Back Issues
April 2012
Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Drew Shannon
Drew Shannon is a recent graduate of Sheridan College, where he studied illustration. When he is not drawing, he is usually perusing used bookstores in downtown Toronto. Visit him at drewshannon.ca.
Citizen Khadr
Either Omar Khadr has certain basic rights or no Canadian does. Which is it?
Reg WhitakerComedy Between the Covers
New books from a venerable sketch troupe and their internet-era successors
Andrew Clark
Who Controls North America?
Today, even the U.S. government is just one of many players
Isabel StuderVomit, Blood and Folly
A novel conveys the grittier aspects of multicultural adolescence.
Ranj DhaliwalThe Jamaican Dilemma
Slavery’s legacy plays out in a story of absent mothers and distant fathers
Donna Bailey Nurse
Determined Mavericks
Making independent movies is a never-ending struggle against the Hollywood machine.
Geoff PevereThe Promise and Glory of Stem Cells
How two Canadian scientists stumbled upon a landmark discovery
Michael Bliss
High-Tech Hopes for Global Health
An ambitious and well-heeled development program hits some serious snags
Amir Attaran