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 can save the songbirds
Human-made environments have made it tricky for the birds to survive
Moira Farr@moirafarr
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, […]
Healing trauma through comedy
Comedians take heavy subjects and laugh about them to ease the pain. Now, I'm joining them.
Hillary Di Menna@HillaryDiMenna
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 must acknowledge Indigenous history
It may be hard to hear, but we have to hear it
Susan Crean
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, […]
Hey, Canada: Pay your artists fair wages
Artists deserve fair pay for their work, too.
Thomas Colford@TLColford
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 census must include a third gender category
About 350,000 Canadians identify as non-binary—including me. Why can't we accurately report our gender to the government?
andrea bennett@akkabah
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 a new strategy to tackle anti-poverty work
How to break the class ceiling
Pat Capponi
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 Canada must make sizeism illegal
Legal protections at the provincial, territorial, and federal levels can help fight fat-shaming
Jill Andrew@jillslastword
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 Canadian politicians can build the world in peace
In favour of world war free
Yassin “Narcy” Alsalman@TheNarcicyst
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 are Canadians missing about Indigenous men?
We are finally having conversations about Indigenous women. Now, we need to talk about men.
Kim Anderson
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 to improve housing for LGBTQ2S youth
Queer and trans youth make up as much as 40 percent of homeless youth
Alex Abramovich@ialexabramovich
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, […]
Could government-created social media work in Canada?
It’s time to consider what a public social network might look like
Navneet Alang@navalang
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, […]