Terry Glavin: They’re less likely than Americans to identify as ‘white’—and long have been. But a new survey suggests that’s changing.
Tag Archives: identity
Why budget ‘gender statements’ are a bad idea
Rather than promoting shared values, they curate differences—part of a political trend that’s now wreaking havoc in the U.S.
REVIEW: 1982
Book by Jian Ghomeshi
Hardware stolen from University of Victoria turns up in mailbox
Strange apology inside
Google wants to see your papers
Google will let you use whatever name you want—so long as it’s on your driver’s license, too
(Still) Searching for a new Liberalism
Why marketing is the centerpiece of modern political campaigning
I’d rather be Parisian
Two new books tap into a growing feeling of ‘continent envy’—the idea that we really belong somewhere else
I’m not that Lisa Rundle
For some, the Davidar scandal was tantalizing gossip or morality tale. For me, it felt oddly personal.
Is National Identity Really What We Need?
That question is the last line of Bryan Palmer’s new book, Canada’s 1960s: The ironies of identity in a rebellious era, out now from UTPress. I used to think it was the most important question facing Canadians; the fact that I now think the search for a Canadian identity is both misguided and counterproductive is what (partially) explains the somewhat negative tone of my review of John Ralston Saul’s latest book, in a forthcoming edition of the LRC.