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.
Canadians should embrace a post-human future
Imagine a world in which people do not define themselves by their various clusters of traits
Mark Kingwell@markkingwell
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 collaboration
There is power in the shared pursuit of beauty
Chase Joynt@chasejoynt
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, […]
Hip-hop is colonizing Canada
Repeat after me: It’s all about bud, basketball, and hip-hop
Dalton Higgins@daltonhiggins5
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 have an honest discussion about disability, Canada
Many of us are too afraid to talk about disability. Let's change that
Andrew Gurza@andrewgurza
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 amplify women’s voices in Canadian media
Men's perspectives continue to outnumber women's by three or four to one in much of Canada's influential news media
Shari Graydon@ShariGraydon
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, […]
Canadian women should take up more space
No more shrinking women, please
Lora Grady@LoraGrady
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, […]
Welcome to the future of Canada, where everything is fine
No danger, no risk, no fear, no need
Sky Gilbert
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’s local libraries must be digitized
While other countries work to digitize virtually all of their books and notable articles, Canada has barely scratched the surface
Michael Geist
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, […]
Rape survivors deserve justice
The government must review how sexual assault cases are handled
Karyn L. Freedman
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 people of privilege to give up their space
Representation matters—and it's time to make room for diverse voices
Stacey May Fowles
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, […]
Activists think like artists
Reflections from an environmentalist at the AGO
Gideon Forman
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, […]