July/August 2025 | True North Strong and Free

FEATURES

ON THE COVER
For this special collector's issue celebrating Canada's sovereignty, artist Robert Carter created this illustration depicting Canada's strength, unity and defiance

THE MAN ON THE HILL
The art and science of watching for wildfires from lookouts is fading away, but Bart Vanderlinde watches on
Story and photography by Paige Taylor White

THIS IS CANADA
A collection of stories and essays to explore and celebrate Canadianness including:
North Star by Wade Davis, illustrations by Kerry Hodgson
Being Canadian by Valerie Pringle
Manifest opportunity by Niigaanwewidam Sinclair
On guard with thee by Francine Pelletier
True, strong and free by Mel Woods
The Canadian Dream by Kamal Al-Solaylee, photography by Mariel Nelms

YEHEWIN ASKI: THE BREATHING LANDS
On the western shores of James and Hudson bays, a group of Omushkego Cree nations work to protectboth water and land
By Susan Nerberg with photography by Christian Fleury