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January/February 2022 / Society

My Uncle the Witch Hunter: Unearthing the Uncanny Story of John Troyer

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 - by Rosemary Counter

I dug into my family history and discovered a tale of supernatural evil, buried treasure, and paranoia

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Society

Life as an Indigenous Archaeologist

April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 - by Stacey Taylor

How holding an artifact is like shaking hands with my ancestors

World

Exploration Is a Flawed Notion

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 - by Wade Davis

Explorers need to shed their self-obsession. Discovery isn’t about setting an endurance record

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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

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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

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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

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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, 2018June 15, 2021 - by Daniel Heath Justice

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

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