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This Week's Round-Up: November 3, 2025 |
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They face the trauma of abuse, then the trauma of the courtroom. A new program wants to fix that
BY NOEL RANSOME |
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The justice system has always known what to do with the accused. They track arrests, tally charges, and pursue convictions. Care for survivors has rarely figured into that design—in Canada, thousands of children and youth step into courtrooms, carrying stories too heavy for their age. Even well-meaning reforms tend to focus on due process, efficiency, and reducing incarceration, but not recovery. “When the court case is over, everybody who was involved . . . it’s not their role anymore. So the crown attorney, the police officers . . . once the court is concluded, they’ve done their job.” |
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Try our new puzzle, featuring covers from The Walrus.
Drag, drop, and assemble the pieces to complete the image. |
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Canada is at a critical turning point in how it responds to gender-based violence. The Walrus Talks Ending Gender-Based Violence brings together activists, advocates, and experts to examine pressing policy gaps and cultural shifts that can reduce and prevent gender-based violence. This timely event will highlight lived experience, evidence-based solutions, and the need for coordinated, cross-sector action.
Join us in Ottawa for this urgent discussion. |
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A MESSAGE FROM THE WALRUS LAB IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA |
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The Woman Who Paved the Way in Canadian Medicine |
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This episode of Canadian Time Machine marks 150 years since Jennie Trout became the first woman licensed to practise medicine in Canada. Historian Heather Stanley and Dr. Ramneek Dosanjh explore her fight for equality and how her determination helped transform opportunities for women in medicine. |
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Check out the latest episode of What Happened Next |
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In this episode of What Happened Next, host Nathan Whitlock is joined by author Su Chang. Su’s debut novel is The Immortal Woman, published by House of Anansi Press earlier this year. She and Nathan talk about cultural and political realities that cause her to be very deliberate in her writing; about why her father, who was himself a writer, urged her not to follow in his footsteps; and about how new rules put in place by the Chinese government have kept her from doing any public appearances to promote her book. |
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Get Musked
I was incensed by Paul Adams’s article “I Regret My Tesla” (thewalrus.ca), wherein he tries, unsuccessfully, to absolve himself of his poor decision to buy a Tesla Model Y in September of 2023. By this time, the unreliability of the Tesla was widely known and reported; websites like TopSpeed identified the Model Y as having “build quality issues,” like “unintended braking,” that are inherent to all of the company’s cars. And the Tesla Model Y was hardly the only EV SUV/crossover on the market by then. Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Kia, and others offered higher-end EV crossovers. Not to mention that Elon Musk’s reputation as a bigot was also well known by then. Adams should admit that he was duped by Musk and is now suffering a huge amount of buyer’s remorse because his resale value has plummeted. Spare us the whining.
Vickie Morris
Sechelt, BC
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Loneliness Epidemic
In the May issue, authors Josh Greenblatt (“Sobbing at the Spa”) and Jadine Ngan and Tahmeed Shafiq (“What Happens after a Death on Campus”) make numerous thoughtful, wise, and well-researched comments and observations. Both articles direct our attention to one very prevalent ailment or complaint in our modern-day society: the scourge of loneliness. Despite all of our attempts to deal with loneliness by way of fitness centres, social media sites, university counselling services, singles bars, dating apps—the list goes on and on, with at least some of them being very worthwhile—we fail to see that loneliness can be resolved only by being in meaningful community with others. Spas are great; counselling services are vital; social media can at times help us stay connected with friends—but are they actually capable of keeping loneliness at bay?
Pete van Geest
London, ON
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Features Editor |
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