March 2, 2010
Stop Everything #18: Maxime Bernier’s climate-denialism is a political warning
All the papers last week were abuzz about an op-ed written by now-backbench Conservative MP Maxime Bernier. Writing how climate change is an unsure thing indeed, he said his party was on the right track by playing it cool in Copenhagen. He was roundly criticized by Canadian media and bloggers. Globe contributor Robert Silver called him Canada’s Sarah Palin. The National Post’s article on the... [More >>]
February 25, 2010
Watch Naomi Klein’s inaugural David Lewis Lecture on “Climate Debt” right here
Tonight’s inaugural David Lewis Lecture featuring internationally acclaimed author (and former This Magazine editor!) Naomi Klein is graciously being livestreamed by our friends at Rabble.ca. You can tune in on their website at RabbleTV, or on their Livestream channel. Or you can watch it right here starting at 8:45 PM EST: [More >>]
February 2, 2010
Toronto: Tell us your favourite Joy Division song to win tickets to Friday’s documentary screening!
Tell us your favourite Joy Division song to win two tickets to Friday's screening of "Joy Division" from Images Festival. Our friends at Images Festival have very nicely given us two passes to the screening of Grant Gee’s documentary Joy Division, screening this Friday, February 5, 2010 in Toronto. So, in order to make sure the swag goes to a true JD fan, we’re asking you... [More >>]
February 1, 2010
Game Theory #1: Learning from 2010’s Olympic protest movement
[Editor's Note: Today we introduce a new blog column by Andrew Wallace, called "Game Theory," about the intersection of sports and society. The column will appear every other Monday. Andrew wrote about Toronto's Africentric school for the January 2009 issue of This, and also contributed last week's podcast.] Vancouver 2010 Anti-Olympic mascot Bitey the Bedbug. Photo by Lotus Johnson. On January 11,... [More >>]
January 25, 2010
A gallery of protest signs from Saturday’s anti-prorogue rally
We took our cameras to Saturday’s anti-prorogue rally in Toronto and snapped pictures of some of our favourite signs (or, in some cases, the zaniest ones). Click through the gallery to see what the people were proudly waving in the air last weekend. These are just the signs we snapped personally — a bunch of trusty This readers helped us get additional shots from across the country, which you... [More >>]
January 15, 2010
Jane Creba shooting acquittals sting, but justice has been done
Jane Creba. On Tuesday, the sixth and final remaining manslaughter charge in the Boxing Day shootings that killed 15-year-old Jane Creba and wounded several others in 2005 ended in acquittal. Two others, who actually fired weapons, had previously been convicted of second degree murder. G.C., whose full name is withheld because he was a minor at the time of the shootings, was, like the five manslaughter... [More >>]
January 5, 2010
ThisAbility #42: New Year’s Revolution
I've chosen my sport and you'll be glad you did too. I’ve often complained here about how disappointing it is to see a general malaise of silent acceptance among Ontario’s disability community when those in power again brush our issues to the side, or only deliver half of what they’ve promised. A fully accessible province? Sure, you’ll just have to wait until 2024. Accessible... [More >>]
November 26, 2009
This article on feminist porn included in Best Canadian Essays 2009
W00t! This Magazine's November-December 2008 cover story, "The New Face of Porn" by Alison Lee, reprinted in Tightrope Books' "The Best Canadian Essays 2009". Alison Lee’s November-December 2008 This Magazine cover story, “The New Face of Porn” was chosen as one of 14 pieces to be published in Tightrope Books’ The Best Canadian Essays 2009. There... [More >>]
November 17, 2009
Reminder — Legalize Everything: The Party is this Thursday in Toronto!
So, in case you haven’t already been bombarded with reminders, emails, tweets, facebook messages, and posters about our party on Thursday, here’s one last plug! Our Legalize Everything! party this Thursday, November 19, promises to be a great time, complete with prizes, poets, pirates, and more. Hear some winners of the 2009 Great Canadian Literary Hunt read from their award-winning entries,... [More >>]
November 5, 2009
Today is the Day of Action for a Poverty-Free Ontario
Students, faculty, workers and community members will march today, November 5th, as part of the Campaign for a Poverty-Free Ontario. Organized by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and allied groups, this Day of Action calls on the McGuinty government to take concrete steps to eliminate poverty in Ontario by adequately funding social services and equity measures. A CFS press release states... [More >>]
