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Thanks to everyone who joined us for The Walrus Talks Philanthropy in a Changing Canada, and a huge thank you to our speakers.
A photo of the host and speakers who participated in The Walrus Talks Philanthropy in a Changing Canada. From left to right: Donna-Lynn Rosa, Anthonia Ogundele, Djaka Blais, Eddy Adra, Matthew Smedley, Pamela Uppal-Sandhu, Kris Archie, Jean-Marc Mangin, and Jennifer Hollett.
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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From warehouses to home offices, digital surveillance has become the new boss. With every click, pause, and keystroke now being recorded, has productivity turned into performance art? thewalrus.ca/workplace-survei...
On the left: a photo of a woman on a computer. In the top of the image, three security cameras are pointed at her. On the right: text that reads “Workplace surveillance is here, counting your mouse clicks and bathroom breaks. Remote employees are being tracked and punished by invisible systems. Some workers are refusing to play along.”
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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No dividends, no pension, just passion. For almost fifty years, the business of Canadian publishing was a precarious enterprise. Read Scott McIntyre’s eye-opening story of survival: thewalrus.ca/i-was-warned-the...
On the left: Photo of Douglas & McIntyre co-founder Scott McIntyre standing in front of stacks of books. On the right: text that reads “I was warned there’s little money to be made in publishing. I built a career in it anyway. For over 50 years, I’ve had a ringside view of the evolution—and upheavals—of the book business”
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Keri Lewis, Executive Director, Interval House of Ottawa, discusses why the medical system needs to recognise and treat gender-based violence as the health emergency it is. Find out why at YWCA presents The Walrus Talks Ending Gender-Based Violence. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Since the end of the Second World War, Canada has revolved around the United States like a planet around the sun. Author Dan Gardner argues it’s time for Canada to stop orbiting and start leading. thewalrus.ca/this-is-the-mome...
On the left: a photo illustration of two mechanical fists, one blue and one red, connecting against a yellow backdrop. Each fist has emerged from a shipping container. On the right: text that reads “This is the moment Canada should stop playing it safe. Real sovereignty starts with a little swagger”
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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“Quebec remains a truly exceptional place,” writes @francinepelletier.bsky.social “Politically and culturally, this quasi-country has a complexity that is unique within Canada.” Here, she explores how that uniqueness has both sustained and divided it: thewalrus.ca/the-generation-t...
On the left: a photo of a crowd waving Quebec provincial flags. On the right: text that reads “The generation that outgrew Quebec nationalism. A province obsessed with preserving its culture faces a reckoning with young people who no longer see borders."
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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What does innovation mean to Canadians today? Hear from seven speakers on how we can nurture and grow new ideas. Only at Universities Canada presents The Walrus Talks Innovation Nation.

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November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Is nation building more important than profit? This is the constant tension surrounding Canadian publishing. Writer and Douglas & McIntyre co-founder Scott McIntyre details the heartbreaking reality of small houses nurturing talent, only to lose them. thewalrus.ca/i-was-warned-the...
On the left: Photo of Douglas & McIntyre co-founder Scott McIntyre standing in front of stacks of books. On the right: text that reads “I was warned there’s little money to be made in publishing. I built a career in it anyway. For over 50 years, I’ve had a ringside view of the evolution—and upheavals—of the book business”
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Don't miss Belonging Forum presents The Walrus Talks at Home: Aging and Belonging, an evening of ideas and thoughtful dialogue about creating a society where belonging has no age limit. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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“When we brutalize people with our words and our deeds, when we deny them due process, we sow seeds of pain and grief that gnaw away at them and their offspring for years,” writes Halina St. James. thewalrus.ca/my-mother-was-fr...
On the left: a black and white photo of a tank in a war-torn city with the ruins of buildings. On the right: text that reads “My mother was freed by US forces. Now soldiers are being deployed to American cities. The daughter of a forced labourer, I see echoes of her suffering in Trump’s America”
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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What happens to trust when every minute of your workday is monitored? Writer Mihika Agarwal explores how surveillance has quietly transformed the modern workplace—and what it’s costing us. thewalrus.ca/workplace-survei...
On the left: a photo of a woman on a computer. In the top of the image, three security cameras are pointed at her. On the right: text that reads “Workplace surveillance is here, counting your mouse clicks and bathroom breaks. Remote employees are being tracked and punished by invisible systems. Some workers are refusing to play along.”
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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How are philanthropy and charities evolving to meet the needs of the communities they serve?

Learn more November 12 in Vancouver or online.

