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Catherine Bryan
Catherine Bryan is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at Dalhousie University and the chair of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Nova Scotia Office’s Research Advisory Committee.
Contradictions in care: Labour conditions, conflicting values, and crisis in child protection social work in Nova Scotia
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report, Contradictions in care: Labour conditions, conflicting values, and crisis in child protection social…
When “survival” jobs become “essential” work
In the lexicon of immigrant settlement services, the term “survival jobs” is used to signal temporary employment intended to ensure survival in the short term,…
Cooking, cleaning, and caring
At three months [once her work permit had been secured], I convinced myself that I was an adolescent, even if I was 50 years old,…
The pretense that Canada’s immigration system isn’t racist persists
Canada’s immigration system is fundamentally based on exploitation of racialized workers.
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