July–August 2013

The Politics on Our Plate

Should we push away from globalized food production, or just keep digging in?

Are Book Burners Always Villains?

The ethical quagmire of censoring “difficult” literature

Bountiful Diversity

A leading Québécois scholar’s appreciative look at Canada’s biggest province

The Cultural Queen of Canada

How the country's most famous writer balances creation and celebrity

A Quiet Exodus

Welcoming Baha'i refugees from Iran was a humanitarian landmark—and an enduring immigration lesson

Blood in the Water

Weak political support and dependence on advertising leave the national broadcaster at serious risk

What Goes In Must Come Out

The problem of excrement in a seven-billion-person world

Jewel Beetle Dress

Vanity Fair's Lucian Freud

Tosca

Old on the Road

The adventures of two seniors who give their caregivers the slip

Prodigies under Pressure

A deft introduction to the savage sport of music competition

Black Power in Montreal

The ideas, leaders and pain behind the Sir George Williams riot

From Zlín to the Royal Society

One of Canada’s leading political scientists tells his own story

Chilling Lessons

A First Nations chief recalls years of suffering at St. Joseph’s Mission school

Grey Owl's Wife

A new biography brings this fiercely free spirit to the fore

From Confederacy to Confederation

The American Civil War and the making of Canada

A Neglected Royal

The Edward of Prince Edward Island finally gets his due