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EDITOR’S NOTE
EDITOR’S NOTE
IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S Sexuality and gender have become a focus of the American election. Kamala Harris has made abortion rights central to her campaign, JD Vance has accused childless women of...
THE INTERVIEW
Richard Ireland, mayor of Jasper, is ready to rebuild
IT’S TEMPTING TO LEAN on numbers when conveying the scale of the damage wrought by July’s fire in Jasper, Alberta—the worst in the national park’s 117-year history. Water bombers were grounded in the...
Men's Cancers
How Movember is Making a Difference Amid Rise in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis One in eight Canadian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, with over 27,000 new cases expected in...
What Every Man Should Know
Early prostate cancer screening ensures good health outcomes. For men with genetic changes that affect the body's ability to repair DNA, this is especially important. In 2007 Laurent Proulx, then 48,...
Screening For Colorectal Cancer Could Save Your Life
Colorectal cancer often strikes silently with no obvious symptoms. It's the third most common cancer in men worldwide and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. However, it's also a highly...
Why Bladder Cancer Awareness is so Important for Men
The fifth most common cancer in Canada, bladder cancer strikes more men than women. Being educated and proactive helps ensure positive outcomes. In the fall of 2017, Peter Rich, then 65 and self-...
THE BIG IDEA
Embrace the Four-Day Workweek
Canada is facing a national productivity crisis. One counterintuitive solution? WHEN I WAS GROWING UP in Roscommon, a community in rural Ireland, my family wasn’t particularly well off. My mom had...
The Main Event
Calgary’s massive, modern, newly expanded BMO Centre is open for business WITH MORE THAN A MILLION VISITORS donning their Stetsons and heading to the rodeo every summer, there’s no question the...
MODERN LIVING
My Child-Free Choice
For a long time, I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to become a parent. WHEN I WAS EIGHT years old, playing with Barbies, I always imagined they were businesswomen wearing power suits and living in a big...
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Canada’s Nuclear Future
When in production, Rook I will have the capacity to account for approximately 23 per cent of the world’s uranium production at full capacity. Canada has the natural resources and the uranium deposits...
How McMaster University Is Leading the Future of Neutron Beam Science
McMaster University is shaping the future of materials research using neutron beams and training the next generation of experts in the field. McMaster University is proudly known as Canada’s nuclear...
GE Hitachi and Ontario Are Partnering to Power the Province’s Future
GE Hitachi and the Province of Ontario are leading the charge to develop the first commercial, grid-scale small modular reactors in the western world. Nuclear energy is clean, safe, and reliable,”...
Canada’s Used Nuclear Fuel Solution Supporting Green Growth
As Canada increasingly relies on nuclear energy to meet our net-zero goals, ensuring the safe, long-term management of used nuclear fuel is critical. Hardly a day goes by without a story about...
The Nearly Invisible Uranium Mine: A New Standard of Sustainability
Canada’s first ‘no-dig’ uranium mine is on its way. Canadian uranium is key to unlocking a green nuclear energy future. The big question is how to responsibly extract it? At the Wheeler River Project...
A Globally Sustainable Future Requires a Nimble Canadian Nuclear Fuel Supply
The world’s rapidly growing appetite for clean energy can only be fed by Canadian uranium. But can we responsibly grow the uranium supply in time? We are facing, in Canada and around the globe, two...
COVER STORY
THE JACKPOT GENERATION
Canada is in the midst of the greatest wealth transfer of all time, as some $1 trillion passes from boomers to their millennial kids.How an inheritance-based economy will transform the country. What...
We Need to Talk About Estate Planning
Neglecting estate planning can lead to personal and financial stress—start early to secure your legacy and protect your family. From The Godfather to Succession, inheritance drama has long played a...
FEATURES
THE CULTURE WAR IN THE CLASSROOM
Several provincial governments now mandate parental consent for kind tp change pronouns in school . who gets to decide a child's gender? In 2008, Shawn Rouse and his wife, Amanda, found out they were...
THE NORTHERN FRONT
In Ontario’s hinterlands, a battle is brewing between First Nations, prospectors and the provincial government over a multi-billion-dollar motherlode of metals. Inside the fight for the Ring of Fire....
BUILDING RESILIENCY AGAINST WILDFIRES
With wildfires becoming more common across the country, developing resistance and responsiveness is crucial to preserving our forests Wildfire season has become a fact of life in recent years; every...
THE PRIVATE AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL GUIDE
SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
Expert advice on navigating private school admissions interviews In Canada, the private school admissions process typically includes an interview with the school’s admissions department, which is a...
A-LIST AMENITIES AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS
An exciting array of world-class facilities helps students excel in athletics, arts, science and more While the first-rate education provided by private schools in Canada is typically one of the...
TUITION TALK
The scoop on costs, discounts, financial aid and more The reasons to send your child to a private school in Canada are abundant, from the small class sizes, expert educators and rigorous curriculum to...
COMMUNITY CENTRED
At Canadian private schools, giving back helps develop engaged, empathetic students Perhaps one of the most inaccurate misconceptions about private school students in Canada is that they exist in a...
PEACE OF MIND
Inside and outside the classroom, Canadian private schools are prioritizing students’ mental health From stress, anxiety and depression to body-image issues, eating disorders, self-harm and even...
FAR FROM HOME
Three ways Canadian private schools support international students Private schools in Canada are renowned for the world-class education and top-notch curricula they deliver—so much so that parents...
THE PRIVATE AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Browse through Canada’s top private schools to find the right fit for your child BOND ACADEMY 1500 Birchmount Rd., Scarborough, Ontario bondacademy.ca Bond emphasizes the holistic growth of students...
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Understanding Neurological Conditions SEIZING THE MOMENT: How Self-Advocacy Helped Me Help Myself
Advocacy is key for overcoming barriers to finding and accessing the tools needed to make life with your conditions easier. Since being diagnosed with epilepsy, I fought to get the right treatment to...
Navigating ALS With Trusted Knowledge And Support
ALS Canada’s Canadian ALS Learning Institute program provides Canadians affected by ALS with access to experts to learn and ask questions. In today’s digital age, living with amyotrophic lateral...
CABHI Leads the Charge in Defying Dementia
The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest, is driving the future of aging and dementia care through innovations that enhance the lives of older persons and their...
CULTURE
A BOLD TRIBUTE PACITA ABAD
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto October 9 to January 19 PACITA ABAD’S ART-WORLD MOMENT has finally arrived: 20 years after her death, the Filipino-American artist debuted at the 2024 Venice Biennale,...
AN ARCTIC DREAMSCAPE
MANASIE AKPALIAPIK: INUIT UNIVERSE McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal October 4 to March 9 INUIT ARTIST MANASIE AKPALIAPIK was born and raised on Baffin Island in a family of carvers who began teaching...
A TRAGIC FALL THE LEHMAN TRILOGY
Theatre Calgary IN HIS FIVE-TIME TONY-WINNING play, Italian playwright Stefano Massini looks behind the headlines of the Lehman Brothers’ infamous collapse in 2008. The real (and far more interesting)...
MY ARRIVAL
“I escaped Gaza and sent my family to Egypt. Now, my goal is to reunite with them in Canada.”
Bombs destroyed my neighbourhood and killed my loved ones. I hope my family and I can find refuge in Quebec. By Haya Elsayyed I’VE LIVED IN THE SHADOW of relentless conflict my whole life. I was born...
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