In our Winter 2014 cover story, Genna Buck profiles a young autistic New Brunswick woman who has struggled her whole life to find somewhere to call home. In charting the province's history of treating mental illness, from the days of institutionalization to the modern trend towards care in the community, Buck finds that while Savannah Shannon is unique, her story is not. She is one of a large number of high-needs adults who are under-served by a system that is fundamentally reactive, not proactive. 

Andrea Bennett hunts covenants and dinosaurs through the Alberta floods. 

Laura Trethewey reports on living alone, the new domestic frontier. 

Peter Goffin on the history of government surveillance in Canada. 

Anna Maxymiw finds power in subversive femininity at the squat rack. 

Dan Corber gets his balls in an uproar. 

Carmine Starnino on Ken Babstock's evolution. 

Plus new fiction from Naben Ruthnum, new poetry from Mikko Harvey, a photo essay capturing Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement, the winner of the 2014 Quebec Writing Competition, Melissa Bull translating Nelly Arcan, the Book Room, the Music Room and more! 

On newsstands December 12. Buy the issue here.