Emily Landau

Toronto

Executive Editor at Maclean's

Director, Editorial Features at St. Joseph Communications

Articles

Who Stands to Win in Poilievre's Canada: Private Health Companies

2 weeks ago | macleans.ca | Emily Landau

Pierre Poilievre can’t shut up. He’s a proud and pugnacious loudmouth, promising to eliminate red tape restricting new housing, slash government spending and cut taxes. He has an opinion on everything—except, it seems, for private health care. Poilievre has kept bizarrely mum on the subject. It’s a weird time to stay silent. Canada’s ERs are packed like pickle jars. Patients are paying for care in other countries, rather than waiting for specialists and appointments.
Leon Makielski’s Midwest Perspective

1 month ago | annarborobserver.com | Emily Landau |Brooke Black

An impressive selection of Makielski’s landscape work can now be seen at the Michigan Art Gallery in Pittsfield Twp. This exhibit and sale, lasting until May, shows sixty-one paintings, almost all of them landscapes, painted en plein air in Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. This content is for subscribers only.
La Raza: Arts and Media Collective, 1975–Today - Ann Arbor Observer

1 month ago | annarborobserver.com | Emily Landau |Brooke Black

At the height of El Movimiento—the Chicano/Latino labor and civil rights movement led by Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez—a group of mostly Mexican American U-M social work students founded Trabajadores de la Raza, intended to support underrepresented students and promote justice at the university. This group would evolve into the La Raza Arts and Media Collective, part of a vast network of grassroots organizations throughout the country.
Pre-trained artificial intelligence language model represents pragmatic language variability central to autism and genetically related phenotypes

Dec 20, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Joseph Lau |Emily Landau |Qingcheng Zeng |Ruichun Zhang

Get full access to this articleView all access and purchase options for this article. Data availability statementNumeric dataset and analytic scripts are available from the OSF database (https://osf.io/89rgm/). ReferencesAdams J. R., Salem A. C., MacFarlane H., Ingham R., Bedrick S. D., Fombonne E., Dolata J. K., Hill A. P., van Santen J. (2021). A pseudo-value approach to analyze the semantic similarity of the speech of children with and without autism spectrum disorder.
Event Review: Creature Discomfort

Oct 25, 2024 | annarborobserver.com | Emily Landau |Brooke Black

The legend of the Mothman originated in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where between November 1966 and December 1967, locals reported sightings of a winged humanoid creature with huge, glowing red eyes. While skeptics argued that the sightings could be attributed to sandhill cranes or large owls, the incidents led to widespread fear and speculation, some believing it to be an extraterrestrial or supernatural entity.
8 Ball Movie Night at the Blind Pig

Aug 14, 2024 | annarborobserver.com | Emily Landau |Brooke Black

The shabby, welcoming confines of the Blind Pig, the beloved Ann Arbor dive bar and longtime music venue on First St., are also host to regular late-night gatherings celebrating the offbeat, idiosyncratic world of B movies. Subscribe Now This content is for subscribers only. Already a member? Log in here
Composing Nature's Melodies - Ann Arbor Observer

Apr 26, 2024 | annarborobserver.com | Emily Landau |Brooke Black

To write his new orchestral piece, Evan Chambers took a walk in the woods. Commissioned by the City of Dexter last year to write a composition celebrating the bicentennial of its founding, Chambers, a U-M professor of music, decided to focus on the alchemy that arises from the integration of a town with the natural world surrounding it. “I’m really committed to writing music that’s rooted in place,” says Chambers.
The Year Ahead: Politics in 2024

Dec 28, 2023 | macleans.ca | Emily Landau

1. Justin Trudeau will face new challengers—both within his party and beyondMany political insiders are predicting a federal election in 2024. But after nine years in power and three election wins, the bloom is off the rose for Justin Trudeau, who’s staring down generation-high interest rates, a dire housing crisis and his lowest approval ratings ever.
Event Review: The Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club

Oct 25, 2023 | annarborobserver.com | Emily Landau |Amy Sumerton

The Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club’s headquarters, contrary to its name, is located in Dexter. Next to the tracks that now carry Amtrak trains from Ann Arbor to Jackson, and on to Chicago, stands the old grain mill, now nicely appointed as the Dexter city offices. Across the tracks is the small, unassuming Dexter Depot…. Articles from the Observer aren’t available to the general public online until the following month’s issue is published. Log In or Subscribe Now
Hidden Gems in the Northwest Territories That Are Worth Exploring

Aug 28, 2023 | msn.com | Emily Landau

Catch a Magic Show The Indigenous-owned Aurora Village is an essential tourist attraction in the Northwest Territories, particularly if you're obsessed with the northern lights. Located 25 minutes from Yellowknife, it comprises 21 lantern-lit teepees surrounding a glassy frozen lake, plus heated benches, a wood fire and hot drinks for optimal skygazing. An upgraded package includes a meal of smoked buffalo prime rib, bannock pudding and local N.W.T. beers and maple whisky.