Vancouver's underground city
In Edinburgh, there is a tourist attraction called the underground city. For around 10 quid, tourists can behold the South Bridge vaults while a low-paid costumed fop festoons you with ghost stories...
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Disposable workers: Bigger profits from lower wages
Tuesday, April 29, 2014In her much-discussed Walrusprofile of Jason Kenney, award-winning journalist Marci McDonald questions how well immigration policy designed as part of Harper Conservative...
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The global reach of temporary foreign worker policies
Friday, May 2, 2014There used to be another word for temporary foreign workers. They were called immigrants. They did jobs that, we're told, Canadians now don't want to do. That included mining,...
View ArticleCrisis in academic labour puts Canadian universities on the brink
Last week I received an email from a former student asking me for a reference letter. I receive about ten of these requests per year. This particular email was representative of the ones I generally...
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The crisis of contract academic labour in Canada
The contract labour crisis is brewing in post-secondary education. How do we fight?Crisis in academic labour puts Canadian universities on the brink
View ArticlePost-term tristesse in the age of austerity
"I feel an agonizing sense of loss and regret when I walk out of the classroom for the last time."Hook & Eye Co-founder and Editrix Emerita Heather Zwicker wrote this in April of 2011. In the full...
View ArticleHarper presides over the growth of precarious work in Canada
Precarious work is on the rise in Canada and internationally.This is a situation in which people face low wages, part-time, temporary or contract work, limited benefits, periods of unemployment,...
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