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Sheila Block is a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Sheila's research focuses on Canada's labour markets, public finance, and inequality. She has worked as both a political advisor and a public servant in the Ontario government and as an economist in the labour movement. Sheila has an Honours B.A. in Economics from the University of British Columbia and a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Toronto.Jo-Ann Hannah is currently on the board of directors on the BC Financial Services Authority, which regulates pensions, credit unions, mortgage brokers, and trust companies. In 2016, Jo-Ann retired as Director of the Pensions and Benefits Department at Unifor, one of Canada's largest private sector unions. She worked with Unifor for over 25 years and bargained with many of Canada's major corporations: CN Rail, Air Canada, Rio Tinto Alcan. She was invited to speak on pension issues in Canada as well as Europe and the United States. She also represented the union in international work in various countries including Swaziland, Bolivia, and South Africa. Her education includes an MA (Psychology, UBC), LLM (Osgoode Hall Law School), and PhD (Education, University of Toronto). Resources: — Sheila's Twitter: twitter.com/SheilaBlockTO— Colour Coded Retirement: www.policyalternatives.ca/ColourCodedRetirement— Sheila's Other Reports & Commentaries: www.policyalternatives.ca/authors/sheila-block— Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives Toronto: twitter.com/SheilaBlockTO— BC Financial Services Authority: www.bcfsa.ca/about-us
Author: Sheila Block, Author: Jo-Ann Hanna, Author: Alyha Bardi, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng
Date created: 2021-11-25
Dr. Evelyn Encalada Grez is a transnational labour scholar, organizer and co-founder of Justice for Migrant Workers and Assistant Professor in Labour Studies at Simon Fraser University. She has worked with migrant farmworkers for two decades across rural Canada, Mexico and Guatemala. She has mobilized her research in various venues such as the UN in New York, the National Autonomous University of Mexico and collaborated in various multidisciplinary projects to amplify the voices of migrant workers. Her research has focused on the experiences of Mexican migrant women who forge transnational livelihoods between Canada and Mexico. Currently, she is conducting research on the effects of the pandemic on migrant farmworkers within a transnational perspective.Resources:Evelyn's Twitter: twitter.com/professor_evyJustice For Migrant Workers: harvestingfreedom.org/who-we-are/Justice For Migrant Workers on Twitter: twitter.com/j4mwCODEMUH: codemuh.hn/El Contrato film: www.nfb.ca/film/el_contrato/Migrant Dreams film: www.tvo.org/video/documentaries…ams-feature-version'Contestations of the Heart' essay: www.inderscience.com/storage/f101237925168114.pdf 'Between Hearts and Pockets' essay: doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2013.834131'The Other Side of el Otro Lado' essay: doi.org/10.1086/605483
Author: Evelyn Encalada Grez, Author: Alyha Bardi, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng
Date created: 2021-11-18
Amanda Watson is an author, lecturer, researcher, and mother of two. Her new book, The Juggling Mother: Coming Undone in the Age of Anxiety, is available from UBC Press. She is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, and has a focus on feminist teaching and learning. Amanda teaches and studies theories of labour, capitalism, motherhood, care, representation, and popular culture. She also writes opinions for newspapers and magazines. Her next book project explores the politics of the BirthStrike movement for climate justice. Resources:— The Juggling Mother: Coming Undone in an Age of Anxiety: www.ubcpress.ca/the-juggling-mother— Amanda's website: www.amandadwatson.com/— Amanda Watson & the birthstrike movement: www.sfu.ca/sociology-anthropol…on-sshrc-grant.html
Author: Amanda Watson, Author: Alyha Bardi, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng
Date created: 2021-11-15
Lori MacDonald is a white settler on the traditional, stolen territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) nations where she aims for a future surrounded by justice, dignity and reciprocal relationship-building.She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Contemporary Dance and a Masters in Urban Studies from Simon Fraser University. During her thesis research: Mapping Daily Mobility in Metro Vancouver: An Ethnography of Regional Transportation for Newcomers Studying within the Service Industry, she was witness to the emergence of mobility as settlement and belonging in the region. In her professional role as the Executive Director of the Emily Carr Students' Union, she has spent over a decade, advocating, lobbying and when necessary – protesting – for the development of Metro Vancouver's deeply affordable post-secondary transit program, U-Pass BC. She has spent time during the pandemic questioning everything she has ever accepted as normal.Sadia Tabassum currently lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where she grew up. It's supposed to be one of the most "unlivable" cities in the world, but Sadia finds that livability is about as simple as the bus routes and schedules in Dhaka.Sadia studied Architecture as an undergraduate student in upstate New York in the US and later worked as a cost estimator for a rebar supplier company near Syracuse, NY. When she returned to Dhaka, Sadia worked as an architect for a few years before eventually working on the first light rail project in Dhaka, the new MRT line, drafting electrical and mechanical system drawings for its stations. She left that role to join the Urban Studies graduate program at SFU, during which time Sadia worked briefly as a designer/researcher for a non-profit organization in Vancouver where she helped create toolkits for social procurement among developers and suppliers in ongoing development projects.Sadia's current projects in Dhaka continue to be inspired by her love for architecture, sustainable design and innovative transit-oriented city planning that help create more accessible, equitable, sustainable and livable urban spaces.Resources: Meet Steve Tornes: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/about/updates/all-updates/meet-steve-tornes.htmlMapping Daily Mobility in Metro Vancouver: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/18639Embodied Fear, Perceived Safety and Transit-Based Mobility Among Women of Color in Metro Vancouver: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/18639Fresh Voices Report: http://freshvoices.ca/reports/2015-report/The Untokening: http://www.untokening.org/summaryDignity Institute: https://thrivancegroup.com/dignity-institute
