In the special 15th anniversary issue of The Walrus, we celebrate our past by looking to the future, sharing many perspectives on the theme “The Future of Almost Everything”:
- Charlotte Gray on “The Future of Biography”
- Kate Sloan on “The Future of Sex”
- David Suzuki on “The Future of Nature”
- Andray Domise on “The Future of Diversity”
- Chris Nuttall-Smith on “The Future of Food”
- Taras Grescoe on “The Future of Cities”
- Kate Harris on “The Future of Exploration”
- Pico Iyer on “The Future of Travel”
- Adam Sternbergh on “The Future of Television”
- Dan Falk on “The Future”
Also in the June issue of The Walrus, Brett Popplewell looks at the future of journalism through the challenges facing the Toronto Star—one of Canada’s most storied news brands—amidst the rapid decline of print journalism. Can Torstar’s bold expansion of its Metro brand convince enough readers that its journalism is worth paying for?
And, have we outgrown official bilingualism? After almost fifty years of the Official Languages Act, we are seeing the continued erosion of French outside Quebec, the explosive growth of non-European languages in Canada, and the government’s desire to pass an Indigenous languages act before the 2019 election. In this year’s O’Hagan Essay on Public Affairs, Mark Abley explores Canada’s new language tension, and whether the vision of bilingualism as part of the Canadian identity is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
Also in the June issue:
- Natan Obed is the most important leader Canadians haven’t heard of
- Increasingly influential forms of artificial intelligence can adopt the biases of their human developers
- Centuries-old black cemeteries force us to re-examine Canada’s past
- What we’re forfeiting in the rush to digitally preserve information
