Marshia Akbar

(She/Her)

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Workers inspect sheets of stainless steel after being pressed from coils, at Magna Stainless and Aluminum in Montréal in September 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Tariffs are reshaping Canadian manufacturing, but not all workers are being impacted the same way

Marshia Akbar, Toronto Metropolitan University and Devaanshi Khanzode, Toronto Metropolitan University

U.S. tariffs disrupted Canada’s manufacturing sector in 2025, but their labour-market effects didn’t impact immigrant and Canadian-born workers the same.
A sign directs voters to a polling station to cast their ballots in the federal election in Calgary on April 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

What the voter gender divide means for Canada’s political future

Marshia Akbar, Toronto Metropolitan University

Canada’s voter gender gap is not just about party preference — it reflects deeper ideological divides shaped by cultural values, policy priorities and gender identities.
Canada’s labour market struggles are not caused by the number of newcomers, but by systemic issues such as underemployment and skills-job mismatches. (Shutterstock)

Canadian immigrants are overqualified and underemployed — reforms must address this

Marshia Akbar, Toronto Metropolitan University and Anna Triandafyllidou, Toronto Metropolitan University

Blaming newcomers — particularly international students and their spouses — for job shortages overlooks deeper structural issues in the labour market.

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