Long-term care, the corporate media and journalists as workers

This is the fifth article in a five-part series on media coverage of long-term care homes in Ontario, based on an extensive analysis of news stories published in six mainstream Canadian outlets between 2017 and 2019, and a broad overview of stories published in the pandemic. Read parts one, two, three and four. Based on…

Media ignores violence against nursing home workers

This is the fourth article in a five-part series on media coverage of long-term care homes in Ontario, based on an extensive analysis of news stories published in six mainstream Canadian outlets between 2017 and 2019, and a broad overview of stories published in the pandemic. Read parts one, two and three. The results from…

What the news media misses about long-term care: creeping privatization

The mainstream media has finally woken up to the problem of profiteering in long-term care, but privatization of care is a broader structural issue that goes unreported.

The phantom jobs of injured workers

Ontario's injured workers are being deprived of their livelihoods by WSIB's deeming practice

On your feet! A standing problem in the workplace

Research has consistently proven the adverse effects of standing for long periods of time. Why then are hundreds of thousands of people subjected to prolonged standing at work?