There comes a time in every pandemic when those in power feel sufficiently protected from the infection and sufficiently burdened by public health that they…
We are months into a global pandemic that has already infected more than 100,000 people across Canada and killed more than 8,000 despite a lockdown,…
“Healthcare for all would be one of the better actions the government can take towards alleviating the plight of immigrants in this country. Nobody chooses…
“We know our boss will use this virus to enforce rules he wanted already. He’s using the pandemic as an excuse to get control over…
Sharon Roberts, Arlene Reid and Leonard Rodriques are all Ontario personal support workers who died as front-line workers during COVID-19. Regis Korchinski-Paquet was killed at…
“The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get…
With some indications that COVID-19 numbers are peaking across Canada, the debate is shifting from how to stop the pandemic to how to restart the…
“With the patient’s body considered to be under attack (“invasion”), the only treatment is counterattack. The controlling metaphors…drawn not from economics but from the language…
A new scientific report has highlighted the dangers of ignoring COVID-19, and the limitations of short-term simple mitigation strategies. But media and politicians are using…
We’re told we need to “flatten the curve” of the pandemic to prevent a health crisis, but how do we do this? We need to…
With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the new coronavirus a pandemic, it’s urgent that countries around the world escalate public health efforts. These include…
Unfortunately, it’s taken the threat of a global pandemic to highlight the longstanding public health risks of precarious work. Fortunately, there are already movements fighting…
