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
· 26 min read
Canada
A collection of 147 posts
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 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
· 16 min read
Introducing ‘The Nations of Canada’
The project that (finally) got me hooked on Canadian history.
Jonathan Kay
· 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
· 26 min read
Canada’s Altruistic Apartheid
Sanctioned racial essentialism for Aboriginals, mandatory multiculturalism for everyone else.
George Case
· 10 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
· 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
· 15 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
· 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
· 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.
Andrew Stobo Sniderman, Douglas Sanderson
· 11 min read
Extraordinary Destiny
In a newly published book, a motivational speaker who works with female prisoners reflects on the life lessons she’s learned behind bars.
Phyllis Taylor
· 10 min read
Co-Opting Toronto’s Public Education System in the Name of Social Justice Activism
Why Canada’s largest school board is seeking to administer an ideologically skewed census to its students.
Ian Cooper
· 14 min read
Welcome to Canada, Where Everyone’s a Génocidaire
Canadians are being told that they’ve perpetrated multiple genocides. So why aren’t their leaders being tried at The Hague?
Jonathan Kay
· 5 min read
Exalting an ‘Anti-Colonial’ Gender Identity
In a new report, Canadian educators are instructed about a Two-Spirit LGBT subcategory that, even the authors admit, lacks any real definition.
Jonathan Kay
· 7 min read