The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024
WEB2 days ago · A look at stories written and shared by our speakers and contributors. by Various Contributors Published 6:31, Sep. 30, 2024. On the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, The Walrus recognizes the importance of raising awareness about the individuals and families impacted by residential schools in Canada.
Social Media Is Helping Bring Indigenous Languages Back from …
WEB2 days ago · In a press release, the FPCC wrote, “Providing a comparison to the $225 million committed over five years for all the country’s Indigenous languages—the original languages of this land—is the $4.1 billion allocated by the Federal Government on-going and in prior budgets for official languages support.”.
Liberal Free Fall Fuels Quebec Sovereignty | The Walrus
WEB1 day ago · Add to this mix a federal Liberal Party in free fall, a Conservative Party poised to sweep English Canada, and a Conservative leader—Poilievre—who remains deeply unpopular in Quebec. A window of opportunity, however theoretical, appears to be opening, in both Ottawa and Quebec City, for the main sovereigntist parties—a phenomenon we …
Weekly Quiz: Evangelical Eco-Warriors, Frustrated Francophones, …
WEB4 days ago · Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday. by Sophie Siew Published 6:00, Sep. 28, 2024. 1. Don’t let news disappear from your feed. Sign up for The Walrus newsletter and get trusted Canadian journalism straight in …
Journalism Requires Investment, Engagement, and the Odd Order …
WEB6 days ago · In the late 1980s, I was an editor for the Plant, the student newspaper at Dawson College, in Montreal. The operation was small but drew the devotion of a squad of young journalists and photographers—most of whom made the job the biggest thing in their lives. Then, as now, the role required tech ...
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The Big Steep: Why Are People Investing in Pu-erh Tea?
WEB6 days ago · The quake killed three, injured hundreds, and left behind property damage worth billions of yuan. It was a tragic setback for Yunnan’s largely rural counties that had been enjoying an economic boom as the seat of China’s pu-erh tea industry. For the preceding decade, sales in pu-erh tea had surged, and those sales were about to be …
Why Rachel Kushner Writes Characters Without Morals
WEB5 days ago · Rachel Kushner’s latest, Creation Lake, has been called a spy novel. Shadowy corporate interests have enlisted the operative (alias: Sadie Smith) to safeguard the construction of a megabasin designed to divert local water to industrial monocroppers. In the tradition of honey-trap saboteurs infiltrating radical movements, Sadie seduces …