EducationIt’s time for Canadian universities to go gradelessJonah Dunch: In pass/fail evaluation systems, students learn more, feel better and naturally gravitate to areas that suit their skills
CultureThe best thing about ’The Queen’s Gambit’? There’s no sexual violence in it.Elisabeth de Mariaffi: Period drama, check. Vulnerable young woman, check. Yet the absence of rape liberates this show.
NewsDoug Ford’s Dec. 2 Ontario COVID-19 update: ReplayThe premier of Ontario makes an announcement on the latest measures against the coronavirus
OttawaAnita Anand talks up Ottawa’s pandemic purchasing plansPolitics Insider for Dec. 2: The procurement minister shows off the country’s pandemic purchases, the Department of Finance loses its top bureaucrat and watch out for salmonella-spreading hedgehogs
OpinionA letter to my first mother: You did not raise me but I consider you my mother still‘I now realize I was never unwanted, but rather imperfectly loved by imperfect people,’ writes Brittany Penner to her birth mother
HealthCOVID-19 vaccine tracker: A guide for CanadiansKeeping tabs on trials, approvals and distribution of vaccines that Ottawa has pre-ordered
CanadaA feel-good moment for the Nova Scotia lobster fisheryImage of the Week: The fireworks around ’Dumping Day’ were the type you’re actually glad to see
EducationWith the shift to online learning, students with disabilities face new barriersThey may not have to navigate campus, but online learning has brought new challenges
CultureIt’s the perfect pandemic Christmas song—but we don’t sing the right versionA 76-year-old classic captures our moment like nothing in the holiday canon. But you want the original lyrics—not that treacly Frank Sinatra version.
CultureDisney+ in December 2020: What’s new this monthHere’s what Disney+ subscribers should look out for in December on the streaming service, including a new Pixar film