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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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More than 1 in 5 Canadian professionals in precarious jobs: report
Based on a national survey of professionals about precarious working conditions, the first of its kind, No Safe Harbour: Precarious Work and Economic Insecurity Among…
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Post-pandemic: Towards a more equitable, inclusive, sustainable society
We live in unprecedented times. The global community has been broadsided by a pandemic that has upended our lives socially, physically, psychologically, and financially.
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Think Upstream is joining forces with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Think Upstream is now a project of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), teaming up with one of Canada’s most prominent research institutes to…
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Coping with COVID-19 is hard. This video series helps kids learn to stay safe and support each other
Created with a psychologist, pediatricians and parenting experts, Spike & Toody is aimed at 3-7-year-olds and consists of 5 x 4-minute videos that cover a range…
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Re-opening amid COVID-19: too soon?
As provinces across Canada ease into the re-opening phase of COVID-19, a lot of us are greeting that development with a healthy dose of trepidation.
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New animated video for kids and their families during COVID-19
Two decades of working in children’s television taught regional Emmy Award-winning Mike Erskine-Kellie and Susan McLennan that if you want to change the world, you…
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Social prescribing in the age of COVID-19
On social media—our lifeline during physical isolation—people talk about their lack of productivity, their inability to concentrate, feelings of anxiety and dread.
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COVID-19 changes everything
I had a COVID-19 dream, where I was trapped in a sprawling resort crammed with people desperate to escape the virus.
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Social resources for Canadians impacted by COVID-19
Lists of social resources covering food supports, housing, legal advice, social isolation and support around domestic violence (updated May 25, 2020) here:
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COVID-19 is showing how interconnected we are
Maybe the reality of COVID-19 hasn’t fully sunk in; it’s challenging to grasp the implications of this novel coronavirus.
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Lessons from COVID-19: We are only as strong as our weakest link
There is a lot we still don’t know about COVID-19 (coronavirus) and how hard it will impact Canada. But one thing we’re learning: we are…
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What I learned in the emergency room
“Income is one of the major drivers of health and wellbeing,” he says.
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