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A windswept street corner with no sign of life.

When a major employer closes, the whole community feels it 

An illustration of a robot at a computer while a worker exits an office with a box full of belongings.

Canada’s labour protections aren’t ready for the age of AI

Four lanes of traffic.

What problem are return-to-office mandates meant to solve?

An immense dragline operates with a coal-powered generating station in the background. Smoke is coming out of a stack into a grey sky.

Canada missing opportunities to build community resilience amid global realignment

Ontario Premier Doug Ford leads Prime Minister Mark Carney off stage to the right leave following an announcement on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

What return-to-office mandates mean for women in the workforce

A line of Canada Post red, blue and white trucks with the slogan “de partout . . . jusqu’à vous” and “From anywhere . . . to anyone” written on the side.

Short termism is costing Canada billions

A white BrightDrop cube van at the entrance of a GM assembly plant with Made in Canada written on the side.

What one factory closure tells us about building resilient communities

Half a dozen workers in protective clothing put pieces of frozen fish into square white plastic pouches.

Voluntary corporate accountability doesn’t work. Canada needs to mandate it.

What’s driving depression and mental-health issues in the public service?

Labour shortages may bring an end to “crappy jobs”

Will nooks and lounges replace the office in the public service?

Speaking tech to power

Le télétravail survivra à la pandémie

Canada needs a gender-responsive pandemic preparedness plan

The pandemic upended the federal workplace. What comes next?

Canada’s rules for sick and caregiving leave must be redesigned

Racist labour exploitation continues in multicultural Canada

How should Canada design policies to protect gig workers?

Redesigning Canada’s social safety net for the post-pandemic economy

Unemployment is down, but there are still issues

La convalescence postpandémique de nos centres-villes

Favoriser l’accès des enfants vulnérables à un service de garde de qualité

La protection des travailleurs et travailleuses d’agences de placement au Québec

Le RQAP doit corriger des inégalités créées par les prestations bonifiées

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