Canada - Quillette

A Cartographer for the Ages

In the eleventh instalment of his series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes how Samuel de Champlain fundamentally redirected France’s transatlantic colonial project

Greg Koabel

9 Sep 2023 · 22 min read

When Trans Activism Becomes Government Policy

Even as other nations finally move to protect dysphoric youth from disfiguring treatments, Canadian politicians and educators continue to promote state-funded ‘gender journeys.’

Margaret Wente / Jonathan Kay

21 Aug 2023 · 23 min read

Memories of a Childhood Arcadia

For two four-year-old Ontario boys growing up in the 1950s, a backyard creek became the site of unforgettable adventures.

Herman Goodden

16 Aug 2023 · 7 min read

Not a Genocide

Terrible things happened at many of Canada’s Residential Schools. But describing these institutions as instruments of mass murder is inaccurate.

Ian Gentles

2 Aug 2023 · 34 min read

RIP, Richard Bilkszto, a Toronto Educator Who Stood up to Woke Bullying—and Paid the Price

Two years after being falsely smeared as a white supremacist by a diversity trainer, a longtime school principal committed suicide

Jonathan Kay

21 Jul 2023 · 9 min read

In Canada, ‘Decolonization’ Has Become a Profitable Enterprise

British Columbia’s nursing regulator paid consultants almost $100,000 to design a special complaints process for Indigenous patients.

Amy Eileen Hamm

3 Jul 2023 · 6 min read

Celebrating the Legacy of Canada’s First Prime Minister

Far from being an ‘architect of genocide,’ John A. Macdonald championed policies that were humane by 19th-century standards

Greg Piasetzki

1 Jul 2023 · 11 min read

In Canada, Asking for Evidence Now Counts as ‘Denialism’

Sensational 2021 claims that unmarked Indigenous child graves had been discovered in British Columbia now seem doubtful. But saying so may soon be a criminal offence

Jonathan Kay

20 Jun 2023 · 9 min read

Lessons from an Academic Social Panic

Following on an investigative report detailing McMaster University’s mishandling of false sex-ring accusations in 2020, here are four lessons to help prevent a recurrence

Jonathan Kay

18 Jun 2023 · 10 min read

John Cabot’s New Found Land

In the fourth instalment of an ongoing Quillette series, historian Greg Koabel describes how the quest for cod and a possible passage to China sparked England’s first transatlantic ventures

Greg Koabel

19 May 2023 · 33 min read

An Immigrant’s Ode to Canada

A survivor of Sri Lanka’s civil war who found safety and wealth on Canadian shores wonders why his well-to-do white neighbours seem so fixated on racism.

Roy Ratnavel

18 May 2023 · 11 min read

Canada’s Norse Interregnum

In the second instalment of an ongoing Quillette series, historian Greg Koabel describes how Leif Erikson ended up in Newfoundland

Greg Koabel

20 Apr 2023 · 26 min read

A Public Servant Stood Up for Sex-Based Rights at a Gender Workshop—And Paid the Price

In a recorded DEI session on ‘Trans Inclusion,‘ activist Adrienne Smith told the dissenting staff member, ‘I’m past the point of seeking a respectful debate.’

Jonathan Kay

13 Apr 2023 · 12 min read

The Case Against ‘Medical Assistance in Dying’

Canada’s assisted-death law seems connected to the atomization of our society—as much a symptom of inhumanity as a cause.

Brian Bird

7 Apr 2023 · 16 min read

Introducing ‘The Nations of Canada’

The project that (finally) got me hooked on Canadian history.

Jonathan Kay

7 Apr 2023 · 8 min read