The cruel, ridiculous reality of ’virtual learning’
Shannon Proudfoot: What does online school actually look like? It’s an impossible balancing act that’s ruining kids and parents alike. And it’s not okay.
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Shannon Proudfoot
Shannon Proudfoot is an Ottawa-based writer covering politics and public policy for Maclean’s. She loves writing people-focused narratives and bringing academic research into real life. She believes The Golden Girls is the greatest television show ever made.
How one Newfoundlander revived Blockbuster in his basement
There’s a house in St. John’s where the video era lives on in all its grainy glory
Lemmings’ mysterious population cycle may finally have an explanation
The ’Arctic chicken nuggets’ have strange boom-and-bust cycles, which led to the story that lemmings commit mass suicide when they become too numerous. That’s false. These scientists may have the real answer.
The nightmare cruise before Christmas
A dramatic retelling of a Melnyk family vacation, in collaboration with U.S. federal court documents
Canadian politicians won’t be able to ignore climate change in 2022
In a year that will see more wildfires, deadly heat waves and drought, climate change policy will dominate the federal government’s agenda
A new Chrystia Freeland biography signals possible Liberal leadership ambitions
Politics Insider for Nov. 25, 2021: Freeland has a new book; Erin O’Toole gives a ’fiery’ speech; and some inflation talk
The Throne Speech was a lot like a stereotypical Christmas letter
Shannon Proudfoot: All this symbolism and positive spin, only to find out that by next year the roof will be blown off your house
’Do not underestimate Erin O’Toole’
Politics Insider for Nov. 17, 2021: The party begins to fray; a meet with Biden; and strong vaccination views
All together now: Childcare is not a boutique women’s issue
Shannon Proudfoot: Politicians have repeatedly referred to childcare as a mother’s problem, undercutting the essential fact that we all have skin in this game
Erin O’Toole reveals his shadow cabinet; and Marilyn Gladu does damage control
Politics Insider for Nov. 10, 2021: Some Conservatives get snubbed; Gladu apologizes; the Three Amigos may return