"We still (have) with us this idea, this story that trans people are stuck in the wrong body,” says Professor Kinnonn MacKinnon, calling for a reevaluation of current standards given there are more non-binary identities and gender expression is fluid.
Large, costly and disruptive disasters are here to stay, yet, in Canada, we insist on treating them as a series of completely unforeseeable, explains Disaster & Emergency Management Professor Glenn McGillivray.
A new report co-authored by Professor Angele Alook finds that Indigenous and racialized workers, especially women, lived with a higher rate of economic insecurity than white workers during COVID-19.
Did you know that 80% of tattoos are for commemoration? According to Professor Deborah Davidson, “Memorial tattoos help us speak our grief, bandage our wounds and open dialogue about death. They help us integrate loss into our lives to help us heal.”
Today's workers don't want to be managed, says Professor David Weitzner. "They want to be partners in co-creation, where all members are empowered to bring their whole selves to the organization."
In a new opinion piece for the Globe and Mail, Professor Pat Armstrong writes, “What Canadians need are accessible mental health services consistently available across the country, not a fight over which government gets to claim responsibility for those programs.”
“Philip provides what the legal document will not, cannot. She gives us names and breath and thought and care,” explains Professor Christina Sharpe discussing Zong!, a widely-studied Canadian literary work honouring the victims of the massacre abord the Zong slave ship.
How can Indigenous & Black communities be better allies to one another? Professor Bonita Lawrence explains in a new interview with TVO about Black Lives Matter, the erasure of Indigenous history and the myth of Canadian multiculturalism.
Canadian governments must act to provide mandated job-protected paid sickness and caregiving leaves that are available to all workers, suggests a new report co-authored by Professor Leah Vosko.
"A bubble exists if you can't explain price increases by using the normal variables we look at," explains Professor George Fallis, who is concerned that people are buying solely on the expectation of future gains.