Great Canadian Longform
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Edited by Rob Csernyik, GCL has been sharing Canadian longreads with the world since 2018.
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Writing Great Canadian Longform 101 12-24
Writing Great Canadian Longform 101 Three hours to make you a better longform writer! This single-session longform writing toolkit from Great Canadian Longform helps new and emerging journalists succ...
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Hello Bluesky. GCL here. Stay tuned for some great Canadian longreads, course announcements and occasional personal updates from editor Rob Csernyik.
Our next three-hour longform writing course will be held Dec. 4. Come join for great tips and tricks. Details here.
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Our next three-hour longform writing course will be held Dec. 4. Come join for great tips and tricks. Details here.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Seven years ago today we featured Michael Lista's "The Hacker King" as our first piece on GCL. buff.ly/38qEnmO (@torontolifemag.bsky.social @michaellista.bsky.social)
He was a teenage hacker who spent his millions on cars, clothes and watches—until the FBI caught on - Toronto Life
A story about immigrant dreams, easy money and international espionage
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January 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Seven years ago today we featured Michael Lista's "The Hacker King" as our first piece on GCL. buff.ly/38qEnmO (@torontolifemag.bsky.social @michaellista.bsky.social)
GCL HIGHLIGHT: How a former MPP and Toronto city councillor found himself living in a homeless shelter buff.ly/49WChJv (@thestar.com Ben Cohen)
‘I may end up in tears telling my story’: How a former MPP and Toronto city councillor found himself living in a homeless shelter
Lorenzo Berardinetti, a former Scarborough councillor and three times elected MPP, shares his cautionary tale.
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January 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
GCL HIGHLIGHT: How a former MPP and Toronto city councillor found himself living in a homeless shelter buff.ly/49WChJv (@thestar.com Ben Cohen)
Happy new year! Looking forward to another year of sharing GCL picks, writing classes and more with all of you.
January 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Happy new year! Looking forward to another year of sharing GCL picks, writing classes and more with all of you.
PIECE OF THE WEEK: A Perfect Storm: The Children of Elderly Canadians with Dementia Are Fighting Over Their Estates and Tearing Families Apart buff.ly/4gO8ncP (Zoomer Carolyn Abraham)
A Perfect Storm: The Children of Elderly Canadians with Dementia Are Fighting Over Their Estates and Tearing Families Apart
This is Part One in an ongoing series examining the moral and ethical dilemmas of judging the...
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December 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM
PIECE OF THE WEEK: A Perfect Storm: The Children of Elderly Canadians with Dementia Are Fighting Over Their Estates and Tearing Families Apart buff.ly/4gO8ncP (Zoomer Carolyn Abraham)
FROM THE GCL ARCHIVES: I sold my wife’s clothes to build a Christmas village in my parents’ basement buff.ly/2ENZgL8 (@thewalrus.ca Richard Kelly Kemick)
Playing God | The Walrus
I sold my wife's clothes to build a Christmas village in my parents' basement
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December 25, 2024 at 2:16 PM
FROM THE GCL ARCHIVES: I sold my wife’s clothes to build a Christmas village in my parents’ basement buff.ly/2ENZgL8 (@thewalrus.ca Richard Kelly Kemick)
PIECE OF THE WEEK 2/2: The first step in addressing gambling-related suicide in Newfoundland and Labrador is admitting it’s a problem, starting with tracking the data that might show the extent of it. buff.ly/4gHKzal (@independentnl.bsky.social Rob Csernyik)
Preventing deaths like Susan Piercey’s – The Independent
The first step in addressing gambling-related suicide in Newfoundland and Labrador is admitting it’s a problem, starting with tracking the data that might show the extent of it. (Part 1 in a 2-part se...
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December 20, 2024 at 6:05 PM
PIECE OF THE WEEK 2/2: The first step in addressing gambling-related suicide in Newfoundland and Labrador is admitting it’s a problem, starting with tracking the data that might show the extent of it. buff.ly/4gHKzal (@independentnl.bsky.social Rob Csernyik)
PIECE OF THE WEEK 1/2: Investigation into gambling-related suicides in Canada shows tracking of deaths lags while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits buff.ly/3VKB4PR (@ricochetmedia.bsky.social Rob Csernyik)
Dying to win: Canadian provinces are expanding legal gambling despite one death every nine days
Investigation into gambling-related suicide data shows tracking of deaths lags while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits
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December 20, 2024 at 5:01 PM
PIECE OF THE WEEK 1/2: Investigation into gambling-related suicides in Canada shows tracking of deaths lags while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits buff.ly/3VKB4PR (@ricochetmedia.bsky.social Rob Csernyik)
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Dying to win: Canadian provinces are expanding legal gambling despite ‘one death every nine days.’
Michener-funded investigation into gambling-related suicide data shows tracking of deaths lags, while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits.
ricochet.media/justice/dyin...
#cdnpoli
Michener-funded investigation into gambling-related suicide data shows tracking of deaths lags, while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits.
ricochet.media/justice/dyin...
