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Emma Arkell

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As seen in: PressProgress, Chatelaine, Corporate Social Responsibility News Today, Jacobin, The Tyee, In These Times, Xtra Magazine, Portside, Briarpatch Magazine, Healthy Debate, ZNetwork and
freelance labour journalist / words and 📸 in @Chatelaine @Jacobin @TheTyee @TheBreachMedia @readthemaple @XtraMagazine / formerly @GlobalRepCentre
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Connecting the dots: Standardizing EMR data essential to improving care, easing burnout - Healthy...

Connecting the dots: Standardizing EMR data essential to improving care, easing burnout - Healthy...

As a registered nurse, an associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan and a researcher focused on p…

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Beam me up, doc: Adding touch and feel to virtual reality - Healthy Debate

Beam me up, doc: Adding touch and feel to virtual reality - Healthy Debate

Imagine sitting down in your doctor's office, putting on a headset and being transported to an examination ro…

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'A new way to move people': Fewer back injuries for health-care workers, more comfort for patient...

'A new way to move people': Fewer back injuries for health-care workers, more comfort for patient...

More than 60,000 health-care workers miss time from work annually due to musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) resu…

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How For-Profit Corporations Expanded In B.C.'s Long-Term Care Sector

How For-Profit Corporations Expanded In B.C.'s Long-Term Care Sector

Recent conversations around health care privatization in Canada have focused on corporate creep into aspects …

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Could A Staffing Crisis Jeopardize $10-A-Day Child Care?

Could A Staffing Crisis Jeopardize $10-A-Day Child Care?

Just as federal and provincial governments are making historic investments to build a universal child care sy…

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A number of drag shows in Ontario have become targets of hate

A number of drag shows in Ontario have become targets of hate

Crystal Quartz made a tearful plea for action after repeated calls for her—and other—drag events to be disrup…

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Student-worker organizing is surging on campuses across Canada

Student-worker organizing is surging on campuses across Canada

Have you been concerned about running out of money to buy food? This question is put to University of British…

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Experts Hope Incoming B.C. Premier Eby Will Heed Disqualified Appadurai's Bold Healthcare Proposa...

Experts Hope Incoming B.C. Premier Eby Will Heed Disqualified Appadurai's Bold Healthcare Proposa...

Disqualified B.C. NDP leadership hopeful Anjali Appadurai released a health care policy platform earlier this…

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LGBTQ+ Afghan refugees are starting new lives in Canada—but hundreds are still stuck in limbo

LGBTQ+ Afghan refugees are starting new lives in Canada—but hundreds are still stuck in limbo

A year after the Taliban takeover, advocates are urging the government to welcome more queer refugees and mak…

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Child Care Workers Have Been Left Behind During The Pandemic. Will This Fall Be Different?

Child Care Workers Have Been Left Behind During The Pandemic. Will This Fall Be Different?

This month, teachers and students return to classrooms with fewer COVID protections than at any time during t…

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The right to return to work

The right to return to work

At the beginning of the pandemic, the Pacific Gateway and Hilton Metrotown hotels laid off their workers - th…

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Why Is The Pandemic's Economic Harm Disproportionately Impacting Young Women?

Why Is The Pandemic's Economic Harm Disproportionately Impacting Young Women?

There's no doubt the pandemic has caused global economic harm - from record high unemployment, to waves of re…

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BC's Investments in For-Profit Child Care Could Undercut Promises of Higher Wages and Lower Fees,...

BC's Investments in For-Profit Child Care Could Undercut Promises of Higher Wages and Lower Fees,...

90% of facilities opened over the last year are for-profit Despite pledging to invest heavily in not-for-prof…

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Hotel Workers Are Fighting For Their Right to Be Recalled to Work After The Pandemic Ends. They C...

Hotel Workers Are Fighting For Their Right to Be Recalled to Work After The Pandemic Ends. They C...

Thousands of hospitality workers across British Columbia are currently on strike or under threat of lockout i…

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