Society

One of the world’s most famous marine ecologists dials back his doomsday predictions and tries optimism

While local and provincial governments loosen lockdowns, vulnerable Indigenous communities across the country say they’re fighting an uphill battle to safeguard their residents

Denise Balkissoon: It’s clear that COVID-19 and racism are a dangerous combination. We need better information about how Indigenous, Black and other racialized people interact with Canadian health-care systems.

An open letter from Black women leading community supports and services

’For years, he kept records of platoon members he knew had survived the war. When the new phone book came out, he would check to see if they were still alive. But he never contacted them.’

Esi Edugyan: For true systemic shifts to occur, everyone has to recognize that the whole underlying structure is so irreparably broken that no one can afford to live like this anymore

Eternity Martis: Black women, who experience ’misogy­noir,’ a mix of misogyny and racism, are also aggressively punished by police

Ian Williams: ’Dear cell phone companies,’ There are software issues with your phones that I won’t get into. My date and time function is frozen in the 18th century.

Andray Domise: ’To my brothers and sisters in America,’ you may be unaware that Canada aligned itself against your lives when it mattered

Rinaldo Walcott: There has been something animated by the death of George Floyd that is deeply familiar and that calls out for something more—something beyond mere redress, arrest and conviction