#cdnpoli
Dying to win: Canadian provinces are expanding legal gambling despite one death every nine days
Investigation into gambling-related suicide data shows tracking of deaths lags while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits
ricochet.media
December 17, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Dying to win: Canadian provinces are expanding legal gambling despite ‘one death every nine days.’
Michener-funded investigation into gambling-related suicide data shows tracking of deaths lags, while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits.
ricochet.media/justice/dyin...
#cdnpoli
Michener-funded investigation into gambling-related suicide data shows tracking of deaths lags, while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits.
ricochet.media/justice/dyin...
#cdnpoli
Next week you'll be able to read the first parts of my Michener-Deacon investigative reporting fellowship project. I've been working on it for more than two years. In the replies, sign up to receive my investigation by email and stay tuned for further details. -RC
December 10, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Next week you'll be able to read the first parts of my Michener-Deacon investigative reporting fellowship project. I've been working on it for more than two years. In the replies, sign up to receive my investigation by email and stay tuned for further details. -RC
PIECE OF THE WEEK: The 55-year old museum shuttered without warning one Friday in June. Then devastated staff were given four months to dismantle it. A former employee on the last days of the Ontario Science Centre. buff.ly/3Oobzja (@thelocal.to Alison Motluk)
The Killing of the Science Centre | The Local
The 55-year old museum shuttered without warning one Friday in June. Then devastated staff were given four months to dismantle it. A former employee on the last days of a beloved institution.
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December 6, 2024 at 5:37 AM
PIECE OF THE WEEK: The 55-year old museum shuttered without warning one Friday in June. Then devastated staff were given four months to dismantle it. A former employee on the last days of the Ontario Science Centre. buff.ly/3Oobzja (@thelocal.to Alison Motluk)
ICYMI... Enter our contest for the chance to attend the next GCL class for free!
CONTEST TIME. Follow our Bluesky account and enter here to win one of two free registrations to our Dec. 4 longform writing class.
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Writing GCL 101 Contest
By entering here and following the Great Canadian Longform account on Bluesky you can win the chance to attend our upcoming three-hour longform writing master class for free.
Course and registration ...
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November 26, 2024 at 12:44 PM
ICYMI... Enter our contest for the chance to attend the next GCL class for free!
CONTEST TIME. Follow our Bluesky account and enter here to win one of two free registrations to our Dec. 4 longform writing class.
forms.gle/frD8zUp5W22F...
forms.gle/frD8zUp5W22F...
Writing GCL 101 Contest
By entering here and following the Great Canadian Longform account on Bluesky you can win the chance to attend our upcoming three-hour longform writing master class for free.
Course and registration ...
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November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
CONTEST TIME. Follow our Bluesky account and enter here to win one of two free registrations to our Dec. 4 longform writing class.
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PIECE OF THE WEEK: Breakaway ropers are fighting for a new place for women in Canadian rodeo, using skill, grit – and a lot of fundraising buff.ly/493sIbj (@theglobeandmail.com @janapruden.bsky.social)
How Canadian cowgirls have corralled a new space for women in rodeo with breakaway roping
Using skill, grit and a lot of fundraising, cowgirls are seizing on a new chance to show their worth
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November 23, 2024 at 2:48 PM
PIECE OF THE WEEK: Breakaway ropers are fighting for a new place for women in Canadian rodeo, using skill, grit – and a lot of fundraising buff.ly/493sIbj (@theglobeandmail.com @janapruden.bsky.social)
Welcome to our new followers. ICYMI, please check out our upcoming longform writing class. Only $40 and three-hours separate you from the tips and tricks you need to pitch, write and self-edit better longreads.
Hello Bluesky. GCL here. Stay tuned for some great Canadian longreads, course announcements and occasional personal updates from editor Rob Csernyik.
Our next three-hour longform writing course will be held Dec. 4. Come join for great tips and tricks. Details here.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Our next three-hour longform writing course will be held Dec. 4. Come join for great tips and tricks. Details here.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Writing Great Canadian Longform 101 12-24
Writing Great Canadian Longform 101 Three hours to make you a better longform writer! This single-session longform writing toolkit from Great Canadian Longform helps new and emerging journalists succ...
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November 19, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Welcome to our new followers. ICYMI, please check out our upcoming longform writing class. Only $40 and three-hours separate you from the tips and tricks you need to pitch, write and self-edit better longreads.
Hello Bluesky. GCL here. Stay tuned for some great Canadian longreads, course announcements and occasional personal updates from editor Rob Csernyik.
Our next three-hour longform writing course will be held Dec. 4. Come join for great tips and tricks. Details here.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Our next three-hour longform writing course will be held Dec. 4. Come join for great tips and tricks. Details here.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Writing Great Canadian Longform 101 12-24
Writing Great Canadian Longform 101 Three hours to make you a better longform writer! This single-session longform writing toolkit from Great Canadian Longform helps new and emerging journalists succ...
docs.google.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Hello Bluesky. GCL here. Stay tuned for some great Canadian longreads, course announcements and occasional personal updates from editor Rob Csernyik.
Our next three-hour longform writing course will be held Dec. 4. Come join for great tips and tricks. Details here.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Our next three-hour longform writing course will be held Dec. 4. Come join for great tips and tricks. Details here.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...