From our Archives
How Queen Elizabeth II was taught to rule
The daughter of a second son, she got the best start of all—a happy childhood. Then, from her father, struggling with great zeal and small strength, and from her mother, affectionate and serene, she learned the often tiresome tasks of queenship
Millions of Canadians suffer mental illness—and many can’t find help
In 2011, Maclean’s reported on how to change attitudes towards mental illness, the ‘orphan of health care’
When teen pregnancy was ‘cool’
From 2008: For the first time in years, more kids are having kids—and not just in movies
Remembering Rob Stewart, the man behind the rhapsodic doc ‘Sharkwater’
From the archives: Brian D. Johnson on Rob Stewart, the gifted Canadian filmmaker who has died at the age of 37
Tariq Ramadan in 2005: ‘Terror is a fact, not an ideology’
‘Dialogue is the only way to push people to change. But it takes time,’ says Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan in this 2005 interview
David Foster’s long-held proclivity for theatrics
Our 2005 story on an autobiographical TV show by Canadian music producer David Foster, who serenaded President Trump in Florida this weekend
In 2004, moms and dads turned parenting culture on its head
Preschool tutoring, music lessons, sports: enough is enough, say some parents. Let kids be kids again.
Kids insult each other with brutal frankness but ‘few are truly nasty’
On Pink Shirt Day, this 2004 essay points out that bullies’ victims can be aggressive or provocative themselves
A Holocaust survivor recalls his liberation
Toronto consulting engineer Nathan Leipciger chronicled the last four months of his incarceration before the Allies forced Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945
Gloria Steinem, in 1987: ‘Women become radical with age’
In 1987, Gloria Steinem told Maclean’s that Canadian and American feminists ‘could help the other from reinventing the wheel’
In 1986, Tamil refugees fled war for a new life in Canada
After Tamil refugees landed on Canada’s east coast, Maclean’s spoke to some of the newest members of Montreal’s Tamil community
Have Black Canadians been left out of Canada’s mosaic?
In 1986, many Black Canadians reported that they struggled to assess how far they have come—and how much farther they have to go