Amazon Canada and The Walrus are pleased to announce that this year’s winner of the Amazon Canada First Novel Award is Maria Reva for Endling.
Learn more about the winning novel and the entire shortlist.
Shape Shifter-Maria Reva, winner of this year’s Amazon Canada First Novel Award, on the creative collision of reality and fictionby The Walrus Lab
A Legacy of Love and Conservation-How the Karine Blatter Arctic Fund at WWF-Canada protects polar bears, strengthens northern communities, and demonstrates the lasting impact of philanthropy by Madeleine Somerville
This week on What Happened Next, host Nathan Whitlock is joined by Tessa McWatt. Her most recent book, The Snag: A Mother, a Forest and Wild Grief, was published by Random House Canada in 2025. Tessa talks to Nathan about the recent racist riots and violence in the UK, about writing books that are distinctly anti-cozy, and about how, as someone who now lives and teaches in England, she is desperate to go on a long canoe trip.
Conversations about accessibility are often framed around legislation and accommodations, but the stories we tell about disability can be equally powerful in shaping how accessibility is perceived and lived. Human rights lawyer and DEIAB consultant Prasanna Ranganathan argues that accessibility requires more than policy change—it demands new narratives that allow us to imagine the inclusive world we seek to build. Ranganathan spoke at The Walrus Talks AccessAbility in Toronto on May 26, 2026.
On this episode of Courage Inc., from Deloitte and The Walrus Lab, Michael Lee-Chin discusses Canada’s opportunity to lead in clean energy and how that leadership can become a powerful engine for long-term wealth creation. Hear how strategic investment in sectors such as nuclear innovation, clean technology, advanced healthcare and building our indigenous business’ can strengthen Canadian sovereignty, build institutional resilience, and create lasting economic value for generations to come.
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I enjoy the act of writing, with revisions and cringeworthy phrases dotting the long arc to eloquence. It’s all “productive friction”: the struggle makes the writing itself better.
I’m Sheldon, the newest member of The Walrus’s board of directors, and a strategist who’s been focused on the ethics of AI for a decade now. When outlets rely on AI slop, they’re building their houses on sand and deteriorating trust with each “article.”
By supporting The Walrus, you’re supporting humans writing human stories. The Walrus is:
1. Hiring more contributing writers. They’re trusted voices that bring you quality writing.
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I enjoy the act of writing, with revisions and cringeworthy phrases dotting the long arc to eloquence. It’s all “productive friction”: the struggle makes the writing itself better.
I’m Sheldon, the newest member of The Walrus’s board of directors, and a strategist who’s been focused on the ethics of AI for a decade now. When outlets rely on AI slop, they’re building their houses on sand and deteriorating trust with each “article.”
By supporting The Walrus, you’re supporting humans writing human stories. The Walrus is:
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2. Investing in fellowships to teach promising writers hard, journalistic skills.
3. Fact checking every single story they publish. It’s time-consuming but worth it.
The Walrus has a goal of raising $35,000 by this Friday, July 10. Will you donate?
I enjoy the act of writing, with revisions and cringeworthy phrases dotting the long arc to eloquence. It’s all “productive friction”: the struggle makes the writing itself better.
I’m Sheldon, the newest member of The Walrus’s board of directors, and a strategist who’s been focused on the ethics of AI for a decade now. When outlets rely on AI slop, they’re building their houses on sand and deteriorating trust with each “article.”
By supporting The Walrus, you’re supporting humans writing human stories. The Walrus is:
1. Hiring more contributing writers. They’re trusted voices that bring you quality writing.
2. Investing in fellowships to teach promising writers hard, journalistic skills.
3. Fact checking every single story they publish. It’s time-consuming but worth it.
The Walrus has a goal of raising $35,000 by this Friday, July 10. Will you donate?
Sheldon Fernandez AI Strategist & Board Director, The Walrus