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Beyond Recovery: The pandemic’s heavy toll on women in Canada

Monitor July/August 2024 Issue

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Beyond Recovery: The pandemic’s heavy toll on women in Canada

Will women ever fully recover from the harsh realities of the pandemic?

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In this Issue

Unequal pandemic, unequal recovery

Four years into COVID-19’s disruption, many women are still struggling

When “survival” jobs become “essential” work

Immigrant women workers disproportionately carried the weight of the pandemic in Nova Scotia

A timeline: The pandemic’s impact on women in the workforce

The pandemic period has been a roller coaster for women in the workforce. Let's track some key dates.

From leader to laggard: A festering crisis in long-term and home care

Manitoba was the first province to introduce a universal home care program. Today, its services lag behind—due in part to inadequate treatment of workers.

The pandemic wreaked havoc on hotel workers

The hotel industry was slammed by the pandemic. The industry has recovered—but its largely racialized, immigrant, women workers haven't

Contributors

Authors appearing in this issue

Katherine Scott

Katherine Scott

Katherine Scott (she/her) is a Senior Researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Follow her on Twitter @ScottKatherineJ.


Catherine Bryan

Catherine Bryan

Catherine Bryan is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at Dalhousie University and the chair of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Nova Scotia Office’s Research Advisory Committee.

María José Yax-Fraser

María José Yax-Fraser

María José Yax-Fraser is an artivist, a scholarly and community research practitioner, and community leader. She has worked in migration and settlement services for more than twenty-five years. María José is a founding member of the Immigrant Migrant Women’s Association of Halifax (IMWAH) and is a strong advocate of gender equality, equity and the advancement of immigrant and migrant women. She is a PhD Candidate in Social Anthropology at York University. Her academic interest is on the cross-cultural mothering experiences of immigrant and migrant mothers.

Niall Harney

Niall Harney

Niall Harney (he/him) holds the Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives–Manitoba.

Trish Hennessy

Trish Hennessy

Trish Hennessy (she/her) is a senior communications strategist with the CCPA national office and director of its Think Upstream project. She co-founded the CCPA’s national growing gap project and the CCPA’s Ontario office.

Alice Mũrage

Alice Mũrage

Alice Mũrage is a researcher with the Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society (PIPPS) and the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University.

Michelle Travis

Michelle Travis

Michelle Travis is the research director of UNITE HERE Local 40, a union representing workers throughout B.C., most of whom work in the accommodation and food services sector.