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Earning in minutes. and weve never had inequality at this level, and it is as bad in the food system as anywhere. and these people are doing essential work for us. they are feeding us. what could be more fundamental, and yet we dont show our appreciation. >> eric, want to talk about consolidation in this industry. the number of companies, a very big effort, something i learned in the film is that the food industry spends more on lobbying than the defense industry. four companies control 85% of b...

The Read Quebec Book Fair is back for its eighth instalment on November 3-4. Through an exciting series of in-person events, the Fair celebrates the vibrancy of English-language writing, publishing,

Canada is seeing record numbers of immigration – all part of a plan to shore up the workforce. But behind the image of our country as a welcoming nation lies a two-tiered society, says Mostafa Henaway. He is an organizer with the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal and the author of Essential Work, Disposable Workers. Henaway joins David Common to discuss what the pandemic revealed about how Canada values – or undervalues – some workers, how global policies have exacerbated inequality, an...

Dereck Stafford Mangus reflects on Guarding the Art, an exhibition curated by security guards at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

100th Erie Art Museum Juror to speak at PennWest

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how societies have undervalued essential workers, as well as the importance of giving such workers adequate pay and decent

“Too often maternal labour is overlooked by society at large”

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Artist and multimedia journalist Wesaam Al-Badry will discuss his ongoing photographic project documenting the lives of essential workers and their families in California’s Central and Salinas Valleys. These areas represent the fertile heart of California agriculture, where farmworkers harvest over a third of of the vegetables and 40% of the fruit and nuts grown in the United States. Al-Badry will be joined in conversation by Leydy Rangel, United Farm Workers Foundation, and Sandra Valdez, Far...