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An illustration where, in the background, a woman walks into a house, her head tilted up. In the foreground, at the bottom of the front steps, her daughter looks towards her mother. The house has stained glass windows and light pours out from them onto the steps.
May 2021 / Memoir

Revisiting the Homes of Frank Lloyd Wright

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 - by Anubha Momin

A road trip across the architect’s iconic houses offered a window into my family’s life

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Current Affairs / May 2021

How Immigration Really Works

April 14, 2021April 20, 2021 - by Kelly Toughill

Who will choose Canada’s next wave of newcomers? It could be someone in your town

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An officer at the Cameron County Detention Centre watches security footage from the control room, on many screens.
March/April 2021 / Technology

When Border Security Crosses a Line

February 17, 2021March 9, 2021 - by Hilary Beaumont

International crossings are now testing grounds for unregulated surveillance technology

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An illustration of men in construction gear and hard hats parachuting into a city.
Politics

Small Towns Are Dying. Can Immigration Save Them?

November 28, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Étienne Lajoie

Newcomers can extend the lives of shrinking villages, but only if Quebec can confront its xenophobia

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The Walrus Talks

Living Better: Annahid Dashtgard

November 25, 2019November 27, 2019 - by Annahid Dashtgard

How do you learn not to self-hate?

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November 2019 / Society

When Canada’s Immigration Policies Pull Families Apart

November 5, 2019June 12, 2020 - by Kate Yoon

After years of training in Canada, my dad still had to go back to South Korea to get the job he deserved

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First Person

Who Gets to Decide What Being a Canadian Means?

May 7, 2018November 12, 2019 - by David Bezmozgis

I moved here when I was six. The experience has always left me wondering where anybody belongs

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Current Affairs

The Boy on the Beach

April 16, 2018August 13, 2019 - by Tima Kurdi

A haunting photo of Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi’s body galvanized people into action. In a new book, his aunt tells their family’s story

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Photograph of Yemeni Family
April 2018 / World

Unwelcome to Canada

March 26, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Kamal Al-Solaylee

We opened our homes and hearts to those fleeing war in Syria. But we aren’t doing the same for people in Yemen

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Books

Thirty-five Million Canadians Are Not Enough

September 28, 2017February 10, 2020 - by Doug Saunders

A nation founded on immigration and diversity? Not quite. How Canada’s closed borders wrecked the country’s development

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