Standoff at 1492 Land Back Lane
How twenty-five acres of Ontario farmland have become a new front in the battle for Indigenous self-governance

BY LUKE OTTENHOF
https://thewalrus.ca/standoff-at-1492-land-back-lane/

Standoff At 1492 Land Back Lane

OCD Is Not a Joke
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder are often depicted as Type A clean freaks. The reality is much worse

BY LISA WHITTINGTON-HILL
https://thewalrus.ca/ocd-is-not-a-joke/

OCD Is Not A Joke

Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers
Not long after I started my job as a radio host, my mother told me she had tongue cancer

BY MINELLE MAHTANI
https://thewalrus.ca/finding-my-voice-as-my-mother-lost-hers/

Finding My Voice As My Mother Lost Hers

In old age, I had to come to terms with the loneliness I’d felt all my life
https://thewalrus.ca/on-aging-alone/
BY SHARON BUTALA

On Aging Alone

When Canada legalized recreational marijuana, a team of statisticians set out to decode how much exactly the weed business is worth
https://thewalrus.ca/the-hazy-economy-of-cannabis/
BY ALANNA MITCHELL

The Hazy Economy of Cannabis

Foreign students are lied to and exploited on every front. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it
https://thewalrus.ca/the-shadowy-business-of-international-education/
BY NICHOLAS HUNE-BROWN

The Shadowy Business of International Education

Sky-high housing prices have always been a problem in urban areas. Now, people are being priced out all over
https://thewalrus.ca/small-town-homes-big-city-prices-welcome-to-the-everywhere-boom/
BY SEAN WETSELAAR

Small-Town Homes, Big-City Prices: Welcome to the Everywhere Boom

My job title was personal assistant, but all my duties pertained to Harvey’s collection. Provenance was everything. A purchase had to be like a royal marriage, the lineage assured.
https://thewalrus.ca/private-hands/
BY MICHAEL LAPOINTE

FICTION: Private Hands

The last year has seen workers' rights and safety continue to erode. Collective action may be the only answer
https://thewalrus.ca/is-it-time-for-unions-to-seize-the-moment/
BY ALLISON LASORDA

Is It Time For Unions To Seize The Moment

Influencers modelling an idyllic image of motherhood are highly clickable—but pictures never tell the whole story
https://thewalrus.ca/instagrams-parent-trap/
BY MICHELLE CYCA

Instagram's Parent Trap

Effected Development

The mystique that has helped cement the RCMP as a national symbol is also what renders it particularly, stubbornly difficult to reform
https://thewalrus.ca/can-the-rcmp-be-saved/
BY JANE GERSTER

The Dark Side of the RCMP

Our tech-driven approach to neighbourhood watch is cementing community divisions
BY NAVNEET ALANG
https://thewalrus.ca/porch-cameras-and-facebook-groups-are-turning-streets-into-surveillance-states/

Porch Cameras and Facebook Groups Are Turning Streets into Surveillance States

Tradition dictates that perpetrators and victims must meet in court. COVID-19 showed that wasn’t necessary
BY SOPHIA WATSON (PSEUDONYM)

My Day in Zoom Court: Virtual Trials Are a Better Option for Sexual Assault Survivors

The Mission
Saint Mary’s River coldly wrought the edge of the Mission to the north, blocking the Mission’s expansion toward the reserve’s hoodoos
https://thewalrus.ca/the-mission/
BY TROY SEBASTIAN / NUPQU ʔA·Kǂ AM̓

The Mission

What Women (Still) Want
The medical community has never taken women’s sexual desire seriously. Now, Gen X women are hitting menopause and demanding better
BY SARAH BARMAK
https://thewalrus.ca/what-women-still-want/

What Women Still Want

Textual Healing: The Novel World of Bibliotherapy
How literature is helping people navigate mental health issues
BY KATRYA BOLGER
https://thewalrus.ca/bibliotherapy/

Textual Healing

Faith and Access: The Conflict Inside Catholic Hospitals
Why should publicly funded hospitals get to limit access on religious grounds?
BY WENDY GLAUSER
https://thewalrus.ca/catholic-hospitals/

Divine Intervention

New Fiction BY RAWI HAGE
http://thewalrus.ca/the-wave

The Wave

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu readily accepted his jail sentence after killing 16 people, but is now fighting his deportation. What should justice look like after an accident?

BY SHARON J. RILEY

How Much Punishment Is Enough for the Driver Who Caused the Humboldt Crash?

Canadian soldiers helped train more than 30,000 of their Ukrainian counterparts. Many are left wondering about their legacy
https://thewalrus.ca/canada-training-ukraine/

BY SARAH LAWRYNUIK

What Impact Did Canada’s Military Have on Ukrainian Resistance?

The Beekeeper

She first gained fame as a child actor. The writer and director has been confronting the traumas of these early experiences ever since

BY SARAH LISS

Who Does Sarah Polley Think She Is?

How risk avoidance shapes our entertainment

BY SORAYA ROBERTS

The Superficial Diversity Of Canadian TV

COVID-19 didn’t spare workers in manufacturing, but two years on, information about their deaths remains hard to find

BY NORA LORETO

Why Is the Pandemic Death Toll among Workers Still a Mystery?

Sex Workers

The Rings Of Power Has A Troll Problem

Who Loses As Online Betting Takes Over Sports

Lines In The Oil Sands

"Grifter" is written by Michael Lista and read by Lloyd Robertson. It first appeared in the June 2017 issue of The Walrus magazine and was adapted into a podcast by Accessible Media Inc.

Grifter

The Deadly Racism Of Thunder Bay

Yoga's Culture of Sexual Abuse: Nine Women Tell Their Stories

Tax Niʔ Pik̓ak (A Long Time Ago)

Why Do We Have Such a Problem With the Way Women Speak?

The Art Of The Strike

Survival: Cherie Dimaline

Teaching Indigenous Star Stories
Educators like Wilfred Buck know that astronomy did not, in fact, start with Aristotle and end with Neil deGrasse Tyson
BY KELLY BOUTSALIS

https://thewalrus.ca/space-teaching-indigenous-star-stories/

Teaching Indigenous Star Stories

Survivors of an International Buddhist Cult Share Their Stories
An investigation into decades of abuse at Shambhala International
BY MATTHEW REMSKI

https://thewalrus.ca/survivors-of-an-international-buddhist-cult-share-their-stories/

The Wrong Side Of The New Age

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