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.

Sacha Trudeau near his Montreal home. (Photograph by Will Lew)

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Being Sacha Trudeau

For years, Justin Trudeau’s younger brother, Sacha, led an intensely private life. Not anymore.

Olympics

Why Canadian women are dominating in Rio

How scheduling, math and the Penny Oleksiak spark led to hardware for Canada’s female athletes

Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau meets Papineau constitue

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Selling a PM: The marketing of Justin Trudeau

The Prime Minister’s team pushes reams of official portraiture over social media, from mob scenes to intimate moments. What, exactly, are they selling us?

Canada

Canada’s MMIW inquiry begins with a glimmer of hope

Their fight no longer feels futile, say family members at the inquiry’s launch. ’It’s a beautiful day and we must rejoice in life.’

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Women in politics: We’re not as equal as we think we are

’Because it’s 2015?’ Maybe not: Recent appointments paint an overly rosy picture of women in Canadian politics

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Why Justin Trudeau shook up Canada’s diplomatic corps

Harper’s controversial appointees are out of the diplomatic corps. Unsexy federal bureaucrats are back.

Mexico’s President Pena Nieto, Canada’s PM Trudeau and U.S. President Obama wave at the North American Leaders’ Summit in Ottawa

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What the Three Amigos agreed on at the North American summit

What Enrique Peña Nieto, Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama said about the environment, trade and movement of citizens

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A cheat sheet for the Three Amigos summit

A quick guide to the relationships at play, the issues on the table and the likely outcomes of the North American Leaders’ Summit

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What we’re not talking about in the assisted-dying debate

Why suicide researchers have a potentially important perspective on the debate over assisted dying

Shannon Proudfoot. (Photograph by Natalie Castellino)

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What psychology reveals about the Brexit vote

Shannon Proudfoot on a new study that sheds light on how attitudes toward immigration fit in with someone’s general sense of control over life

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