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In this November 2019 photo, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, stands beside her husband at a Remembrance Day ceremony. She’s among high-profile women to go public with her miscarriage. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

December 20, 2020

The painful collision between work life and pregnancy loss

Jennifer Dimoff, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Jacquelyn Brady, San José State University, and Stephanie Gilbert, Cape Breton University

Employees who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth are more likely to quit their jobs and suffer from impaired work performance. Pregnancy loss is not just a personal issue, but a workplace issue.

A piper plays ‘Amazing Grace’ as local residents look on during a local vigil in Wentworth, N.S., after the worst mass shooting in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Hennessey

April 28, 2020

Maritime music traditions seek to comfort after Nova Scotia shootings

Heather Sparling, Cape Breton University

Virtual music vigils after the Nova Scotia shootings draw on a long tradition of Atlantic Canadian disaster songs and 'broadside ballads' to mourn in a time of social distancing.

Post-pandemic, co-operatives can scale up to promote the values of mutuality, inclusivity, economic justice and organizational democracy towards a transitioned Canadian economy. (Pixabay)

April 19, 2020

Canada’s co-operatives: Helping communities during and after the coronavirus

Marcelo Vieta, University of Toronto and Fiona Duguid, Cape Breton University

Co-operatives can and should be key to Canada’s economic rebuilding and rethinking — now and following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The painful collision between work life and pregnancy loss

Maritime music traditions seek to comfort after Nova Scotia shootings

Canada’s co-operatives: Helping communities during and after the coronavirus

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