A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

Clockwise from top left: Aurora Brown (Courtesy of CBC), Annamie Paul (Courtesy of the Green Party of Canada), Alicia Elliott (Cole Burston/CP), David Suzuki (Courtesy of CBC), Priyanka (Courtesy of Jackie Brown/Crave), Kayla Grey (Courtesy of Kayla Grey), Notorious Cree (Courtesy of Norman Wong and Notorios Cree), Theresa Tam (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Famous Canadians on beliefs they held that were upended by 2020

Crosses on the lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., in May, representing the residents who died of COVID-19 (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

2020 was the year that changed everything

14 things we thought were true before 2020

Uganda’s Museveni (right), with China’s Xi Jinping in 2015, has been in power for 34 years (Feng Li/Getty Images)

This year has taught us that democracy is not unshakeable

The future is virtual? Nope.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford gives his daily briefing in Toronto on Monday, June 15, 2020. (Chris Young/CP)

Before 2020, we believed that in a crisis, leaders will lead. We were wrong.

2020 proved that women’s hard-earned place in the workforce is shakier than we thought

With some glaring exceptions, people are wearing masks as a way to show compassion for others (Bridget Bennett/AFP/Getty Images)

The pandemic has proven that the individual is not supreme

Traders at the NYSE in late February; fears over COVID prompted a stock market plunge (Scott Heins/Getty Images)

This year has proven that the stock market has no bearing on our grim economic reality

This year has shown us that we have what it takes to stop climate change

Funeral home workers remove a body from the Centre d'hébergement de Sainte-Dorothée in Laval, Que., in April 2020 (Ryan Remiorz/CP)

The year of the pandemic has busted the myth that Canada values its seniors

Running errands during the pandemic might be an anxiety-inducing chore for some, but for the extroverts among us, it has been a saving grace (Photograph by Christie Vuong)

Truths 2020