Maclean's

Canada's national magazine covering current affairs, politics, culture trends, ideas and personalities.

Maclean’s

EDITOR’S NOTE • IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S

Brain “regain” puts Canada front and centre in stem cell research • With a world-class stem cell institute ready to be built at UHN, the time was right for Dr. Gordon Keller’s return to Canada

COMMENTS • READERS WEIGH IN

THE INTERVIEW • BlackBerry director Matt Johnson has hit the big leagues. He’s still an indie kid inside.

Create Wealth Funds for Canadian Kids • At birth, every child should get $10,000 in a government-managed investment account. Their prospects—and the country’s—will soar.

Tall Order • Vancouver’s Butterfly complex combines luxury condos with affordable housing—and pulls it off

Exams Aren’t the Only Way to Test Kids • Why seminars, research projects and thoughtful conversations best traditional assessments

The Condo Crash • For years, low interest rates fuelled a big-city condo-flipping frenzy. Profits got bigger and condos got smaller. Now the bubble has popped and left behind thousands of unsellable, unlivable units.

The Anti-Anti-Vaxxer • I spent years spouting conspiracy theories about vaccines. Now, as measles rages in my home of Alberta, I’m trying to convince vax-hesitant parents to inoculate their kids.

Alberta’s New Separatists • Canada’s most renegade province has been threatening to go it alone for more than a century. Now they mean it more than ever.

WHY WORKING PROFESSIONALS ARE CHOOSING AN ONLINE MBA AT UFRED • From working parents to soldiers deployed overseas, learn how UFred’s MBA supports students while unlocking what’s next

MEMORY BANK • A Montrealer’s photo archive joins UNESCO’s list of humanity’s most valuable records

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