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When University of Manitoba Faculty Association went on strike and hit the picket lines in 2016, the association raised issues about having a greater say over ever-increasing workloads, appropriate use of metrics in evaluation and job security. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

November 21, 2022

University and school strikes across Canada are about workers’ rights — and protecting education as a public good

Nancy Marie Ross, Dalhousie University; ivan beck, Dalhousie University, and Raluca Bejan, Dalhousie University

Education strikes by university and public school workers are political fights about diminished respect for education as a public good and workers’ rights in an economy that perpetuates inequality.

Two teenaged girls hand over flowers in Ajax, Ont., in March 2015 to a police officer in a show of sympathy for the victims of a triple slaying, a mother and her two children. The woman’s domestic partner was charged in the crime and goes to trial soon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel

September 8, 2021

Federal election 2021: Gender‑based violence is an issue we should all prioritize

Nancy Marie Ross, Dalhousie University and ivan beck, Dalhousie University

Politicians who promise to reduce gender-based violence through tough-on-crime strategies are committing to strategies that haven’t been shown to actually prevent violence.

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