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A timeline: The pandemic’s impact on women in the workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic upended women’s economic gains, wiping out 35 years of progress in two short months.
The Monitor – Summer 2024
In March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit home, the walls rapidly closed in—especially for women.
Work in progress
The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out 35 years of women’s economic gains in two short months. At the height of the lockdown, women were working 27 per cent…
Penicillin the right prescription for Canada in pandemic agreement negotiations
Instead of undermining technology transfer provisions, Canada once played a key role in disseminating breakthrough medical technology
Beyond Recovery: A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery | Panel discussion
This year we published A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery: Increased precarity of women hotel workers in British Columbia. Join us for a panel discussion featuring the…
The Canadian Dental Care Plan will have higher copayments than expected
Canada is long overdue for an expansion of public dental care, but it seems that the federal government is weakening the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) before…
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,…
New report focuses on the experiences of immigrant and migrant women workers in Nova Scotia
Halifax/Kjipuktuk—Today, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released the report, Cooking, Cleaning, and Caring: COVID-19, Essential Labour and the Experiences of Immigrant and Migrant…
Free contraception is a win for all Canadians
“Right now, Canada is the only country with universal health care that does not offer coverage for prescription drugs, including contraceptives.
Basic research is the key to future progress
Decades before most of us had ever heard the phrase “novel coronavirus,” researchers at universities around the world were advancing our understanding of vaccines. Their…
A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery
“So, in March, during 2020, March 2020, on the 15th of March our schedule changed. And they told us that we don’t have any schedule…
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