Linda McQuaig examines the Iraq war’s benefits
to Big Oil; Noah Richler reports on controversy over the building of
a mega-quarry in Digby Neck, NS; Marsha Barber recounts her husband’s
heart surgery and the effect on their marriage; Timothy Taylor writes
about a collector’s obsession with award-winning books; a Fabrica
photo essay contrasts life in the West to that in Darfur; Rick Salutin
rethinks the Holocaust in the wake of 9/11; fiction by Steven Heighton;
and more
Franklyn Griffiths examines the impact of climate
change on the Inuit; Tony Hopfinger tells the story of a young man’s
life in a village of 139 on the Western tip of Alaska; a photo essay
by Finn and Ben O’Hara of youths growing up in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut;
Andy Kirkpatrick recalls his visits to sites of war in Northern England
and Greenland; John Vaillant reflects on the thin line between animal
and human; Alison Pick recounts a trip through the Northwest Passage;
and more
Rick Salutin makes the case for our public obligation
to teach; Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, argues
that Canada is at a turning point in its standing in the international
economy; Andrew Mitrovica tells the story of an Immigration and Refugee
Board employee who was smeared and sent home after making a controversial
ruling; Patrick Alleyn looks at the greatest environmental restoration
effort in history, taking place in the Chinese Dust Bowl; and more
Jon Evans argues that the publishing industry must
adapt to free online content; Mark Czarnecki analyzes the male public
apology; Deborah Campbell wonders whether Dubai will become another Babel;
Chris Turner revisits the hippie movement; Martin Patriquin tells the
story of a Canadian family who, returning to Lebanon, were devastated
by the 2006 war with Israel; fiction by Jaspreet Singh; and more
Edward Burtynsky warns that shortsighted development
is decimating Canada’s wildernesses; Bruce Livesey doubts that
the generosity of today’s super-rich class will match that of the
Rockefellers; Taylor Owen and Patrick Travers explain the difficulty
of reconciling Canada’s defence, diplomacy, and development goals
in Afghanistan; fiction by Nadia Kalman, Marni Jackson, Camilla Gibb,
and Jim Garrard; and more
Michael Healey views a conference on the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms through the eyes of a playwright; Alex
Shoumatoff asks whether Russia will survive its current demographic decline;
Layne Coleman describes the struggle to deal with his wife’s cancer;
Jake MacDonald relates the history of LSD in
Saskatchewan; Adam Gopnik discusses the future of the museum; and more
Stephen Williams revisits a widely publicized clash
between the Ontario Provincial Police and Chippewa First Nations; Rebecca
Addelman argues that defamation laws make Canadian comedy less funny
than American comedy; Richard A. Johnson questions the evolution of Hamas
into a democratic political party; Deborah Kirshner reports on a UBC music
professor and concert pianist who has gone to teach and perform in Kigali,
Rwanda; Alex Mazer critiques the notion that Jane Jacobs was a visionary;
and more
John Lorinc describes the chronic distractions of
living in the digital age, and what its consequences might be on our
minds; Alison Gillmor questions the trend of attributing unconditional
love, loyalty, and wisdom to dogs; Patrick White looks at the devastation
wrought by the mountain pine beetle on BC’s forests, and the temporary
boon this has meant for the lumber business; fiction by Wayne Grady;
and more
Alanna Mitchell describes a massive, carbon-driven
heating of the Earth 55 million years ago; Rita Leistner photographs
loggers in central Quebec; Jonathan Garfinkel travels to the West Bank
in search of a legendary house shared by an Arab and a Jew; Ken Coates
and Clive Keen look at how young men are falling behind their female
counterparts in education; Austin Clarke recounts his visit to 1960s
Harlem and how he came to interview Malcolm X; and more
Don Gillmor spotlights the Liberals’ need for
a compelling narrative; Semi Chellas enters a military-run course designed
to prepare journalists for combat; Larry Krotz explains the problems
with reparations for residential schools on First Nations reserve; David
Gilmour reflects on getting by without the advantage of natural talent;
John Bentley Mays delves into the competition to replace the World Trade
Center towers; and more
Bruce Mau asks why everyone is so pessimistic when
the world is getting better and better; Andrew Mitrovica investigates
media complicity in the imprisonment of Maher Arar; Chris Tenove questions
the helpfulness of celebrity charity for Africa; Daniel Sanger expounds
on the simple pleasure of open-air pickup hockey; Peter Menzel photographs
the weekly food intake of families from around the world; and more
