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The Monitor, January/February 2019
The Right to the City Download 7.27 MB Ten years ago the political geographer David Harvey wrote, “The freedom to make and remake our cities…
Image: Whose voices are missing from pipeline debates?
“Fossil fuel proponents often claim their support for the industry is connected to the needs and interests of energy workers—and our news media repeat and…
Contract U: Follow up statement
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT A note of information – November 7th 2018 Contract U: Contract faculty appointments at Canadian universities provides an analysis…
Contract jobs now account for majority of university faculty appointments in Canada
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT New study examines reliance on precarious jobs on university campuses; Ontario, Quebec and B.C. have contract faculty rates…
The Monitor, November-December 2018
Making Finance Work for People Download 6.46 MB In Part 2 of our feature on the state of the economy 10 years after the crisis,…
The Monitor, September/October 2018
Fragile Recovery Download 9.57 MB A decade after the worst financial crash since the Great Depression, a fragile recovery is obscuring threats—some new, some as…
Image: What do the two largest mining disasters in Canada’s and Brazil’s histories have in common?
The Mount Polley disaster took place in August 2014, when the dam holding toxic waste from the copper and gold mine collapsed, creating the largest…
More than 1 in 5 Canadian professionals in precarious jobs: report
TORONTO – Despite their high level of education, credentials, skills, and even experience, 22 per cent of Canadian professionals are in precarious jobs, says a…
Think tank mourns the loss of feminist activist Kate McInturff
OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) mourns the devastating loss of feminist researcher and scholar, Kate McInturff. CCPA staff, board and partners remember Kate…
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