hockey | The Walrus - Part 3

Photograph by Benoit Aquin

Feature / March 2014

Sledgehammer

March 17, 2014August 17, 2017 - by Drew Nelles

Will the Sochi Paralympics propel disabled sport into the mainstream?

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Illustration by Genevieve Simms

March 2014 / Sports

Editor’s Note

February 17, 2014July 5, 2016 - by John Macfarlane

“It’s more than a game,” croons the announcer promoting an upcoming instalment of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. “It’s our game.” What, exactly, does it mean to say that hockey …

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Artwork by the Walrus Art Department

October 2013 / Sports

Sports Concussions

October 1, 2013August 22, 2017 - by Ken Dryden

In the next ten years, the focus will be on research to discover a reliable marker for determining whether a concussion has been suffered

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Photograph by leoniewise

Sports / Web Exclusives

We Are Alive

January 25, 2013July 9, 2019 - by Julien Russell Brunet

Reflections on the first week of new NHL hockey

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Illustration by Peter Ryan

Feature / November 2011

The Meaning of Hockey

November 12, 2011July 10, 2019 - by Stephen Marche

Our game is like no other. Nor is its history

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Photograph from the Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

June 2011 / Sports

Nerds on Ice

June 12, 2011July 20, 2017 - by Jeremy Keehn

How advanced stats have brought hockey’s underdogs into the limelight

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Photograph by Eamon Mac Mahon

June 2010 / Sports

Ice Houses of the Holy

June 12, 2010October 1, 2018 - by Ellen Etchingham

An American expatriate relives the barnstorming tour of Canadian rinks that made her a believer

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Photograph by Finn O'Hara

Feature / June 2010

Welcome to Hockeyland

June 12, 2010August 17, 2017 - by David Macfarlane

Canadians think the game is ours. It isn’t

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McKesson Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism (Toronto) @ Artscape Daniels Launchpad

Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism
	Exploring trends and innovations in health care, technology, and more
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Featuring:
Onur Bodur, professor of marketing, Concordia University
Zayna Khayat, futurist, SE Health
Rebecca McKillican, CEO, Well.ca
Craig Patterson, editor-in-chief, Retail Insider

And more!

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CIFAR Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries (National Capital Region, Gatineau) @ Canadian Museum of History

Sep 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries
	How divisions shape our lives, what lies between borders, and what membership means now
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Keith Banting, Stauffer Dunning Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University

Samra Habib, writer, photographer, and activist

Adrian Owen, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging, University of Western Ontario, and Koerner Fellow and Co-Director, Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness, CIFAR

Paige Raibmon, Professor, Department of History, University of British Columbia

Prerna Singh, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Brown University

Mary Soderstrom, writer

And more!

CIFAR is a Canadian-based, global charitable organization that convenes extraordinary minds to address science and humanity’s most important questions.

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	Présente The Walrus Talks — frontières
	Comment les divisions définissent-elles notre vie? Qu’est-ce qui se trouve entre les limites? Que signifie maintenant l’appartenance à un groupe?
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Le CIFAR est une organisation sans but lucratif basée au Canada qui rassemble de brillants cerveaux pour trouver réponse aux plus grandes questions de la science et de l’humanité.

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Suncor Presents The Walrus Talks Energy (Montreal) @ Centre Phi

Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Energy
	Building a Canadian approach to energy transition
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Featuring:
Shawn McCarthy, journalist
Eryn Stewart, project director, Lumos Energy
Brendan Haley, policy director, Efficiency Canada
Aisha Bukhari, senior manager, Advanced Energy Centre, MaRS Discovery District
Johanne Gélinas, president and CEO, Transition Énergétique Québec
Christopher Ragan, academic, economist, and chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission
Alison Cretney, managing director, Energy Futures Lab

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French simultaneous translation services will be provided.
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TD Bank Group Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion (Waterloo) @ Waterloo Delta Hotel

Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion
	How design, technology, education and more can remove barriers for people with disabilities
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Featuring:

Luke Anderson, Co-Founder, StopGap Foundation
Jutta Treviranus, Director and Founder, Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University
Jeff D’Hondt, Indigenous Consultant, City of Toronto
Michelle Woolfrey, Co-Founder, Blind Girl Inc.
Mahadeo Sukhai, Head of Research and Chief Accessibility Officer, Canadian National Institute for the Blind

And more!

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