Samia Madwar

Jan 16, 2025 | thewalrus.ca | Samia Madwar

Catherine Tsalikis began contemplating a biography of Chrystia Freeland in August 2020, when Freeland, already deputy prime minister, took on the role of finance minister. At the time, Freeland was seen as a leading contender to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader, with many assuming her rise to the top was only a matter of time.

Dec 10, 2024 | thewalrus.ca | Samia Madwar

T o be Syrian, it seems, is to live in disbelief. Even as I watched the news unfold overnight on Saturday and into Sunday morning that rebels had entered Damascus, Syria’s capital, and that long-time dictator Bashar al-Assad had fled the country, even as I learned Sunday morning that he’d officially resigned, and even as family members sent congratulatory messages, I didn’t know how to accept that the regime had finally fallen. It was a familiar sort of disbelief.

Apr 3, 2024 | msn.com | Samia Madwar

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Apr 3, 2024 | thewalrus.ca | Samia Madwar

When Sara Fung was hired as a clinical nurse specialist at a hospital near Toronto, she thought she was starting her dream job. Six months in, she was miserable. Every day felt like an episode of Survivor. “I had to find the right alliances,” she says, “or I was going to sink.” A manager Fung worked with was a bully, and the environment was generally hostile.

Feb 8, 2024 | thewalrus.ca | Samia Madwar

In 2019, Lorraine Sharp began noticing that something was off. She dreaded going to work in the morning. She continually felt she wasn’t doing enough for her patients. For nearly a decade, she’d worked part time in a group practice in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; while the team set-up meant she had administrative support, she was solely responsible for her roster of 800 patients. She also worked on call at the regional hospital.