The Walrus

The Walrus Reads

Seven new titles of note

Books · by Various Authors•

Calgary Reconsidered

Six truths about the city that’s no longer, simply, Cowtown

Society · by Chris Turner•

The New
Cold War

Citizen Lab, a group of University of Toronto hacktivists, techies, human rights advocates, and academics, is leading the global charge for democracy in cyberspace

World Affairs · by John Lorinc•

Ringmasters

How Montreal became the
circus capital of the world

Visual Essay · by Sean Michaels
& Roger LeMoyne•

Atlas

For years, Danny has heard people say surgery will soon be obsolete, new advances will phase out something so primitive as slicing people open, but he knows better. Unless you’ve glimpsed it from inside, you can’t know how some things are just too much fun, too grab-ass exciting, to give up

Fiction · by Mike Barnes•

The Editors Recommend

Eye of the Storm

The quiet force of photographer Larry Towell

Photography · by Daniel Baird

From the June 2008 magazine

The Return of Gold Fever

One of Canada’s pre-eminent photojournalists explores one of man’s oldest obsessions in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon

Photo Essay · by Roger LeMoyne

From the January/February 2011 magazine

Trillium Book Award

The Walrus Foundation celebrates the silver anniversary of Ontario’s leading book prize

Books · by The Walrus Foundation

An online exclusive

The Walrus Blog

Arctic Freeze Out

Is Canada dropping out of climate change research?

Ask The Walrus · by Alina Konevski

And the Nominees Are…

The Walrus receives thirty-two nominations for the thirty-fifth anniversary National Magazine Awards

Housekeeping · by The Walrus Blog

Book of a Nation

Why Roger Caron’s Go-Boy! still matters

Chapter and Verse · by Kristin Gorsline

Stories From the Current Magazine

Letters

Practising Patients; Within the Ranks; Shushed; Fidel Cash-tro; Tusk-Tusk

Letters · by The Walrus Readers

Editor’s Note

Up to no good

Editor’s Note · by John Macfarlane

Miscellany

Nadir and Me

Forced solidarity in the waiting room

Essay · by Joseph Heath

Is Cadborosaurus for Real?

The British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club thinks so

Field Note · by Anne Casselman

Visit to Canada by Their Royal Highnesses

Memorandum for Correspondents, Radio Broadcasters, Motion and Still Photographers

Recovered · by The Department of the Secretary of State

Mission Possible

A bohemian church plant takes root in downtown Vancouver

Field Note · by Justin Langille and Robyn Smith

Features

Calgary Reconsidered

Six truths about the city that’s no longer, simply, Cowtown

Society · by Chris Turner

Calgary Continued

Fourteen photographs of the city that’s no longer, simply, Cowtown

Online Exclusive · by Wilkosz & Way

The New Cold War

Citizen Lab, a group of University of Toronto hacktivists, techies, human rights advocates, and academics, is leading the global charge for democracy in cyberspace

World Affairs · by John Lorinc

Ringmasters

How Montreal became the circus capital of the world

Visual Essay · by Sean Michaels & Roger LeMoyne

Atlas

Unless you’ve glimpsed surgery from inside, you can’t know how some things are just too much fun, too grab-ass exciting, to give up

Fiction · by Mike Barnes

Arts & Culture

The Pragmatic Prophet

A new retrospective mines the sweet sadness and apocalyptic visions of William Kurelek

Visual Art · by Brett Grainger

Risky Saigon

Giller Prize winner Vincent Lam and his sensual, sin-filled Vietnam war epic, The Headmaster’s Wager

Profile · by David Sax

The Walrus Reads

Seven new titles of note

Books · by Various Authors

Penny Ante

“Overseer, what’s that commotion down there?”

The Walrus Presents · by Jason Sherman & David Parkins

Poetry

Hoffos at MOCCA, Hester at ACCA

“Subfusc, innerwhelmed, / surfing some weightless valence of privilege and / white glare…”

Poetry · by Ken Babstock

Return to Metcalfe Street

“Lonely in their languor, and twenty years no longer lovely…”

Poetry · by Nyla Matuk

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June 2012

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The Walrus Foundation National Event Guide

The Walrus RBC Conversation Series
Children and Youth Mental Health: How to Foster Mental Wellness in Our Children
7 pm, Wednesday, May 16 at
Portage Place, Winnipeg

The Walrus HOOPP Pension Debate
Be It Resolved That Canadians Are Incapable
of Saving for Their Retirement Needs Alone
12 pm, Wednesday, May 30 at
Hart House Debate Room, Toronto

The Walrus Glenbow Debate
Calgary’s Cowboy Culture:
Living Legacy or Just History?
6:30 pm, Thursday, June 7 at
Epcor Centre: Max Bell Theatre, Calgary