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Why Don’t Millennials Have Hobbies?

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 - by Alisha Sawhney

I sought the help of an algorithm to figure out how to spend my free time. It made me question my generation’s relationship with leisure

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Hooked-up Culture

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 - by Katie Underwood

Edged out of the city by ever-inflating housing prices—and freed up by flexible working parameters, courtesy of COVID-19—Canadian millennials might finally have a shot at financial stability. If the Wi-Fi’s good, that is.

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Living Rooms

The Rise of the Roommate

November 11, 2020September 25, 2022 - by Kelli María Korducki

Burnt out and debt ridden, my generation is poised to change the household as we know it—maybe even for the better

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Society

Are We Ever Offline Anymore?

June 15, 2020March 18, 2022 - by Blair Elliott

Thanks to the convenience of technology, work is taking over our lives—yet we keep logging on

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Cities

Why It’s Impossible to Buy a House

January 29, 2020April 10, 2022 - by Shawn Micallef

Canadians used to live in a country that built housing with everyone in mind. What happened?

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Democracy / Politics

Politicians Aren’t Solving Millennials’ Problems

October 19, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Andray Domise

Young people face job insecurity, wage stagnation, and debt. But elections only focus on middle-class concerns

Business / June 2017

Meet the Frugal Millennials Planning for Decades of Retirement

May 24, 2017February 8, 2021 - by Tara Henley

At best, their philosophy might change your life. At worst, you’ll save lots of money

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April 2014 / Books

Never-Never Land

March 18, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Emily Landau

Don’t blame millennials for new-adult fiction

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