The Sunday Edition — October 14, 2018

Canada's population needs to be 100 million by 2100

We need many more young people in the workforce, contributing to the GDP and tax base which are essential to support Canada's aging population, says Shari Austin, CEO of the Century Initiative.

Canada is unprepared for the demographic time-bomb hurtling at us

Because of the boomer bulge, greater longevity and reduced birth rates, Canada's population is aging rapidly. By 2031, nearly one-quarter of Canadians will be 65 or older, and we do not have the medical, social and financial resources in place to cope with the demand.

Aren't you too old for that? The late life plunge into the PhD

A truck driver, bartender, activist and justice consultant share stories of their bold decision to take up a PhD later in their lives. More students are taking up the PhD later in life — even those with no intention of finding a job. 

Dismissed in her lifetime, African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston is considered a legend in ours

As Hurston's non-fiction book about the last survivor of the last slave ship is finally released to the public, Michael Enright speaks with writers and scholars about her extraordinary life and legacy.