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The Impact of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Vulnerable Nova Scotians
Submission to the Standing Committee on Community Services by Christine Saulnier, Ph.D., Director, CCPA-NS Dealing with cost increases is possible if your income is rising…
Fighting Mis/Disinformation through the Public School System
Information environments as a social determinant of health.
Class(room) Consciousness
I’ve often said that the work we do at CCPA fills me with both gratitude and pride. I still refer to this job as work I “get” to do, because I fundamentally believe that it is a privilege.
Arming ourselves in the fight against disinformation
Disinformation, when practiced at scale, can fracture societies. It’s up to us to stop it.
Disinformation: New tools, same poison
Disinformation didn’t spring out of nowhere—it’s a tool the powerful use to protect themselves from accountability
Progressive politics and the age of misinformation
If we’re serious about the project to build a better world, then progressives need a serious strategy to dismantle the infrastructure of disinformation.
Canada can’t be complacent about threats to our democracy
Disinformation is a global problem, and Canada is not immune.
Bots, trolls, deception and the hacking of the human brain
None of us are immune from efforts to deceive us. It’s important that we learn how to recognize those efforts.
Lowest Wage Workers Deserve Additional Support Now
Halifax/Kjipuktuk— “I am pleased that the Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee recommends moving to $15 by October of this year instead of April next…
Breakfast of champions
Record-breaking total compensation: Average pay for the best-paid 100 CEOs hit $14.3 million in 2021, smashing the previous record of $11.8 million in 2018 and setting…
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