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September 12, 2026

Great Reads

Welcome to Great Reads, where we share a selection of provocative, inspiring, and delightful stories worth your time this weekend.

Illustration by Illustration by The Globe and Mail

Is Carney a closer? The Canada Investment Summit will be the ultimate test

James Bradshaw and Stephanie Levitz

The PM and top Canadian CEOs plan to pitch the country’s untapped potential to global investors. Will that be enough to secure billions of dollars in new deals?

Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail

AI has changed the calculus for computer-science students, and schools that hope to teach them

Kelly Grant

Postsecondary education reporter

Faced with the risk that artificial intelligence will drain the job market, some of Canada’s young coders are changing tack at university

Lulama Zenzile/The Globe and Mail

South Africa’s new inquest into Steve Biko’s death comes decades late – but with it, hope

Geoffrey York

Africa Bureau Chief

The family and supporters of the anti-apartheid activist say they don’t want vengeance, just accountability

David Kerr/The Globe and Mail

Jay Baruchel’s fast and furious dream to rocket Canadian film into the stratosphere

Barry Hertz

Ahead of The Stunt Driver’s TIFF world premiere, the star talks with Barry Hertz about the film he’s been working his entire career toward

Johnny C.Y. Lam/The Globe and Mail

On a sombre anniversary, Gander welcomes the ‘plane people’ back to the Rock

Lindsay Jones and Photography by Johnny C.Y. Lam

With Canadian-American tensions at a fever pitch, the kindness and generosity of townsfolk still overwhelms 25 years after 9/11