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EDITOR’S NOTE
EDITOR’S NOTE IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S
My 12th-grader spent last September considering where he might like to attend university. After lots of research, he created a shortlist that included a fine arts program at Concordia University in...
THE INTERVIEW
Toronto endocrinologist Daniel Drucker isn’t fazed by all the fuss around Ozempic—even if he did kind of start it
WHEN IT COMES TO DIABETES DRUGS, there’s just something about Toronto researchers. In 1984, 63 years after Banting and Best isolated insulin, Daniel Drucker, another U of T alumnus, co-discovered...
THE PROSPECT
The Big Serve
At 22 (and six foot eight), Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo is a tennis giant in the making GABRIEL DIALLO’S PRE-TEEN PARTY TRICK was to recount, in near-perfect detail, the marathon match between Rafael...
THE MOVE
One-Stop Shop
Haritha Gnanaratna and Audra Williams were dead-set on owning a general store in Port Medway, Nova Scotia. One desperate Facebook message and countless layers of carpet later, it’s all theirs. The...
Bold Exploration to Transform Futures
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) is a global research organization proudly based in Canada. For 40 years, CIFAR has brought together outstanding researchers from across disciplines...
Advancing Canada's Research Partnerships CNIMI Helps Manufacturing Companies On Digital Transformation Journey
A partnership of Université du Québec à Trois-Rivière and Cégep de Drummondville, CNIMI provides companies with the tools to develop innovative technologies and processes. Industry 4.0 and the rise of...
Niagara College Gaining Ground as Research Arm for SMEs
Niagara College helps companies innovate and achieve competitive advantage while also providing students with valuable experiential learning opportunities. Since Canadian SMEs (small- and medium-sized...
How Canada’s Research Partnerships are Addressing the Productivity Problem
Connecting talent to industry through research partnerships can help boost Canada’s productivity and economic prosperity. Canada has a productivity problem. When compared with economies on a similar...
MODERN LIVING
“The weather forced our hands”
My family raised cattle in Alberta for more than a century. Now, after a series of back-to-back droughts, there’s no future for our farm. I’VE SPENT THE LAST 43 years raising cattle in Rumsey,...
Did you Know? Cancer Has a Price Tag That Many Canadians Can’t Afford
The out-of-pocket costs associated with cancer care are a major burden or impossibility for many Canadians. Something needs to change. Despite living in a country with universal health care, many...
Improving Cancer Outcomes Across Canada
Not all people in Canada have equitable access to cancer care. Our national cancer strategy is working to change that. Cancer outcomes are better when people have access to high-quality cancer...
Q&A with Dr. Craig Earle
Mediaplanet recently spoke with Dr. Craig Earle, CEO of the Partnership, to understand why and how health equity is key in advancing Canada’s cancer strategy. How is the Partnership helping to achieve...
Redefining Cervical Cancer Screening with HPV At-Home Test Kits
Advances in cervical cancer screening technology make it possible to self-collect sample for HPV testing at home, which could help in early detection of cervical cancer. Seventy per cent of sexually...
How BeiGene Is Breaking Down Barriers to Cancer Care
Access to cancer care comes through BeiGene’s approach to affordability and innovation. BeiGene Canada is challenging the status quo of the traditional biopharmaceutical industry. As the Canadian arm...
Helping Patients Manage the Noise When Facing a Cancer Diagnosis
For kidney cancer patients, the future is bright as stakeholders work together to help build support options for each patient’s cancer journey. Gordon Lewis was diagnosed with kidney cancer by fluke....
What Makes Princess Margaret Cancer Centre One of the World's Top 5 Cancer Research Centres
By pushing the envelope and not accepting the status quo, The Princess Margaret is making research discoveries that are beyond the cutting edge. Cancer was once thought to be an incurable disease,...
COVER STORY
Quebec’s New FrenchRevolution
When I moved to Montreal, it was a vibrant, multilingual metropolis. Now François Legault is waging war on English and on the cosmopolitanism that makes it Canada’s greatest city. When François...
Airbnb on Fire
Last year, a massive blaze consumed several illegal Airbnb units in Montreal and killed seven people. The tragedy shone a harsh light on the Wild West of Airbnb in Canadian cities—and the battle to...
THE INCEL TERRORIST
Oguzhan Sert was 17 when he walked into a Toronto massage parlour and killed an employee with a sword. The Crown argued the attack wasn’t just murder, but an act of terror against women. The hard part...
HABITAT
GOING RETRO
A Toronto couple turned their muted home into a technicolour, kid-friendly wonderland FOUR DATES IS ALL IT TOOK for Andrew Swartz to propose to his future wife, Kelly Aronowitz Katz. In 2014, Swartz...
CULTURE
ABANDONED WORLDS
Urban explorer Dave Conlon captures deserted buildings across North America IN 2012, DAVE CONLON was in search of a hobby. He was a young father and marketing professional, filling his spare time...
A SYMPHONIC HOMECOMING
YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN AND THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA National Arts Centre, Ottawa April 18 FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, Montreal-born conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin—currently the Metropolitan Opera’s music...
A GRIPPING ONE-MAN SHOW
HUFF Crow’s Theatre, Toronto April 23 to 28 CLIFF CARDINAL, the son of beloved Indigenous actress (and recent Killers of the Flower Moon star) Tantoo Cardinal, is emerging as a playwright and...
FUTURE OF OUR PLANET
Future of Our Planet
Q & A WITH THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson What strategic priorities has the Ministry of Natural Resources Canada outlined for the year 2024? This year, my goal is to...
Planting a Greener Future: Tree Canada’s Reforestation Projects
Deforestation jeopardizes Canada’s climate and biodiversity. Tree Canada combats this threat by planting trees for a more sustainable future. The loss of forest cover poses a critical threat to the...
The Urgent Need to Protect Canada's Forests
Consumers can help to protect Canada's forests by choosing responsibly sourced wood and paper products bearing the Forest Stewardship Council label. Canada's vast forests, which cover nearly 400...
From Seed to Healthy, Resilient Forest
Creating and restoring healthy forests requires the right seed, from the right source, planted in the right place. The United Nations International Day of Forests (March 21) was created to celebrate...
The Future Is Plant-Based — and You Can Help Lead the Way
The sooner we shift to plant-based eating, the sooner we’ll create a much, much better world. Plant-based eating has become increasingly popular in recent years, and it’s easy to understand why. Faced...
How Plant-Based Foods Can Power a Healthier Future for Our Planet
The plant-based food sector has the potential to significantly lower the agriculture sector’s climate impact, and Protein Industries Canada enables its innovation. Agriculture has an impact on our...
Conservation Biobanking at Toronto Zoo
Long-term storage of living genetic material in conservation biobanks provides wildlife population managers with additional tools to support species recovery initiatives. Did you know that all wood...
Canada's Wood Bison
The product of over-hunting and human imported disease, wood bison are listed as Threatened and face significant challenges to their recovery. Your Toronto Zoo Reproductive Sciences team, in...
The Salvation Army Thrift Store Encourages Canadians to Make the Shift to Thrift
Donating pre-loved items and thrift shopping are impactful ways to contribute to environmental sustainability while supporting local communities. In a world grappling with the environmental impact of...
MY ARRIVAL
“I fled the war in Ukraine. Now I help other newcomers settle in Canada.”
My daughter and I were lucky to find a host family in Ottawa. I want to pay it forward. IN MARCH OF 2022, I had just moved into a new home with my nine-year-old daughter, Miia, in Kramatorsk, an...
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