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Budget watch 2019: Moving forward on a federal feminist agenda
by Katherine Scott on March 18, 2019 Earlier this month, the CCPA released The Best and Worst Places to be a Woman in Canada report. Kingston took the top spot in this year’s rankings with the smallest gender gap...Final report of the Just Transition Task Force raises questions for Budget 2019
by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood on March 12, 2019 The much-anticipated final report of Canada’s Just Transition Task Force was released on Monday. The task force was announced in late 2017 and spent the past year studying the...What if you live a long life, not your best life?
by Trish Hennessy on March 8, 2019 There is an interesting anomaly in this year’s The Best and Worst Places to be a Women in Canada report: health outcomes. It shows that women are paid less than men, fewer...The damage done: Neoliberalism’s broken record on education
by Erika Shaker on March 7, 2019 Divisive rhetoric dressed up with a teeth-bearing grin. Photo-op attempts to praise workers (“folks”) while dismissing and delegitimizing the elected bodies that speak on their...Who’s missing: Data gaps undermine our efforts to track gender gaps and push for meaningful change
by Katherine Scott on March 5, 2019 Statistics Canada (2016), Census of Population – selected publications. Employment rates are calculated for adults aged 25-64 years. The Best and Worst Places to be a Woman in...
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