The Walrus Magazine - Discussion

Suburban Nation? by The Editors

2007-03-14T15:53+00:00

Census data released this month suggests that Canada’s population is...

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Austin Clarke interviews Malcolm X by The Editors

2007-02-22T11:24+00:00

A Walrus Web Exclusive

“This interview, conducted in New York at the CBC Studios in 1963, was the fruitful result of two weeks spent tracking down Malcolm X in Harlem: at the Muslim Restaurant—which...

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Are We Alone in the Universe? by The Editors

2007-04-26T85:95+00:00

A team of Swiss, French, and Portuguese astronomers have revealed the discovery of a planet more similar to Earth than any other yet found outside our Solar System. “Because of its temperature...

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Quantum conundrum by The Editors

2007-08-08T85:60+00:00

Should scientific funding emphasize basic research or technological applications? A discussion inspired by Alex Hutchinson’s “Breaking D-Wave” (Sept. 2007)

In a mediascape where even alleged human cloning by Raelians gets coverage as a scientific discovery, the February 13, 2007 demonstration of what British Columbia’s D-Wave systems billed as...

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The World Without Canadians - Discussion Contest by The Editors

2007-08-23T41:54+00:00

Is the land we call Canada better off without Canadians? The first 25 Walrus subscribers* in Canada to participate will receive a hardcover copy of Alan Weisman’s The World Without Us (HarperCollins). Argue your case below!

[*Non-subscribers can participate in the discussion, but may not receive the book. To become a subscriber, click here.]To introduce this debate about Canadians’ impact on the Earth,...

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Does FOOD connect us all? How do these connections affect our politics, our economy, our art, our lives? by The Editors

2007-09-19T10:31+00:00

What does it mean to declare that food connects us all? Or to announce, willy-nilly,
that we need to work together towards a bold new vision of food and food policy, in Ontario and across Canada?

In a world where the better-off among us munch on organic produce shipped in from the furthest reaches of the globe, while others subsist off $1 specials at discount grocery stores, do those...

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Alphabet City Discussion Two: Eat Local by The Editors

2007-09-26T19:26+00:00

Eat local- a buzzword for wealthy urbanites, or a revolutionary new vision for food? Do we even need to eat local? Skyscraper farming, eating local in Winnipeg winters, artisan farmers: Discuss!

Alphabet City Discussion Two: Eat Local Climate-wise, can it actually sustain itself around the entire country? Eat local: a buzzword with increasing cache in major centres. In...

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Alphabet City Discussion Three: Food as a Right by The Editors

2007-10-10T19:46+00:00

Is access to good food a human right?

Alphabet City Discussion Three: Food as a Right The last discussion in our Alphabet City series focused on...

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Melting the Northwest Passage by Marta Cyperling

2007-10-11T13:45+00:00

Global warming has finally opened up the Northwest Passage, a trade route explorers tried (and failed) to conquer for centuries

Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the northern coast of Canada and America, the legendary Northwest Passage’s Arctic ice levels have melted to record lows, opening the way for a...

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Alphabet City: Final Discussion and Wrap Up

2007-10-24T21:23+00:00

Can we be optimistic about the recent upsurge in the attention toward ‘where our food has come from’ or is it just another fad that will stop at the next trip to Starbucks?

Over the past three discussions The Walrus and ALPHABET CITY have tried to encourage debate about the way we grow, process, market, and distribute our food and how it links and...

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Traffic Wars: R.E.M. knew it all too well by Marta Cyperling

2008-01-18T10:48+00:00

Everybody hurts in the modern commute. How can we stop the pain?

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What is the meaning of regenerative medicine? by Café Scientifique and The Walrus

2008-09-19T10:59+00:00

What does regenerative medicine even mean? Will we one day re-grow a severed head in a sci-fi future?

The First Caf? Scientifique / University Health Network Discussion Tuesday, October 7 at 6:00pm O`Grady`s Tap and Grill 171 College Street, Toronto Hosted by University Health Network, Café...

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