Trish Hennessy
DIRECTOR, THINK UPSTREAM Trish is the Director of the Think Upstream project and a senior communications strategist with the CCPA National Office. She is focused on social determinants health, sustainable development goals, income inequality, decent work, an inclusive economy, and wellbeing budgeting. Trish was the founding director of the CCPA Ontario and co-founded the Ontario Living Wage Network. She was the founding director of the CCPA National Office’s growing gap project, which began in 2006. Trish was a former newspaper journalist, originally from Saskatchewan but she now lives in Ottawa. She has a B.A. Sociology from Queen’s University, a B.S.W. from Carleton University, and an M.A. in Sociology from OISE/University of Toronto.
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Our country has the resources to provide dignity for all—our leaders’ failure to do so is a political choice.
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We dive into what the Conservative Party has promised ahead of the 44th Canadian election.
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We dive into what the NDP has promised ahead of the 44th Canadian election.
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