From the archives

A long-awaited biography gives the facts, but not the mystery, behind this writer’s genius

Magdalene Redekop

Free speech, safe spaces, and the limits of tolerance

Ira Wells

A new collection explores Carol Shields's literary legacy

Marian Botsford Fraser

Cape Breton Ghost

The decline and fall of the French fort at Louisbourg.

Philip Girard

Philip Girard is the author of Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life (University of Toronto Press, 2005). He teaches at Osgoode Law School.