Website: https://thewalrus.ca/
Email: info@thewalrus.ca
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Goals/mission:
- “Provoking new thinking and sparking conversation on vital Canadian matters.”
- The magazine’s educational mandate requires them to educate new journalists. This mandate also requires the magazine to teach through their journalism.
- Committed to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility within their team so that they reflect Canadian stories.
- Ensuring that the content published is accessible to the wide range of readers that the magazine brings in.
Notable activities:
- Amazon Canada First Novel Award:
- The Walrus co-presents this award with Amazon Canada.
- Youth Short Story Category: authors aged 13-17.
- Teen Walrus:
- Digital publication that aims to amplify youth voices. This page includes essays and fiction. https://thewalrus.ca/teen-walrus/
- Youth for Youth podcast
- The Walrus Talks: https://thewalrus.ca/the-walrus-talks/
- Virtual and in-person events with discussions based on current events.
- The Walrus Lab Podcasts: https://thewalrus.ca/podcasts/
Ways to get involved:
- Donate.
- Subscribe to the magazine.
- Sign up for their newsletter.
- Read content on their website for free.
- Submit your work. Short essays, long reads, arts & culture, digital features, fiction, poetry, visual features. Submission guidelines can be found here: https://thewalrus.ca/about/submissions/