September-October 2016
Our special 50th anniversary double issue, featuring Margaret Atwood, Stacey May Fowles, Mark Kingwell, Naomi Klein, Shawn Micallef, Hal Niedzviecki, Sheila Sampath, Clive Thompson, RM Vaughan, Narcy, and more.
What a radical restructuring of Canada’s health care system would look like
More hospital funding, empathy, intersectionality, and more
Kaleigh Trace@KaleighTrace
For our special 50th anniversary issue, Canada’s brightest, boldest, and most rebellious thinkers, doers, and creators share their best big ideas. Through ideas macro and micro, radical and everyday, we present 50 essays, think pieces, and calls to action. Picture: plans for sustainable food systems, radical legislation, revolutionary health care, a greener planet, Indigenous self-government, […]
The world needs a new internet
On the power of peer-to-peer services
Clive Thompson@pomeranian99
For our special 50th anniversary issue, Canada’s brightest, boldest, and most rebellious thinkers, doers, and creators share their best big ideas. Through ideas macro and micro, radical and everyday, we present 50 essays, think pieces, and calls to action. Picture: plans for sustainable food systems, radical legislation, revolutionary health care, a greener planet, Indigenous self-government, […]
Why Canadians need more inclusive body politics
Talking about bodies is hard, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't start conversations about them
Amanda Scriver@amascriver
For our special 50th anniversary issue, Canada’s brightest, boldest, and most rebellious thinkers, doers, and creators share their best big ideas. Through ideas macro and micro, radical and everyday, we present 50 essays, think pieces, and calls to action. Picture: plans for sustainable food systems, radical legislation, revolutionary health care, a greener planet, Indigenous self-government, […]
It’s time to stop running government like a business
Start running them like they're, well, governments
Craig Saunders@CraigSaunders
For our special 50th anniversary issue, Canada’s brightest, boldest, and most rebellious thinkers, doers, and creators share their best big ideas. Through ideas macro and micro, radical and everyday, we present 50 essays, think pieces, and calls to action. Picture: plans for sustainable food systems, radical legislation, revolutionary health care, a greener planet, Indigenous self-government, […]
What it means to practise radical empathy
How we connect our relationships to ourselves, pain, and struggles with others
Sheila Sampath@sheilasheila
For our special 50th anniversary issue, Canada’s brightest, boldest, and most rebellious thinkers, doers, and creators share their best big ideas. Through ideas macro and micro, radical and everyday, we present 50 essays, think pieces, and calls to action. Picture: plans for sustainable food systems, radical legislation, revolutionary health care, a greener planet, Indigenous self-government, […]
Businesses can put “dead money” to use fighting climate change
Canadian businesses held almost $500 billion in dead money at the start of 2016.
Ellen Russell
For our special 50th anniversary issue, Canada’s brightest, boldest, and most rebellious thinkers, doers, and creators share their best big ideas. Through ideas macro and micro, radical and everyday, we present 50 essays, think pieces, and calls to action. Picture: plans for sustainable food systems, radical legislation, revolutionary health care, a greener planet, Indigenous self-government, […]
How to end homelessness in Canada
Getting innovative about housing in our country is the solution
Kishone Tony Roy@kishoneroy
For our special 50th anniversary issue, Canada’s brightest, boldest, and most rebellious thinkers, doers, and creators share their best big ideas. Through ideas macro and micro, radical and everyday, we present 50 essays, think pieces, and calls to action. Picture: plans for sustainable food systems, radical legislation, revolutionary health care, a greener planet, Indigenous self-government, […]
The battle for LGBTQ equality is still ongoing in Canada
In the wake of the Orlando massacre in June, we must recognize there is still work to be done north of the border
Pam Rocker@realpamrocker
For our special 50th anniversary issue, Canada’s brightest, boldest, and most rebellious thinkers, doers, and creators share their best big ideas. Through ideas macro and micro, radical and everyday, we present 50 essays, think pieces, and calls to action. Picture: plans for sustainable food systems, radical legislation, revolutionary health care, a greener planet, Indigenous self-government, […]
Warriors, put down your keyboards
Our constitutional right is to be tried in a court of law, not by social media
Raziel Reid@razielreid
For our special 50th anniversary issue, Canada’s brightest, boldest, and most rebellious thinkers, doers, and creators share their best big ideas. Through ideas macro and micro, radical and everyday, we present 50 essays, think pieces, and calls to action. Picture: plans for sustainable food systems, radical legislation, revolutionary health care, a greener planet, Indigenous self-government, […]
How can Canada face climate change head-on?
Environmental challenges are part of a complex web of natural, economic, and social forces. Untangling them is daunting
Andrew Reeves@reevesreport
For our special 50th anniversary issue, Canada’s brightest, boldest, and most rebellious thinkers, doers, and creators share their best big ideas. Through ideas macro and micro, radical and everyday, we present 50 essays, think pieces, and calls to action. Picture: plans for sustainable food systems, radical legislation, revolutionary health care, a greener planet, Indigenous self-government, […]
Canada needs Wi-Fi-free preserves
How to fight light pollution and more in our country
Andrew Potter@jandrewpotter
For our special 50th anniversary issue, Canada’s brightest, boldest, and most rebellious thinkers, doers, and creators share their best big ideas. Through ideas macro and micro, radical and everyday, we present 50 essays, think pieces, and calls to action. Picture: plans for sustainable food systems, radical legislation, revolutionary health care, a greener planet, Indigenous self-government, […]