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Research supports women’s health and economic empowerment towards COVID-19 recovery

patilpos — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 20:56:00 +0000

The University of Ghana and 91��ɫ have partnered in an IDRC Women RISE initiative supporting action-oriented and gender-transformative research on how women's health and their work intersect and interact in the context of preparedness, response and recovery from COVID-19. Women RISE is aligned with priority 3.5 of the United Nations Research Roadmap for COVID-19 Recovery on […]

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EUC and SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

paultran — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 18:51:36 +0000

Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. Economic growth should be a positive force for the planet. SDG 8 promotes sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth coupled with decent and fulfilling employment for all. EUC researchers are investigating the intersections between global labour rights and COVID-19 to […]

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Emeritus doesn’t translate to retired for ecological economist

paultran — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 21:11:21 +0000

Retirement is not slowing growth for Professor Emeritus Peter Victor; in fact, the ecological economist who is best known for his influential book Managing Without Growth, is busier than ever with a new book on economist Herman Daly and an active research agenda. By Elaine Smith Peter Victor may have stepped down from his academic responsibilities at 91��ɫ […]

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What Cargill workers want

paultran — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 19:09:04 +0000

At the site of a massive COVID-19 outbreak at a meat-processing plant in southern Alberta, workers don’t want things to go back the way they were before. On a cold, windy November day, Freddy Vasquez cuts a small figure as the massive Cargill meat-processing plant near High River, Alta., looms behind him. "Now hiring," reads […]

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Ontario’s return to the business of building roads to sprawl

paultran — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:22:32 +0000

By Prof. Mark Winfield Twenty-five years ago, Mike Harris’s “common sense revolution” heralded a of shredding the province’s planning rules, and proposals for a network of highway expansions in every direction outward across the Greater Toronto Area. The government’s plans prompted a backlash. Harris’ approach was widely seen as a strategy for sprawling urban development that threatened the […]

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What makes a city a city, officially? Kelowna and Sudbury might be in for a surprise

paultran — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:13:47 +0000

A new international definition, endorsed by the UN, would leave some Canadian communities off the list – if the definition had any legal standing The good folks of Kelowna believe they live in a city. In fact, local tourism boosters bill the place as “the largest city in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley.” But under a […]

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