Genna Buck
National Post
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Meet the real Ms. Monopoly — who didn’t get credit for inventing the iconic game
Lizzie Magie, an anti-capitalist women's rights campaigner and game designer, invented The Landlord's Game, a precursor to Monopoly that preached against greed → Read More
Brand Bianca: Canadian tennis star has shot at big off-court success after U.S. Open win
With a bit of thoughtful planning, Andreescu can cultivate a lucrative personal brand and avoid the missteps of athletes who have walked her path before → Read More
Meet Bianca Andreescu, Canada’s teen titan of tennis
The National Post's Genna Buck spells out some of the factors that define Bianca Andreescu and her remarkable ascent → Read More
Virtue and Moir's Rock the Rink tour not paying Special Olympics participants
Advocates say having people with disabilities volunteer their time to a business, doing work others would be paid for, is a problematic way to promote inclusion → Read More
The forgotten factor in Donald Trump’s quest to buy Greenland — rare-earth elements
Rare-earth elements are an essential component of smartphones, computers, and many industrial and defence applications. Most come from China → Read More
‘It’s just one study’: Why experts say it’s not time to give up on fluoridation
There are good reasons that a scientific paper — even a very good one — shouldn't form the basis of policy → Read More
'It's just one study': Why experts say it's not time to give up on fluoridation
There are good reasons that a scientific paper — even a very good one — shouldn't form the basis of policy → Read More
Jimmy Kimmel can't just waltz in and be Dildo's mayor — no one can
The late night host wouldn’t want the job if he knew how complicated Newfoundland politics are, experts say → Read More
Jimmy Kimmel can’t just waltz in and be Dildo’s mayor — no one can
The late night host wouldn't want the job if he knew how complicated Newfoundland politics are, experts say → Read More
Why millenials call their pets — and plants — babies
What the jokesters don’t realize is that the linguistic shift from ‘owning’ pets and plants to ‘parenting’ them is a sign of much deeper societal change → Read More
Canadian Jacqueline Gareau forgives Rosie Ruiz for cheating her at the Boston Marathon
At mile 22 in the 1980 Boston marathon, legendary runner Kathrine Switzer locked eyes with Gareau and held up one finger: You’re in first place → Read More
The case of Rhino Albino and other B.C. human rights complaints
Earl’s Albino Rhino beer had been on offer for 25 years when the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal agreed to hear a complaint by a woman with albinism → Read More
Canadian internet services company Tucows stops hosting 8chan domain in wake of El Paso mass shooting
8chan is a message-board site where users cheer mass shooters — and the El Paso shooter published his manifesto → Read More
Lab-grown ice cream presents a labelling challenge for Canadian dairy
What will we label a 'dairy' product that does not come from a cow? → Read More
Lab-grown ice cream presents a labelling challenge for Canadian dairy
What will we label a ‘dairy’ product that does not come from a cow? → Read More
Technological legacy of the Apollo era is much more complicated than you think
The Apollo missions did lead to the development of many new technologies, but their greatest legacy could outlive any technological advance → Read More
'It's totally irresponsible': Canadian ethicist slams rogue Russian's plan to edit human embryos
The ethical implications are more complicated than the usual dystopian warnings about babies-made-to-order, a bioethicist explains → Read More
'It's totally irresponsible': Canadian ethicist slams rogue Russian's plan to edit human embryos
The ethical implications are more complicated than the usual dystopian warnings about babies-made-to-order, a bioethicist explains → Read More
What is that M, F or X actually there for? The case for removing gender from Canadian IDs
The gender field on our identification, by default, refers to gender identity, not physical characteristics or biological sex → Read More
SickKids scientist calls for ‘national strategy’ to get genome sequencing covered in Canada
The U.K. will pay for children with mysterious rare disorders and their parents to have their entire genomes sequenced — Canadian scientists want the same → Read More