Labour Day, the Pandemic, and Canada

September 2, 2021By Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French) Christina Love is a contributor to the GLRC’s interview series entitled Workers’ Stories in the COVID-19 Era. Her post below features findings and quotes from those interviews. TW: Mention of suicide in the worker quotes (Karl). History In 1894, over 50 labour organizations from […]

At the Flip of a Switch: A Worker’s Perspective on Getting Hired and Laid off During the Pandemic

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #11 September 2, 2021Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Tinu Koithara Mathew (PhD Student, School of Human Resource Management) In the eleventh installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed Attilio, a former worker at an Old Navy store […]

Frustration on the Frontlines

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #10 September 2, 2021Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Suzanne Spiteri (PhD Student, Sociology) In the tenth installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed a senior nurse who has worked at a GTA hospital since the 1980s. […]

Quitting after a Thousand Blows: Retail Work While Navigating a Chronic Illness During the Pandemic

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #8 August 19, 2021Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Tinu Koithara Mathew (PhD Student, School of Human Resource Management) In the eighth installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series we interviewed Angela, a former cashier at Shoppers Drug Mart, […]

When Job-Hunting Becomes a Matter of Survival: COVID-19 and Changing Careers

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #6 August 6, 2021Written by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French)Edited by Suzanne Spiteri (PhD Candidate, Sociology) In the sixth installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed Karl, a former veterinary assistant and current customer service representative with a hot tub […]

Medical Research(ers), Burnout, and Doing What You Can in the Wake of COVID-19

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #4 July 30, 2021Written and edited by Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French) In the fourth installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed a current medical researcher at a Canadian hospital to gain insight into how their work and life has […]

Show Up and See What We Can Do: An Educational Assistant’s Experiences Teaching Through Covid-19

Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era: Installment #2 July 9, 2021By Suzanne Spiteri (PhD Candidate, Sociology) and Christina Love (Undergraduate Student, Indigenous Studies and French) In the second installment of the Workers' Stories in the COVID-19 Era dialogue series, we interviewed an Educational Assistant working with the Peel District School Board to begin to understand the […]