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.
Community food centres must become more commonplace across Canada
There are already dozens across the country, but there's still work to be done
Christina Palassio@mcpalassio
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 isn’t child care affordable for all Canadians yet?
For nearly five decades, no politician outside of Quebec has comprehensively addressed the matter
Mab Oloman
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, […]
Stop focusing on the future, Canada
We live in the present—and that's where our efforts must remain
Hal Niedzviecki@halpen
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 build a great urban nation
It starts with focusing on shared values
Shawn Micallef@shawnmicallef
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 we must end factory farming in Canada
We can't continue to ignore the invisible animals
Jo-Anne McArthur
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, […]
On the importance of speaking out
Why I mustered up my courage and spoke out after my husband's arrest in the war on terror
Monia Mazigh@MoniaMazigh
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 for Canada to recognize Indigenous peoples as equal founders of our country
On rewriting Canada's origin story
Kathleen Mahoney@ProfMahoney
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, […]
Canadians need to stop improving gentrifying neighbourhoods
It's our opportunity to put the brakes on run-away real estate prices
John Lorinc@johnlorinc
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, […]
We need to bring the body into academia if we want to address violence on campus
It might be messy, awkward, difficult—but it's necessary
Lucia Lorenzi@empathywarrior
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 we can rewrite Ukrainian settlement history in our country
The "settler" narrative is complex—and we need to address it
Myrna Kostash
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 tackle climate change in Canada
Naomi Klein on how climate changes everything
Naomi Klein@NaomiAKlein
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, […]