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8 May 24

Worker Power for Justice

Thank you for the invitation to join you for your conversation about worker power – why worker power is important and the role funders can play in generating more of it. I’m joining this call from Toronto – the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation as well as the traditional territory of... Read more >

25 Apr 19

Asking the Big Questions

I turned 30 last year. As my birthday approached, my loved ones gently asked “and how are you feeling about it?” Any important date - a birthday, an anniversary, a milestone - is a moment to ask hard existential and practical questions. Read more >