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Document Resource Summary: Racial justice means more than simple notions of equality and changing an individual’s actions. Racial justice means acknowledging, identifying and dismantling systemic barriers, institutionalized and cultural practices and organizational policies that continue to oppress and deny Indigenous and people of colour from the same rights, privileges and opportunities available to the dominant white class.
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Document Resource Summary: The media sector faced a number of significant challenges before the COVID-19 crisis struck, including the loss of advertising revenue to digital giants like Facebook and Google, cutbacks and closures of local and regional news outlets, the rise of “fake news” and resultant erosion of quality journalism, and massive loss of employment through layoffs, closures and restructuring. The global pandemic has shown us the critical role high-quality, locally-focused journalism plays in informing the public and holding those in power accountable. In fact, readership has skyrocketed since mid-March, and TV viewership has increased by nearly 50%.
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Document Resource Summary: National Indigenous History Month Poster
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Document Resource Summary: More than 300,000 manufacturing workers lost their jobs or were put on temporary leave between February and April 2020. Most of these workers were put on leave due to pandemic related restrictions and many expect to return to their jobs once the pandemic subsides.
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Document Resource Summary: Food and beverage processing workers across Canada have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 1,400 confirmed COVID-19 cases thus far. Meat processing plants have been hit particularly hard, with a number of outbreaks occurring in Alberta and Quebec that have led to numerous deaths.
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Document Resource Summary: While workers in mines, metals and minerals have seen relatively fewer COVID-19 cases than in some sectors, there have been notable instances of mining companies scaling back operations and suspending activities at remote sites to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Document Resource Summary: 2020 National Indigenous Peoples Day
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Document Resource Summary: Restarting the Economy: What Air Transportation Workers Need to Know
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Document Resource Summary: Across the country, road passenger transport and urban transit services have taken a significant hit during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Document Resource Summary: In certain subsectors, such as food stores and pharmacies deemed essential, work never stopped. That is thanks to workers, many earning substandard wages, who bravely put personal health at risk to ensure uninterrupted access to essential goods. As a result, Canadian supermarket sales surged in March by more than 40% over the previous year. Retail pharmacies experienced notable revenue bumps too.