Women are severely underrepresented in tech. Strength in numbers – communities for women and women mentoring women – can counter tech’s sexist culture and help retain women in the field.
Demands associated with automation can create more work for humans.
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ParentsNext requires the parents of very young children to perform monitored activities in return for Centrelink payments. Eve Vincent talks to single mothers about ‘the indignity of investigation’.
A clando taxi stand in downtown Rufisque, Dakar metropolitan area.
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Pape Sakho, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar; Gaele Lesteven, École nationale des travaux publics de l'État; Momar Diongue, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, and Pascal Pochet, École nationale des travaux publics de l'État
Urban expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa and the need for daily mobility
The centre will importantly function as a point of contact and referral for arts workers who have nowhere else to go for support.
The University College building at the University of Toronto. Government budget cuts and the race to attract more students are changing the function and purpose of Canadian universities.
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Countries that lean towards democracy are less likely to welcome Chinese labourers.
Workers take on side hustles not just for the money, but also to compensate for limited control in their traditional jobs.
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‘Career portfolioing’ is a trend where people assemble different sources of income, such as side gigs, to give them a measure of independence from employers who provide little job security.
Usually when jobs and wages are rising, it’s a good thing, but right now they may signal higher odds of a nasty recession – and Americans aren’t ready for it.
Rodney Diverlus, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto, is seen at a protest in downtown Toronto, July 2020.
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Whether moving away is a good idea depends as much on a young person’s aspirations as it does on their resources. Staying put – or moving back – does not necessarily mean personal failure.
Sometimes job duties evolve between the time when an employer decides to hire someone and the actual hiring itself.
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A recent study about hiring practices sheds light on why some jobs change between when a decision is made to hire someone, and the actual hiring process itself.
Illegal gold mining is spreading rapidly in Ghana.
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Two new studies highlight the importance of social connection in the workplace and illustrate why working from home may not be the optimal workplace arrangement.
Work trends like ‘quiet quitting’ have begun to pop up in the media lately — but how true are they to real life?
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Contrary to anti-work narratives in the news media, a survey of employees in the United States and Canada has found that most employees like their bosses.