The Art of Slow Travel in Québec

Picking cloudberries, kayaking on the river, taking in outdoor art shows, and spending nights under the forest canopy: Québec is one great outdoor playground.

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Getting Started with Cold-Water Swimming

Multidisciplinary artist Jessica Lynn Wiebe shares her love of hydrotherapy and offers advice to those who crave the mental and physical benefits of a very chilly swim.
Village / Essay

That Sweet Spray

Once stigmatized for its relationship to our intimate parts, the bidet has reconquered hearts and backsides, flying off the shelves almost as quickly as toilet paper in March 2020. Once we rid ourselves of the taboos, it proves a true ally of the environment and our bodies.

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Besiders / Portrait

Remaking the World, One Globe at a Time

How Peter Bellerby’s London globe-making workshop strives to carry on a tradition that nobody even noticed had gone missing.
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Acid Trip

Even though our Nordic climate doesn’t allow us to plant them in our fields, citrus fruit are an integral part of Canadian culinary culture. What if lemons weren’t the only…
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Besiders / Portrait

A Profound Act of Love

For marine ecologist Alannah Vellacott, saving the Bahamas’ coral reefs is a fight to protect her home.
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Besiders / through the lens

Right to Defend, Right to Resist

Before the war, many Ukrainian civilians joined local Territorial Defence Units. Today, they are fighting to protect their country.

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BESIDE Issue 12

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Release date: June 7, 2022

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Dossiers

Eat, Love, Experiment — We pamper our pets, we want happy meat, and we…
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New Harmonies — In this four-part dossier, we have collected stories from biospheres…

Extreme Pollination — We dream of food sovereignty and access to local fruits…

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Going Sideways / Episode 02
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Opening Up Outdoors

Illustrator Florence Rivest dwells on one shore of the St. Lawrence; across the water live Uapukun Mestokosho and Shanice Mollen…

Going Sideways / Episode 05
14:16

Regrowing Nature

Lawns no longer rule supreme for these citizens bringing back native plants. In Montréal, Emile Forest and Philippe Asselin are…

Going Sideways / Episode 06
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Tending Community

All too often, we underestimate the power of community. In Montréal, Les Filles Fattoush has created work—and a warm welcome—for…

Going Sideways / Episode 03
15:48

Reinventing Work

Should you change your career or reinvent it? Quilt maker Marilyn B. Armand and fashion entrepreneur Inder Bedi may have…

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