Back Issues
April 2015
Cover art and illustrations throughout the issue by Drew Shannon
Drew Shannon’s work has been published by The Globe and Mail, Reader’s Digest, Penguin Random House and others. Visit www.drewshannon.ca.
The Moving Finger Writes
Technology and spirituality unite in this intriguing concoction
Wayson Choy
A Different Kind of Journalism
Powerful, passionate, patriotic and personal—that was Matthew Halton
Paul KnoxSome Special Soldiers
The little-known tale of black recruits from Canada in the Civil War
John Boyko
An Outsider Inside
Multiculturalism seems to be failing—at least, for Canada’s black population.
Michael Valpy
Amid the Alien Corn
Desperate, heroic characters make John Vaillant’s first novel a thrilling ride
Katherine AshenburgTheatrical Superstar
A Quebec genius is known universally but seen sparsely in English Canada.
Jerry Wasserman
Idealists on the Beat
New diplomatic goals have starved Canadian support for better policing abroad
Terry GlavinBe Careful What You Wish For
How developing countries helped shape the post-war global economy
John Hancock