Back Issues
September 2012
Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Sabrina Scott.
Sabrina Scott is a professional illustrator and amateur herbalist living on the third floor of an old Victorian house in Toronto. In her work she explores indigenous spiritualities, magic, ethnobotany, technology, patterns, textures, folklore, fauna and everything in between. Her work can be seen at sabrinascott.ca.
An Unexpected Water Crisis
Canada’s changing climate means more droughts, floods and storms—along with less ability to predict them
Robert SandfordLearning How to Learn
Why changing one’s brain may be easier than changing the education system
Peter ChabanFinding a Canadian Refuge
A liberal gay man can’t avoid estrangement from his beloved Yemeni family
Karim AlrawiBlond Bombshells
A selective, violent epidemic exposes our obsession with beauty’s dark roots
Barbara SibbaldMeet Me in St. Louis, Louis
A trip to the 1904 World’s Fair opens the door on Canadian women’s journalism
Sandra MartinHunting for Body Snatchers
Seeing communist propaganda everywhere in Hollywood, the FBI helped drive America’s Red Scare
Mark LangerFrom Woodsworth to Layton
The defining figures—and paradoxes—of Canada’s Official Opposition
Frances Lankin