Social Sciences in the news: September 2023

From the housing crisis to automotive strikes, our faculty were featured in a huge number of media outlets in September. Here’s a selection:

• Globe and Mail: Toronto-area Metro workers ratify second tentative agreement after month-long strike, Stephanie Ross
• Globe and Mail: Ontario colleges are fuelling unprecedented growth in international students, Arthur Sweetman
• Hamilton Spectator: Industry’s shift to EV’s is a key issue for bargaining auto workers, Stephanie Ross
• Education News Canada: Indigenous Studies course takes students on 10-day paddling journey down the Grand River Bonnie Freeman
• The Hoser: Can The New Metro Contract Make Life More Affordable For Workers?, Stephanie Ross
• CP24: Grocery store workforce stands to benefit from gains made by Unifor with Metro strike, Stephanie Ross
• Toronto Star: Threat of strike by tough-talking U.S. autoworkers just the leverage Canadian union needs in negotiations, Stephanie Ross
• CBC: Rent is going up more than $100 a month right now, pushing average asking price to new record, Steve Pomeroy
• CBC: These library workers are fighting for $1.35 more per hour. Their Ontario town is fighting back, Stephanie Ross
• CHCH: Hamilton sees rent for one-bedroom apartment exceed $1,900, Jim Dunn
• CBC: Ontario Liberal leadership race heats up as candidates take aim at Bonnie Crombie, Peter Graefe
• Yahoo: ‘Seize the moment’: Unifor boss on what U.S. auto strikes mean for Canada, Stephanie Ross
• Hamilton Spectator: Unifor auto talks press on as U.S. auto strike could affect Canadian suppliers, Stephanie Ross
• Toronto Star: Canada is mulling plans for a digital dollar. But how would it work — and is it the end of cash? Ori Freiman
• National Post: Liberals’ planned changes to Competition Act gets mixed reaction from law’s critics, Vass Bednar
• CTV: ‘We sacrificed a lot over the pandemic:’ Former nurses at Markham-Stouffville Hospital call for retro pay, Stephanie Ross
• London Free Press: Are London’s skyrocketing rental rates finally cooling? (Possibly), Steve Pomeroy
• CBC: Anxious autoworkers ready to strike as Unifor, Ford extend bargaining, Stephanie Ross
• Toronto Star: Ford and Canadian autoworkers strike tentative deal, Stephanie Ross
• Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton school board locks doors, bans signs at meetings, Peter Graefe
• Hamilton Spectator, CHCH, Global News: Ontarians on social supports ‘worse off’ than before pandemic, study suggests, Peter Graefe
• Hamilton Spectator: Why the richest contract in Canadian automaking history might not be good enough for GM and Stellantis workers, Stephanie Ross
• CTV: From Harper to Poilievre: what is the Conservative vision for Indigenous Peoples?, Dawn Martin-Hill
• Globe and Mail: Influx of new buyers driving older renters from Calgary city centre, Steve Pomeroy
• CTV: Canada’s largest private sector union sets sights on GM for next round of auto talks, Stephanie Ross
• Global News: Ottawa to table ‘co-developed’ First Nations water legislation this fall: Hajdu, Dawn Martin-Hill
• Toronto Star: What ever happened to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most important relationship?, Dawn Martin-Hill
• Global News: Hamilton’s public school board with new security measures in wake of demonstrations, Peter Graefe
• CBC: Ford’s PCs rolled back rent control to spur new rental construction. Here’s what happened next, Steve Pomeroy