Canada - Quillette (Page 2)

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

Canada’s First Inhabitants

In a new Quillette series, historian and podcaster Greg Koabel traces the global origins of the land we now call Canada.

Greg Koabel

5 Apr 2023 · 26 min read

Canada’s Altruistic Apartheid

Sanctioned racial essentialism for Aboriginals, mandatory multiculturalism for everyone else.

George Case

29 Mar 2023 · 9 min read

The Sad Spectacle of ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’

No, the female impersonators reading stories to children aren’t ‘groomers.’ They’re just needy gay men desperate for validation from straight society.

Sky Gilbert

26 Feb 2023 · 11 min read

Death on Demand: Cautionary Tales from Canada

Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program, once reserved for the terminally ill, is increasingly attracting applicants experiencing poverty and depression.

Margaret Wente

1 Feb 2023 · 14 min read

A Mob Stormed a Feminist Event at McGill Law School—in Defence of Gender Justice, of Course

Intended as an expression of trans rights, the fracas instead illustrated why many LGB feminists want to escape their ‘forced teaming’ with trans activists.

Jonathan Kay

12 Jan 2023 · 8 min read

At Canada’s National Gallery, Ideological Enforcers Are Pushing Out Veteran Curators

Preaching the gospel of Indigenization and decolonization, administrators are overruling their own art experts.

Paul Gessell

13 Dec 2022 · 20 min read

The Enduring Cruelty of Canada’s Residential Schools

In a new, meticulously sourced book, two authors use personal case studies to illuminate the injustices inflicted on Indigenous peoples by Canadian governments and churches.