Genetic Mapping
DNA tests promise to tell people who they are and where they’re from. But for Emma Gilchrist, a search for answers only led to more questions.
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021A Strong Family Resemblance
Late in his life, Anna Leventhal ’s father found a hidden side of his family—and of himself. -
Tuesday, March 30, 2021Generational Wisdom
In the Western imagination, growing old often means retreating from life. Furqan Mohamed was raised to know otherwise. -
Wednesday, March 17, 2021Object Lessons
After our loved ones die, we’re left to deal with their belongings. As Nikki Reimer explains, sorting through grief is no small task.
Articles
Swallowed
Writing from Quebec. Translated by Madeleine Stratford.The Winter 2020 Book Room
Winter reads from Eli Tareq El-Bechelany-Lynch, Sheung-King, Dakota McFadzean and others.Oil People
New fiction from David Huebert.In the Absence of Paradise
A photo essay.Call to Witness
Steph Wong Ken took to the streets this summer to declare that Black Lives Matter. But at home, she learned, listening was just as important.In Good Faith
After going to a faith healer, Dominik Parisien could see magical thinking all around him—and who it hurt.Tethered Together
How far would you go for your friends? On a canoe trip along the Ottawa River, Nathan Munn dives deep for the answers.The Winter 2020 Music Room
New music from Sea Oleena, LAL, Night Lunch and Matthew Cardinal.Charging Ahead
We keep asking who killed the electric car. But as time runs out, a more important question looms: who will bring it back?State of Disunion
After moving back home to the States, Kelli María Korducki tries to settle into the feeling of never being settled.Aubade for Meeting Obligations
New poetry from Phoebe Wang.
Blog Posts
Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters' new novel shows us a trans community that is neurotic, loving, protective, mean and melodramatic.
Two weeks after the Wuhan lockdown, leaving China in the wake of plague
In those early days in China, I had no idea the sheer heights to which events would escalate, but looking back, that initial chaos I experienced sure was a good premonition.
In the Stars
Keah Hansen charts the uncertain future of astrology.
A Guide to Problematic Monuments in Montreal
From Macdonald to Maisonneuve, colonial monuments dominate the city's public spaces.
Talking to a Portrait: An interview with Rosalind Pepall
"Often curators are very much in the background. People don't know what they're doing all the time and the crazy things that happen to get a show up."
News
Our Spring 2021 Issue
On newsstands March 19.
Introducing new Editor-in-Chief Madi Haslam
Maisonneuve is thrilled to introduce its new Editor-in-Chief. Madi Haslam will be taking over as of December; her first issue will be Spring 2021, on ...
Our Winter 2020 issue
On newsstands December 18.
Intern at Maisonneuve - Winter-Spring 2021
Calling all keeners: Maisonneuve is now accepting applications for part-time research interns. We’re looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated candidates who have a passion for magazines ...
