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The Empathy Paradox: What #MeToo Misses

What even a post-Weinstein conversation is not saying about sexual assault

Puppeteering and Electioneering

A look back on the 2021 campaign

Missing in Action

When people turn their backs on public office

Jerry Wasserman

Jerry Wasserman is an actor, critic and professor of English and theatre at the University of British Columbia.

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Theatrical Superstar

A Quebec genius is known universally but seen sparsely in English Canada. April 2015
Robert Lepage is the Wayne Gretzky of Canadian theatre, as dazzling and prolific on the stage as Gretzky was on ice, with name recognition anywhere in the world his game is played. Unlike the other Great One, Lepage plays multiple positions: writer, director, designer, actor. His arenas range from theatre to opera to circus. His moves are many and…