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Safe Travels
If Canada prides itself on its treatment of refugees, it needs to abolish the Safe Third Country Agreement.
Outside the Frame
Photo technologies have always been blighted by biases, but creators of colour nonetheless find ways to express themselves.
Going Green
Kratom could help with the Canadian opioid crisis–but only if regulators get on board.
On Reflection
Angelina Mazza spends a lot of time looking at her body. And yet, she explains, she’s never truly seen it.
Buying into Belonging
Asian supermarkets have become a one-stop shop for cultural identity. Katia Lo Innes wonders if consumerism comes at the cost of community.
Rinse and Repeat
Washing meat is tradition in Black homes, writes Jody Anderson. The practice shouldn’t need defending.
On The Fly (Requires Subscription)
Jérémi Doucet is tormented by the tiniest of bugs.
Scenes from Long Covid
Rhonda Mullins chronicles her relentless recovery from the virus.
The School in Sakitawak
For survivors of a Saskatchewan residential school, healing can’t begin until the harms are fully acknowledged.
Sleep Shame
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk knows rest is essential. So why does she feel guilty about getting it?
Generational Wisdom
In the Western imagination, growing old often means retreating from life. Furqan Mohamed was raised to know otherwise.
Hindsight 2020
In this year of losses, Fatima Syed writes, let’s not add one more—our ability to care.
A Truthful Interaction
The authors of As We Have Always Done and Policing Black Lives talk about writing on their own terms.
Filling the Void
A pesky meme keeps saying Montreal’s overhyped. Is it right?
Cold Comfort
The craze for “hygge” comes from a dark place, writes Luc Rinaldi, and he’s not talking about Denmark in winter.
Right of Passage
Sympathetic rhetoric, tightening borders—Jane Gatensby reveals Canada's hypocrisy on Venezuela.
In the Weeds
Kaila Jefferd-Moore ignored the headlines about Jody Wilson-Raybould, she explains—they missed the point.
Nature Versus Nurture
After giving up motherhood thirty years ago for the sake of the climate, Lorraine Glendenning now asks if it was worth it.
Cheque your Privilege
Want to give away your money? Stop attaching strings.
A Recipe for Being Me
How does a Muslim who eats bacon assert her identity?
Illiberal Winds
As Christopher Szabla reports, Canada has been cast as the last bastion of liberalism. Are we up to the role?
Ku Klux Canada
Robyn Maynard on our nation’s forgotten and far-from-over history of populist anti-Black violence.
DNA Discrimination
Canada is one of the only countries where people can be marginalized due to their genetics. But that may soon change.
Tour de Babel
Caitlin Stall-Paquet on how Quebec’s false French-English dichotomy erases its linguistic minorities.
Self-Checkout
With Canada set to enact new right-to-death legislation, Nikki Wiart argues that we all need to get comfortable talking about end-of-life choices.
No Place Like Home
An influx of rich young urbanites into a neighbourhood often leads to an exodus of its lower-income residents. However, Samantha Edwards argues that gentrification doesn’t have to be a winner-take-all scenario.
In My Image
Prejudice often hides behind a secular mask. Fariha Roísín on the silencing of Muslim feminists.
Out Of Our Hands
Watching the Detectives
Troubled by the recent revelation that the government is spying on us? It’s nothing new.
Parti Pooper
Nineteen months after Pauline Marois led the Parti Québécois to victory, she dragged it to defeat. How will history remember the province’s Iron Lady?
Now We Here
Canadian society celebrates diversity, but only when it's convenient. On the country's complicated relationship with blackness.
Urban Stall
Canadian cities are expanding, but their municipal powers haven't caught up. Why our city halls can feel like a parody of parochialism.