How to break the vicious cycle of hazing
Can universities crack down on disgusting initiation rituals if students don’t want to stop?
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Meagan Campbell
Meagan Campbell is based at the Ottawa bureau, where she writes about politics and the people behind it. In the past, she’s worked with The Atlantic Monthly, The Spectator (U.K.) and CBC Radio. She’ll always be from Charlottetown.
Legalizing weed: how Uruguay tripped up
No one wants to buy the legal stuff, and no one wants to sell it. One country’s cautionary tale for Canada.
What it’s like to be a Girl Scout in Syria
As Canada’s Girl Scouts decide to avoid trips to America, here’s a look at the guides in a country affected by Trump’s travel ban
Beware the Girl Guides of March, Donald Trump
Though officially apolitical, the Guides become tough cookies when their values are threatened
Sam Oosterhoff, boy politician, might just be for real
Ontario’s youngest-ever MPP is pious, bookish and increasingly cocky. He’s precisely the sort of disruptor angry conservatives crave.
How day camps became summertime day care
Parents increasingly depend on city-run camps to keep their kids busy during the dog days. Is it time to overhaul the school calendar?
Get ready for a Canadian Arctic research boom
An Arctic science lab set to open this summer has already draw attention from researchers from around the world keen to explore what lies beneath the tundra
How geologists found the world’s oldest fossils in Canada
The geologist who dated what appear to be the world’s oldest fossils on what it took to make the discovery in Quebec
Schools are teaching values. But whose values?
Critics worry about all the time teachers are spending on morals instead of math, and on gratitude instead of grammar
Canada’s fight over ’where it all began’
P.E.I. is the birthplace of Confederation, right? Not so fast, argues New Brunswick, touching off an interprovincial squabble for the ages