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The Food Diaries

With the rising costs of nearly everything, Canadians are particularly feeling the pinch when it comes to rising food costs across the country, further fuelling a food insecurity crisis being experienced by many throughout the nation.

In the latest issue of Maclean’s, we spoke to people from coast to coast who shared their stories of how they are attempting to get by in the face of food prices that continue to skyrocket:

Food Diaries: Winnipeg

Food Diaries: Vancouver

Food Diaries: PEI

Food Diaries: Toronto

Food Diaries: Edmonton

How Winnipeg's Forest Pavilion was built with climate change in mind

Flood-proof and forward-thinking, the Forest Pavilion opened last year and is located at the park’s geographic high point. Built for life in the Red River flood zone, designers Liz Wreford and Peter Sampson, founders of Winnipeg’s Public City Architecture, drew up sketches for the $1.5-million project in 2015, and it ended up taking six years to complete. Read More

The Curious Case of Gina Adams: A “Pretendian” investigation

In 2019 Gina Adams joined the faculty at Vancouver's Emily Carr University as part of an effort to increase Indigenous representation at the school. But soon questions arose about her Indigenous identity. Last week, shortly after this piece was published, the school announced that Adams had resigned from her position—but the issue of “Pretendians” at Canadian institutions persists. Read More

My father was a criminal. Here's how I found out.

Leslie Bradford-Scott thought she was a normal kid. Her dad hid guns in every corner of their house and ‘business associates’ would come and go at all hours. In their small town of Grimsby, he was one of the only people who drove around a Rolls Royce.Years later, she found her dad’s 550-page autobiography— and with it, a criminal past she didn’t know. Read more

The Big Idea: Physician assistants can help solve the health-care crisis

Only three universities across Canada train physician assistants and graduate just 70 students each year, writes Katharine Smart, the former president of the Canadian Medical Association who currently practises pediatric medicine in Whitehorse. Hiring and training more physician assistants can ease the burden on doctors and provide better care for patients. Here’s why: Read More

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Big Lies On Campus

Gina Adams was hired by Emily Carr University in an effort to recruit Indigenous faculty. She rose to the role of assistant dean. Then questions arose about her identity...

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