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Dangerous Grounds

Coming soon to a democracy near you

The Collapse of Syria

The story of a nation’s unravelling, one neighbourhood at a time

Trompe Le Toil

The modern conundrum of overwork

Rosemary Speirs

Rosemary Speirs is a former political commentator who wrote about national and provincial politics for The Toronto Star. She is also the founding chair of Equal Voice, an influential volunteer organization promoting the election of more women.

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A Slow-Burning Fire

Canadian feminism’s personal turn, after generations of collective struggle October 2012
Lorna Marsden has written an important book, sweeping in its scope, about how women have achieved gender equality in many aspects of life in Canada, but have fallen short on certain of those matters that count most. To make her point that we have come a long way baby over the last 150 years but still have many miles to…

Allergic to Dirty Politics

Is the 2003 split in the Security Council leading to the disintegration of a multilateral world order? April 2007