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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 24/09/2026

A story to send to every member of your family. @rachelbrowne.ca's latest investigation for @thewalrus.ca on the ubiquitous, ruthless grandparent scam—with a Shakespearean twist near the end. thewalrus.ca/grandparent-...

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 18/06/2026

This is absolutely ridiculous. A group stage game. thewalrus.ca/i-love-socce...

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 30/04/2026

A really special congratulations to @arnokopecky.bsky.social for earning two National Magazine Award nominations and a Digital Publishing Award nomination for his absolutely beautiful personal essay in @thewalrus.ca about his father's dementia and bioluminescence.  thewalrus.ca/a-son-a-scie...

Illustration of father and son with fireflies

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 30/04/2026

So incredibly proud of the team @thewalrus.ca and our phenomenal writers, artists, and contributors for earning 25 National Magazine Award nominations this year! magazine-awards.com/en/

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 01/10/2025

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” RIP Jane Goodall, 1934–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 11/04/2025

This kind of investigative journalism takes a lot of time and effort. Subscribe to The Walrus. Sign up for our newsletter. Become a member of The Walrus Plus. thewalrus.ca/subscribe thewalrus.ca/the-walrus-p...

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 11/04/2025

In just eight months, this is now the number of former students pursing legal action against RLA:

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 11/04/2025

In January, we learned that a $3.5 million lawsuit had been filed against RLA by a former student alleging physical, sexual, psychological abuse by teachers and by other students. As @rachelbrowne.ca notes:

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 11/04/2025

After the article was published, we have since learned, parents began pulling their kids from the school. Enrolment decreased significantly. Staff were told not to speak to the media; students threatened to go to the media.

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 26/03/2025

THEY LAUNCHED AN ABSOLUTE UNITS PODCAST! merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 22/03/2025

Our latest special digital issue @thewalrus.ca: This Is War.

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 20/03/2025

Literal piracy. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 07/03/2025

Big Lonely Doug. Second-largest Douglas-fir in Canada. A thousand years old. Saved by a logger, then the ancient forest around it was clear cut. Now a forest is returning, slowly. Will take many centuries to return to what it once was.

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 25/01/2025

Author Kate Harris and I spend months and months dreaming and planning and designing this project—an in-person residency that pushes and challenges nature and “wilderness” writing—and we’re thrilled it’s taking root and putting out leaves.

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 09/01/2025

Deadline approaching to apply to the Port Renfrew Writers Retreat's Wilderness Writing Residency! www.portrenfrewwritersretreat.com/wilderness-w...

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 26/11/2024

I'm also the author of two books: "Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada's Last Great Trees" and "Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas," the latter of which was featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. www.harleyrustad.com/books

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Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 26/11/2024

I work as a senior editor at The Walrus, a general interest magazine in Canada. I've been at the magazine for more than a decade, and was really moved to be awarded Editor Grand Prix at the 2024 National Magazine Awards. Pitch me! harley@thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca

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