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25 Nov

More than just a design trend, tiny living has become a social movement. As a lifestyle, its features are appealing: a lower cost of living, more environmentally conscious habits, and most importantly, the promise of living mortgage and debt free. thewalrus.ca/livingrooms-ti… 1/6

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As part of the digital series Living Rooms, @CristinaMDAmico explains that the tiny house isn't a full-blown solution to our housing problems because the crisis is far too complex to be solved by individual consumer choices. More here: thewalrus.ca/livingrooms-ti… 2/6

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The tiny-house fantasy imagines that the solution to a nation’s housing crisis lies with the individual as opposed to with collective action and broad-based social change. Read @CristinaMDAmico’s full article here: thewalrus.ca/livingrooms-ti… 3/6

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20 Nov

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With shorter days and colder temperatures on the horizon, psychologists warn that a locked-down winter will only heighten anxiety when "supports and strategies we’ve previously turned to for relief are no longer accessible," writes @gabrielledrolet. thewalrus.ca/the-mental-hea… 1/6

This winter will pose many new challenges: subzero temperatures will make it hard to gather outdoors, early sunsets will make for gloomier days in quarantine, and many holiday visits will be cancelled. Full article here: thewalrus.ca/the-mental-hea… 2/6

The #MentalHealth toll of the pandemic has already been well documented: financial loss, conflicting gov't messaging, and the threat of infection have all increased daily stress levels. How much worse will it be during winter? Read on: thewalrus.ca/the-mental-hea… 3/6

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11 Nov

@kelkord

Home ownership for many millennials will never be a reality. Even if you’re lucky enough to get help from your parents, so many in this generation have had to work harder, earn less, and have their adulthood shaped by precarity, writes @kelkord. thewalrus.ca/the-rise-of-th… 1/6

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In the first part of a new digital series on housing and home by The Walrus, @kelkord looks at the rise of the roommate. In the US, the 2008 recession propelled an adult-roommate boom that never ended. More here: thewalrus.ca/the-rise-of-th… 2/6

It’s a trend in Canada too, where urban co-living startups, like Roost and SoulRooms, have adopted the broader turn toward “adult dorm” housing setups seen in cities from Dublin to New York. thewalrus.ca/the-rise-of-th… 3/6

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10 Nov

@zoehtennant

Stories of Mi’kmaw fishers’ boats being burned and sunk have made headlines on the East Coast for years. But recent clashes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishers have catapulted into national and international media. Read @zoehtennant's story thewalrus.ca/the-new-lobste… 1/6

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For this investigation, @zoehtennant obtained hundreds of pages of confidential documents and interviewed Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishers, leaders, and legal experts. Read about Canada's new lobster wars: thewalrus.ca/the-new-lobste… 2/6

Fisheries officers have been known to go undercover, to slip out onto the water in the middle of the night to microchip lobsters in Mi’kmaw fishers’ pots in order to try to trace the shellfish. And they’ve been known for more overt operations too. thewalrus.ca/the-new-lobste… 3/6

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9 Nov

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Students used to joke that @UofT doesn’t close for anything less than a world war. But, as #COVID19 lockdowns started around the world, universities shut their doors. So how lonely is this year on campus? Read more here: thewalrus.ca/a-lonely-year-… By @jadinengan
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Around 2 million students enrol at Canadian postsecondary institutions each year. This year, however, enrolment is down. @jadinengan spoke to students across Canada about how the pandemic has heightened existing problems and inequalities. thewalrus.ca/a-lonely-year-… 2/5

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Despite how educators and students feel about it, online learning will likely be the norm well beyond 2021. Several schools have already committed to offering many winter 2021 classes exclusively online. Read @jadinengan's full piece here thewalrus.ca/a-lonely-year-… 3/5

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27 Oct

Are you one of the many people who have seen loved ones beyond the grave? These spectres are sometimes called ghosts, sometimes dismissed as grief hallucinations. But this kind of haunting is more common than you may think. Intrigued? Read on: thewalrus.ca/why-do-we-see-… 1/5

The first scientific survey that examined visions of the dead was conducted in the 1880s by founding members of London’s Society for Psychical Research, whose membership included Alfred Russel Wallace, co-inventor of the theory of evolution. More here: thewalrus.ca/why-do-we-see-… 2/5

Then came Freud and his concept of “wishful psychosis” in grief: the idea that you may see a loved one or feel their presence after they are gone. According to him, these were warning signs of lingering dependency and were best ignored and forgotten. thewalrus.ca/why-do-we-see-… 3/5

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