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Netflix Canada in August 2021: What's new this month

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Maclean's is now available on Apple News+

University

Innovating in a bigger pond: McMaster's engineering dean heads to California

Opinion

The education system is a 'terribly expensive baby-sitting service'

(Courtesy of Kyra Flaherty)

(Courtesy of Kyra Flaherty)

Health

The Inuk woman using TikTok to expose high food prices in the North

'Food insecurity is not just about food insecurity,' says Kyra Flaherty. 'It ties into so many other societal problems.'

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Architectural firm MAEID’s 'Magic Queen, 2020,' an autonomous techno-organic environment of 3D-printed organic material (Andrea Avezzù/Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia)

Architectural firm MAEID’s 'Magic Queen, 2020,' an autonomous techno-organic environment of 3D-printed organic material (Andrea Avezzù/Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia)

Arts

A post-pandemic Architecture Biennale

Libralesso’s father touches his son’s hands as he goes for a swim in his backyard in Barrie, Ont. (Photograph by Marta Iwanek)

Libralesso’s father touches his son’s hands as he goes for a swim in his backyard in Barrie, Ont. (Photograph by Marta Iwanek)

Society

One mother's human-rights victory over hardline COVID restrictions

Pharmacist Suzanne Garrett draws a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Amherstview, Ontario on Friday June 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg

Pharmacist Suzanne Garrett draws a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Amherstview, Ontario on Friday June 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg

News

How to encourage vaccine-hesitant people to get their COVID shots

DesRosiers (centre) and their children, Aiden (left), 13, and Easton, 11, in Kitchener, Ont. (Photograph by Brett Gundlock)

DesRosiers (centre) and their children, Aiden (left), 13, and Easton, 11, in Kitchener, Ont. (Photograph by Brett Gundlock)

News

Changing the minds of the vaccine hesitant requires actually listening to them

News

(Courtesy of Kyra Flaherty)

(Courtesy of Kyra Flaherty)

Health

The Inuk woman using TikTok to expose high food prices in the North

The Shubenacadie Residential School in the 1940s (Courtesy of The Chronicle Herald)

The Shubenacadie Residential School in the 1940s (Courtesy of The Chronicle Herald)

Canada

The search for graves—and truth—at a Nova Scotia residential school

2021 Election Platform Guide

2021 Election Platform Guide

Politics

2021 Election Platform Guide

Bill holds a virtual press conference in Ottawa on June 21, 2021 (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Bill holds a virtual press conference in Ottawa on June 21, 2021 (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Canada

Ending solitary confinement in Canada's prisons, take 2

LATEST ON POLITICS

Harper arrives at his office in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2015 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Harper arrives at his office in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2015 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Ottawa

Poll: Stephen Harper would change this election

Paul Wells: If Harper returned to once again lead the Conservatives, it would cut the Liberal advantage by two-thirds, and a rout starts to look more like a race

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

(Courtesy of the Tweed and Area Heritage Centre)

(Courtesy of the Tweed and Area Heritage Centre)

Society

A once-bustling Greyhound rest stop sits empty. It's a relic of a bygone era.

Shot of a young businessman relaxing at his desk during a late night at work

Shot of a young businessman relaxing at his desk during a late night at work

Sponsored

How Robo-Advisors Help You Ride Out the Investment Roller Coaster

(Illustrations: Anne Cresci)

(Illustrations: Anne Cresci)

Economy

Why isn’t more clothing made in Canada?

(Illustration by Raymond Biesinger)

(Illustration by Raymond Biesinger)

MBA

How business schools are dealing with the rise in cryptocurrency

Education

St Francis Xavier biology lab. (Courtesy of St Francis Xavier University)

St Francis Xavier biology lab. (Courtesy of St Francis Xavier University)

Education

University Rankings 2021

Woman sitting on couch with computer with two kids playing on either side

Woman sitting on couch with computer with two kids playing on either side

Sponsored

Debunked: four myths about online learning

At U of T, a young woman was handcuffed after asking for help with her mental health (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov)

At U of T, a young woman was handcuffed after asking for help with her mental health (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov)

Education

Inside the mental health crisis at Canadian universities

Carson (right) and her mother, Kirsten Korchinsky, outside their Calgary home(Photograph by Leah Hennel)

Carson (right) and her mother, Kirsten Korchinsky, outside their Calgary home(Photograph by Leah Hennel)

Education

University students remain closely tied to their parents—emotionally and otherwise

MUST READS

A message board over a highway in Halifax on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (Darren Calabrese)

A message board over a highway in Halifax on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (Darren Calabrese)

News

Year One: The untold story of the pandemic in Canada

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Society

Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?

Crosses on the lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., in May, representing the residents who died of COVID-19 (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Crosses on the lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., in May, representing the residents who died of COVID-19 (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Society

2020 was the year that changed everything

Refugees and migrants make their way to the Greek island of Lesbos in March (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

Refugees and migrants make their way to the Greek island of Lesbos in March (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

Life

Don't give up on hope. The world needs it.

George W. Bush (Mark Wilson/Getty Images), Donald Trump (Tasos Katopodis/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images), and Trudeau (Courtesy of Adam Scotti/PMO)

George W. Bush (Mark Wilson/Getty Images), Donald Trump (Tasos Katopodis/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images), and Trudeau (Courtesy of Adam Scotti/PMO)

World

The doomed 30-year battle to stop a pandemic