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A fishing vessel is followed by flocks of seabirds in the Southern Ocean off the coast of the South Orkney Islands, north of the Antarctic Peninsula, on March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

January 24, 2024

Canada lags behind on efforts to address human rights abuses in seafood supply chains

Peter Vandergeest, York University, Canada; Carli Melo, York University, Canada, and Melissa Marschke, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Canada is an outlier in its failure to hold buyers and retailers accountable for labour abuse in seafood supply chains.

Seafood processing workers in Thailand. (Shutterstock)

February 24, 2021

Migrant worker segregation doesn’t work: COVID‑19 lessons from Southeast Asia

Peter Vandergeest, York University, Canada; Melissa Marschke, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Peter Duker, York University, Canada

Many have looked to Asia for lessons on successful pandemic management. However, recent COVID-19 outbreaks in Thailand and nearby countries also offer warnings about what not to do.

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