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Sunday February 26, 2017
THE SUNDAY EDITION Meet the brilliant particle physicist who is unlocking the mysteries of the cosmos
Asimina Arvanitaki has nothing but mathematics — and a very big brain — in her tool kit. She is the first female holder of a research chair at Waterloo's Perimeter Institute. Sunday Edition producer Chris Wodskou's documentary is called, "The Language of the Universe."
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Sunday April 02, 2017
The Sunday Edition 'We must go on living': Anton Chekhov for the 21st century
It has been more than a century since the great Russian writer Anton Chekhov died, but his stories and plays read as if they had been written last week. His characters desperately search for happiness, but they don't know how to find it. They are full of longing and uncertainty, and they are confronted by the same moral dilemmas we face today.
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Sunday April 23, 2017
Turkey must choose democracy not just stability, says exiled journalist
A conversation with Turkish journalist Can Dündar, former editor-in-chief of one of Turkey's largest opposition dailies. Dündar was imprisoned by the government and charged with leaking state secrets, espionage, and aiding a terrorist group. He now lives in Berlin.
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Sunday May 28, 2017
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Parents of Manchester children unite in grief with Muslim parents - Michael's essay
Terrorists no longer just kill adults. Here's an excerpt: "Now, the children are "soft targets". I can't think of a more accurate or appropriate term." More read comments
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How 'spiritual dread' and flawed risk perception make us overreact to terrorism
A majority of Americans say terrorism is the most important issue facing their country, and that they fear someone in their family will become a victim of terrorism. Yet gun violence kills about a thousand times more people per year in the U.S. than terrorists do. Jessica Stern is a research professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies in Boston, and coauthor of "ISIS: The State of Terror". She says we respond to blanket media coverage which amplifies the threat, and to the psychology of what she calls "spiritual dread." More read comments
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Andrew Scheer is the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
Andrew Scheer won the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada on Saturday evening. More read comments
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The extraordinary graduation of Rumana Monzur
Six years ago, Rumana Monzur was a student at UBC, when she went home to Bangladesh to visit her family. Her husband attacked her, bit off half her nose and gouged out her eyes. This week, Ms. Monzur, now blind, graduated from UBC's school of law. We re-broadcast Karin Wells's 2013 documentary about Ms. Monzur's brave journey. It's called "A Thousand Eyes." More read comments
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Why Canada needs a new National Housing Policy — now!
Canada is in the midst of a housing crisis. Young people can't afford to buy a home, people in social housing are being evicted due to massive repair backlogs, and a growing forest of condo towers in our big cities excludes families and children. David Hulchanski, one of this country's most respected housing experts, looks back at the history of housing policy in this country, and what that history can teach us about the need for government intervention in housing. More read comments
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Learning how to die with grace from a beloved friend
In the school of life, death is a demanding teacher. And all of us - one way or another - end up in the class. Before we get there, the experience of others can be enormously instructive, even inspiring. Phyllis Jardine's essay is called, "Afterword." More read comments
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