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Social Sciences in the news: September 2023

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Posted on October 2, 2023
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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
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