’t Boring

September 2, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Melissa J. Gismondi

As a historian, I used to think our country’s past wasn’t worth studying. Podcasts helped change my mind

illustration of a book turning into pixels

Arts & Culture / Feature / June 2018

How Digital Archives Delete the Human Experience

June 6, 2018March 27, 2020 - by David Sax

The push to preserve information forever can forfeit our emotional connections with the past

Books

The Hawaiian Queen Who Taught Indigenous Writers to Resist

April 4, 2018August 13, 2019 - by Daniel Heath Justice

By connecting the fight for justice across generations, Indigenous writing has found its moment

Illustration Showing People Wearing a Variety of Historical Outfits

January/February 2018 / Society

Inside the Weird World of Historical Re-enactors

January 10, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Erin Sylvester

From Civil War uniforms to Viking smelts, meet the people who bring history to life

Current Affairs

How Indigenous Communities Are Denied Their Archaeological Heritage

January 8, 2018November 11, 2019 - by John Lorinc

Canada’s laws and regulations are grounded in colonial assumptions about ownership of artifacts

Arts & Culture

Using Art to Rethink the Legacy of Nazi Germany

October 27, 2017April 3, 2020 - by R.M. Vaughan

How Canadian artist Vera Frenkel transformed a space once used to hide Hitler’s stolen treasure