On our cover, Lauren Tamaki illustrates the severity and mystique in the gaze of a great horned owl, for an article by Alexander Taurozzi on a lonely owl and a group of photographers in Toronto's High Park. 

Young people’s online jokes about transit reflect a real desire for change, but government priorities aren’t matching up, Juliette de Lamberterie reports.

Stereotypes pit generations against each other, but acknowledging our cohorts’ differences can help us work together for change, argues Victoria Chan.

A visit to Omar Mouallem’s family’s hometown in Lebanon during a tense time sets the stage for a comedy of errors.

Four authors chat with Nour Abi-Nakhoul about their craft, fall food and fashion, and the best spots in their cities.

Contemporary women artists are painting over the naive pictures we have about girlhood, Julia Carpenter explores.

Plus new fiction by Sophie McCreesh, poetry by David Huebert and Dora Prieto, writing by Ioana Georgescu, and much more!