Aug 20, 201810 min read
BORDERLESSNESS
The Atlantic magazine carried an article called "The Case For Getting Rid of Borders – Completely." I really wanted to hear something...
May 1, 20172 min read
"I'M ON A DIET"
I wish you could see what I'm seeing. I've now had three friends, in three very different situations, living in three different...
Apr 17, 20174 min read
WHO'S AT FAULT?
The Globe and Mail recently published an article entitled "Why female cooks stay out of the kitchen", authored by a Toronto restaurant...
Mar 14, 20176 min read
HOW TO FUND A WORKER CO-OP
We’ve spent two years getting a worker-owned co-op from conception to construction. The business is a for-profit bakery in the heart of...
Aug 31, 20162 min read
MY CO-OP STORY
(First published by the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation) Like most thirty-somethings I've worked in many different fields: from...
May 6, 201515 min read
MIND THE GAP
In the last few weeks the media has been full of reports about the gender pay gap. Now, this issue has always bothered me, for its...
Apr 14, 20153 min read
ENTITLED MUCH?
An amazing new report was published by researchers out at UBC. Some of it you already know, but together and in detail I think it packs a...
Mar 26, 20153 min read
IDEAL CANDIDATE
I just saw this fun job ad for an outdoor school near Vancouver. The job required a minimum of two years experience working in...
Oct 24, 20146 min read
GETTING IN THE WAY
VPI inc. is a Canadian-owned “workforce management services company devoted to helping individuals and organizations better define and...
Oct 12, 20145 min read
THEY DON’T CALL IT CLASS WAR
Our elected and unelected leaders, from government and business, lie to our faces. And these storytellers never fabricate more...
