September 2, 2021By Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French) Christina Love is a contributor to the GLRC’s interview series entitled Workers’ Stories in the COVID-19 Era. Her post below features findings and quotes from those interviews. TW: Mention of suicide in the worker quotes (Karl). History In 1894, over 50 labour organizations from […]
Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #11 September 2, 2021Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Tinu Koithara Mathew (PhD Student, School of Human Resource Management) In the eleventh installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed Attilio, a former worker at an Old Navy store […]
Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #10 September 2, 2021Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Suzanne Spiteri (PhD Student, Sociology) In the tenth installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed a senior nurse who has worked at a GTA hospital since the 1980s. […]
Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #9 August 25, 2021Written by Suzanne Spiteri (PhD candidate, Sociology)Edited by Christina Love (Undergraduate student, Indigenous Studies & French) In this installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed Joseph, a small-scale commercial fisherman in the Republic of Malta. In the dialogue below, […]
Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #8 August 19, 2021Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Tinu Koithara Mathew (PhD Student, School of Human Resource Management) In the eighth installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series we interviewed Angela, a former cashier at Shoppers Drug Mart, […]
Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #7 August 13, 2021Written by Tinu Koithara Mathew (PhD Student, School of Human Resource Management)Edited by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French) In the seventh installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed Ali, an educational sector worker; Edward, a public […]
Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #6 August 6, 2021Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Suzanne Spiteri (PhD Candidate, Sociology) In the sixth installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed Karl, a former veterinary assistant and current customer service representative with a hot tub […]
Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #4 July 30, 2021Written and edited by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French) In the fourth installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed a current medical researcher at a Canadian hospital to gain insight into how their work and life has […]
Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #3 July 22, 2021Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Suzanne Spiteri (PhD Candidate, Sociology) In the third installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed a former front-line cashier supervisor who worked at a Shoppers Drug Mart in the […]
Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #2 July 9, 2021By Suzanne Spiteri (PhD Candidate, Sociology) and Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French) In the second installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed an Educational Assistant working with the Peel District School Board to begin to understand the […]