Bruce Jenner’s perfectly imperfect transitionFrom 2015: Rather than emerging as a fully formed butterfly, he’s showing the world what happens inside the cocoon.
Heather Arlene Carr, 1974-2015A ‘defender of the weak’, she had a strong, nurturing way about her. She helped others as a social worker and a Wiccan priestess.
On spring miracles and monarch butterfliesThe monarch can rise to 10,000 feet. But every journey has its version of airport hell with bad food.
Does the cream always rise to the top? An argument against an idiomTabatha Southey takes snarky aim at a ’milquetoast’ argument at the Leacock Society debate
Have we been milked by the dairy industry?Milk is unhealthy, unnecessary, bad for the planet—even racist? Welcome to the new food war.
Zoe Lauren Lesy, 1999-2015She fell in love with skating as soon as she put on the blades. At 15, she left home to be near the rink where she practised.
Why there are still far too few women in STEMWomen are enrolling in science and engineering in record numbers, but rarely win awards and often leave the field. What’s happening?
April 1915: Bravery, pestilence, and poetry at YpresGas was used as a weapon for the first time at Ypres. It earned Canadians a reputation purchased in blood—and produced a poem you know.
Tiny country, big people: Why the Dutch tower over us allHow a small country became a land of big people in stunningly short order
The risky state of becoming trans in publicSociety has become more accepting on trans rights. But for people about to transition? That’s another story.