“When SFU’s School of Communication opened in 1973, we didn’t know how drastically the way we communicate would change over the years.” Catch a series of special events for their 50th anniversary. By Stuart Poyntz. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/10/16/50-Years-Communication-Studies-SFU/

As we shared links within our team about the events unfolding in the Middle East, we longed for mind-broadening insights rather than debasing discourses. If that’s what you want too, offered here are a handful of readings. Tyee editor-in-chief David Beers writes. Published Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/16/Reading-Israel-Hamas-War/

Ahead of Naomi Klein’s appearance at the Vancouver Writers Festival this weekend, Tyee senior editor andrea bennett interviews the “Doppelganger” author on conspiracy culture, how to navigate the current political moment and why it’s radical to cherish human life. Published Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/16/Naomi-Klein-Interview/

Congrats, random Canadian! You now own a significant share of a $30.9-billion pipeline expansion project. But wait — we have bad news about your financial returns. An Andrew-Nikiforuk generated explainer. Tyee contributing editor Andrew is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. Published Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/13/Dear-TMX-Oilsands-Pipeline-Owner-More-Bad-News/

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon’s task force and recommendations did not provide adequate grounds for their rejection of vacancy control. Elliot Rossiter on why the province ought to reconsider. Elliot is a faculty member in the department of philosophy at Douglas College. Published Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/13/BC-Needs-Vacancy-Control/

Fox News regular Christopher Rufo’s new book gets its own key arguments wrong. But it’s a glimpse into America’s far-right intellectuals — and those who fund them. Crawford Kilian read and reviewed so you don’t have to. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/13/America-Right-Wing-Intelligentsia/

Why did Canada let in so many people with clear ties to the Nazi regime? One historian’s interpretation after seeing archives: pro-white, anti-left policies. Alvin Finkel writes. Alvin is professor emeritus of history at Athabasca University and co-author of the textbook History of the Canadian Peoples as well as The Chamberlain-Hitler Collusion and 12 other books. Published Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/10/13/Canada-Let-Thousands-Former-Nazis/

Babylon was set to transform Alberta health care. Now the app, with which the Alberta UCP was so entranced in the spring of 2020, is bankrupt. 🩺 David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/12/Babylon-Now-Bankrupt/

Tickets are going quick! Vancouver Writers Fest’s lineup of over 120 authors across 85 events features authors from Rebecca Solnit to Celeste Ng to Patrick deWitt, from fiction to youth lit. 🎫📚 By Vancouver Writers Fest. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/10/12/Vancouver-Writers-Fest/

What becomes of the rainforest when it no longer rains? 🌧🌳 Writer Karen Charleson on the resource extraction industries’ effects on the coastal temperate rainforest, where she lives. Karen is a writer and educator. Published Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/12/Rainforest-Without-Rain/