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November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Camp A feeds them peanuts. Camp B calls them tree-rats. But no matter which camp you’re in, writer @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social reminds us: squirrels are just being squirrels—and that may just be the problem. thewalrus.ca/why-squirrels-dr...
On the left: a photo of a grey squirrel holding a peanut. On the right: text that reads “Why squirrels drive us absolutely nuts. They’re tiny agents of chaos and they know it”
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Like many women journalists, Samira Mohyeddin has faced what experts call “digital violence” and seen the ways the law is still behind in dealing with it. She shares her experiences at YWCA presents The Walrus Talks Ending Gender-Based Violence.

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November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Refugees, Loyalists, rebels, and dreamers built this country from contradiction. Journalist @stephenmaher.bsky.social traces how that inheritance continues to preserve Canadian independence: thewalrus.ca/my-familys-240-y...
On the left: a photo of a bridge at sunset. In the foreground, Canadian and American flags fly on flagpoles. On the right: text that reads “My family’s 240-year journey shows why Canada will never bow to Trump. I turned to history—and my ancestors—to understand the country’s resistance to American domination”
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Liberation once meant the arrival of US soldiers. Now, their presence stirs fear in American streets. Here, journalist and author Halina St. James considers how history has a way of looking back at us: thewalrus.ca/my-mother-was-fr...
On the left: a black and white photo of a tank in a war-torn city with the ruins of buildings. On the right: text that reads “My mother was freed by US forces. Now soldiers are being deployed to American cities. The daughter of a forced labourer, I see echoes of her suffering in Trump’s America”
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Join us online for Belonging Forum presents The Walrus Talks at Home: Aging and Belonging, a conversation that invites us to rethink what it means to belong at every stage of life. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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How do you challenge Eurocentric norms while honouring a canonical European author?

Lorna Goodison’s twist on Inferno puts Caribbean people at the centre of Dante’s descent into hell: thewalrus.ca/hell-is-a-lot-of...
On the left: an illustration of a Black woman in front of a sun and a rainbow. On the right: text that reads “Hell is a lot of fun in Lorna Goodison’s update of Dante’s Inferno. The brilliant translation sends readers to an underworld of Caribbean colonizers, politicians, and pop-culture villains”
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Measles was something Alberta physician @monicakidd.bsky.social and her colleagues once spoke of in the past tense. Here, Kidd reports on how the return of the once-eliminated disease is straining hospitals: thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-beca...
On the left: an illustration of a young boy, his face covered in measles, resting his head on his mother's shoulder. On the right: text that reads “How Alberta became the epicentre of Canada’s measles outbreak. A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn”
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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We love them, we loathe them, and we built the world they thrive in.

Author and journalist @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social unpacks our complicated bond with the squirrel, a creature that mirrors both our chaos and our resilience. thewalrus.ca/why-squirrels-dr...
On the left: a photo of a grey squirrel holding a peanut. On the right: text that reads “Why squirrels drive us absolutely nuts. They’re tiny agents of chaos and they know it”
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Huge thanks to the Canadian Museum of Nature for hosting Universities Canada presents The Walrus Talks Innovation Nation. We’re grateful to share these big ideas in such a great space!

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November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Canada is in the final stages of selecting up to twelve new submarines as one part of our larger—and unprecedented—string of investments in defence. In doing so, writes Peter Jones, the country will be forced to confront the reality of projecting power. thewalrus.ca/canadas-new-subm...
On the left: an image of a submarine in the ocean with a blue background. On the right: text that reads “Canada’s new submarines will be lethal, stealthy, and very unCanadian. It’s the start of a military buildup that will reshape the country’s self-image”
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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If we dream, we can revitalize Canada's philanthropic and charitable sector.

Join us in Vancouver, or online, for The Walrus Talks Philanthropy in a Changing Canada, to hear from seven speakers doing the work.

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November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire in an era where the “eat the rich” mindset is ubiquitous. But if the creation of a trillionaire class is anathema to so many, then why has it been so hard to mitigate income inequality? thewalrus.ca/elon-musk-wants-...
On the left: a close-up photo of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. On the right: text that reads “Elon Musk could soon be the world’s first trillionaire. Tesla’s new pay package would make his wealth rival the GDP of some European nations”
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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If inserting the­ sprinter Usain Bolt into a poem on theology sounds like a gimmick, it’s not. Lorna Goodison's Caribbean take on Dante's Inferno skillfully threads the tricky needle of aesthetic and intellectual clout. thewalrus.ca/hell-is-a-lot-of...
On the left: an illustration of a Black woman in front of a sun and a rainbow. On the right: text that reads “Hell is a lot of fun in Lorna Goodison’s update of Dante’s Inferno. The brilliant translation sends readers to an underworld of Caribbean colonizers, politicians, and pop-culture villains”
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM