Upcoming Events

A book launch, reading and discussion, with Matt Hern and Shiri Pasternak. Matt Hern is a community organizer, independent scholar, writer and activist based in East Vancouver, British Columbia who is known for his work in radical urbanism, community development, ecology and alternative forms of education. Shiri Pasternak is Assistant Professor in Criminology at Ryerson University. Shiri teaches courses in the Indigenous Justice and publishes in the fields of legal and historical geography, settler colonial studies, political economy, and critical…

On the campaign trail in the lead up to the 2018 Ontario election, the right-wing conservative Doug Ford raised problems with the provincial health care system and promised his constituents that "help is on the way." Now that Ford is Ontario's conservative Premier, he is not helping the health care system, but putting it--and this vital public service--on the chopping block. Ford is placing our health and the health of our families in the hands of those whose primary concern…

Whether it is called the collaborative, platform, crowd-sourcing, or ‘sharing’ economy, the rise of peer-to-peer exchanges raises important questions for workers and unions. Do emerging platforms such as Uber and AirBnB mark a significant shift in rent-seeking production and distribution systems? Are they emancipatory or exploitive? How can they be regulated across multiple jurisdictions and multiple platforms (e.g., AirBnB, Homestay, Uber, Lyft)? Despite the early success of these services with consumers, there are contradictions for the future of work. New…