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Face to face with COVID-19: How do we care for care workers?
by CCPA-ON on April 6, 2020 In the midst of a global pandemic, are workers in long-term care (LTC) and home care in Ontario getting the support they need to do their jobs and get home safely? No, they’...What kind of return to normal do we want?
by IRIS on April 6, 2020 In a column published on the IRIS blog (and translated for Behind the Numbers), Guillaume Hébert says that the COVID-19 crisis marks a point of no return on a global scale that...A return to normal is not an option
by Guillaume Hebert on April 6, 2020 It is reasonable to think there will be no return to normal after this crisis. First of all, because the health crisis is already changing our relationship to the community, to...A tribute to Mel Watkins
by Bruce Campbell on April 5, 2020 Mel Watkins was a towering intellect whose body of work shaped the thinking of generations of students, scholars, politicians, journalists and activists, myself included. As a...Which unemployed Canadians will get support?
by David Macdonald on April 2, 2020 New federal policies are being created and adapted daily to try and head off the worst-case economic impacts of COVID-19. Many of those modifications are in reaction to advocates...
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