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Written by Daniel Tsai, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. In theory, a universal job guarantee could help stabilize inflation by providing stable, full-time employment, addressing unemployment, enhancing economic productivity and reinforcing price stability. With … Continued
Written by Philip Mai, Toronto Metropolitan University; Alyssa N. Saiphoo, Toronto Metropolitan University; Anatoliy Gruzd, Toronto Metropolitan University and Felipe Bonow Soares, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Stefani Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP. Originally published in The Conversation. While attending the … Continued
Written by Christopher Powell, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo. Originally published in The Conversation. Rescue workers stand on the rubble following a Russian rocket attack on a residential apartment block, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine … Continued
Written by Eugene Y. Chan, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Using language that stresses the “seriousness” or “importance” of climate change in protests and campaigns can lead to counterintuitive results. Climate change is slowly, … Continued
Written by Andrew Parkin, University of Toronto; Anna Triandafyllidou, Toronto Metropolitan University; Seyda Ece Aytac, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. Originally published in The Conversation. People stand on Parliament Hill in July 2021 alongside a makeshift … Continued
Written by Wendy Cukier, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press. Originally published in The Conversation. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces new gun control legislation in Ottawa on May 30, 2022. The Canadian government has tabled new legislation … Continued
Written by Shiri Pasternak, Toronto Metropolitan University and Kevin Walby, University of Winnipeg. Photo credit Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. Originally published in The Conversation. A person holds a sign calling for to defund the police during an October 2020 protest … Continued
Written by Peggy Nash, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit Cole Burston/The Canadian Press. Originally published in The Conversation. Ontario Federation of Labour rallies in May called for improving workers’ rights and repairing deep inequalities that have been highlighted and deepened … Continued
Written by Jessica Evans, Toronto Metropolitan University and Linda Mussell, University of Ottawa. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Thousands of imprisoned persons in Ontario faced barriers to voting in the June 2 provincial election. Many will also … Continued
Written by Deborah de Lange, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Thibault Camus/AP Photo. Originally published in The Conversation. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens during a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after their talks in early February … Continued
Written by Stein Monteiro and Nevyn Pillai, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press. Originally published in The Conversation. A Haitian family poses for a photograph after taking the oath of citizenship on Parliament Hill in 2019. Welcoming and … Continued
