Heather Mallick Columnist
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Heather Mallick is a staff columnist whose subjects range widely. She has published two non-fiction books--a diary and an essay collection-- and has worked for CBC.ca, the Globe and Mail and other media. With a BA Hons and MA in English Literature from U of T plus a Ryerson journalism degree, she writes with courage and candour, and is an accomplished public speaker.

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Focus Areas

  • Feminism
  • Politics
  • History
  • Economics
  • Canada
  • Books
  • Literacy
  • Aesthetics
  • People
  • Context
  • Comedy
  • Trump
  • the Future

302 Articles
5 months ago
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Brilliant TV show Black Mirror is about escape — but almost no one manages it

The theme of the TV series “Black Mirror” is this: It doesn’t do to awaken longings that cannot be fulfilled. And yet...

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5 months ago
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What would Canadians do with a 60-hour day?

The moon put on the brakes on a 60-hour day. But what if it hadn’t?

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5 months ago
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Fire, flood and extreme heat vs. three silly premiers

Sure the battle to limit global heating is costly. But so is losing your house to floods, the end of the fishing indu...

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5 months ago
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Worried about conspiracies? You need to read sane, trustworthy reporting

Now that Zuckerberg has cut Canadians off from news on Facebook, bypass him and subscribe elsewhere. Search on Bing o...

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5 months ago
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The angst of baby boy billionaires means we all suffer

I am unable to decide which faux-wrestler, Zuck or Musk, has damaged my life more, Zuck, who killed journalism, or Mu...

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5 months ago
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Charlotte Gill creates a masterpiece with memoir on what it’s like to be biracial in Canada

Charlotte Gill digs hard into generations and shades of skin, into the deep drag of personality amid hostile settings...

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5 months ago
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Waterloo University attack the same horrific scene we’ve seen before

Police called it a hate crime. But hate of what? Women? Female profs? Humanities courses? “Gender” is a fuzzy target ...

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5 months ago
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Russians have been trained that it’s their duty to die in vain

Journalist Peter Pomerantsev believes Russians have a death drive in their soul, not the drive for life that is said ...

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5 months ago
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How I imagine a new day will dawn under Olivia Chow’s Toronto

It will feel as if Toronto is in an elevator and we are suddenly being lifted to the top floor.

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5 months ago
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If you love Toronto as I do, then cast your vote for mayor

With the challenges we face, you will need a mayor who’s in your corner. With more than 100 candidates, vote for anyo...

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5 months ago
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The Titanic submersible’s story has been written before

Rich and foolish grown-ups paid huge money to sink deep into the Atlantic on a macabre mission to view the tomb of pa...

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6 months ago
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Gender-neutral school washrooms only serve to humiliate students

All the Toronto public school board, the trustees and the school achieved was to make a happy bunch of young students...

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