Author: Lori MacDonald, Author: Sadia Tabassum, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi, Author: Steve Tornes, Author: Alex Masse
Date created: 2022-07-05
Melody Ma, Developer at MEC & Kids Coding Advocate | Melody is a developer at MEC and a Kids Code Advocate for various organizations including Kids Code Jeunesse, Hour of Code and BC Youth Coding Initiative. Melody is a software product marketer turned web developer who wondered why it took her a decade from graduating from high school to realize that coding is cool and can turn into a career. With a coalition of organizations like the Ministry of Education, BCTF's Computer Using Educators of BC and Hour of Code, Melody is advocating for coding and computer science education for kids in BC schools, so that our next generation don't follow the same fate that she did.Sarah Goodman, CEO of VitalSines | Sarah Goodman is the CEO of health-tech company VitalSines. Her experience in marketing and public relations as well as her background as both a registered holistic nutritionist (RHN) and certified personal trainer (CPT) provide her with the knowledge and skills to be an effective leader and communications professional for the VitalSines team.Natalie Cartwright, Co-Founder & COO of Payso | Nat Cartwright is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Payso, a mobile app for sharing money with IE Business School. Before founding Payso, Nat worked at the Global Fund, the largest global financing institution for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria programs, where she managed USD 250 million in investment to countries like Djibouti, South Sudan and Tajikistan. Whether working in international development or App development, Nat likes to act on the potential she sees for improvement and innovation.Saadia Muzaffar, Founder of Revvly & Partnerships at Tech Girls Canada | Saadia Muzaffar is a tech entrepreneur, investor, and an internationally prolific media advocate for diversity and equity in the science and technology sectors. She is the Founder of TechGirls Canada, the hub for Canadian women in STEM - and is the Senior Director of Marketing at the global software firm AudienceView. She has been featured on CNN Money, Canadian Business, Vice, Motherboard, National Post, TVO - The Agenda with Steve Paikin, CBC Radio One - The Current, Techvibes, The Globe and Mail, Profit, and Maclean's. She is a proud feminist who sees colour. Nikki Wong, Program Director at Spring.is | As the Program Director at Spring Activator, Nikki helps entrepreneurs build thriving businesses that make the world a better place through technology. Nikki oversees Spring's educational programs and works on strategic partnerships to ensure that entrepreneurs receive the best access to capital, mentorship, and other entrepreneur resources. Nikki is also the lead organizer of Spring's flagship event, VanIMPACT; this year's conference drew over 400 attendees, one of the largest single events during Vancouver Startup Week.Amie Rotherham, Account Executive at Rsquared Communication | Her current and past accounts include local and U.S. startups like Slack, Trello, Eventbase, Freshbooks, and Boris Wertz of Version One Ventures & Andreessen Horowitz board partner. Prior to joining Rsquared Communication, Amie worked for the UBC Thunderbirds, where she was responsible for promotions and communications to student pass holders of varsity games. Cause-related work is important to Amie and she's built her background in communications working with several non-profit organizations, including: A Little More Good, the Pacific Assistance Dogs Society, and the restoration campaign for the Kinsol Trestle in Shawnigan Lake, B.C. She has a Certificate in Public Relations from Simon Fraser University.
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Ma, Melody, Author: Goodman, Sarah, Author: Cartwright, Natalie, Author: Muzaffar, Saadia, Author: Wong, Nikki, Author: Rotherham, Amie, Author: Barryman, Romila
Date created: 2015-10-28
Kaitlyn Matulewicz has a PhD in Law and Society from the University of Victoria. Her dissertation examined how women restaurant workers' unwanted or uncomfortable sexual interactions with managers, co-workers, and customers are still happening more than three decades after sexual harassment was first named sex discrimination in Canada. She argues that restaurant work in BC is organized in such a way that uncomfortable or unwanted sexual experiences at work are made normal. Her dissertation tells the story of how law is implicated in the construction of such restaurant workplaces within which sexual harassment and unwanted sexual experiences are normalized. Kaitlyn has seven years of experience working in restaurants. She is the executive director of the Worker Solidarity Network and co-chair of the BC Employment Standards Coalition. Resources:Worker Solidarity Network: workersolidarity.ca/May I?: workersolidarity.ca/addressing-sexu…rvice-industry/ May I?, zine: www.antiviolenceproject.org/wp-content/…-online.pdf F.E.D. U.P.: fedupyeg.wordpress.com/ Law, Sexual Harassment, and Restaurants: dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/8081 Law's Gendered Subtext: link-springer-com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/article…-9322-z Law and the Construction of Institutionalized Sexual Harassment in Restaurants: muse-jhu-edu.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/article/603009Kaitlyn's articles for the Tyee: thetyee.ca/Bios/Kaitlyn_Matulewicz/
Author: Kaitlyn Matulewicz, Author: Alyha Bardi, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng
Date created: 2021-11-04