Canadian workers face high physical and emotional demands: new StatsCan survey

Why It Matters

These findings from Statistics Canada highlight how job quality and workplace conditions are unevenly distributed, shaping workers’ health, safety, and long‑term wellbeing. Understanding these pressures is essential for employers, policymakers, and labour advocates working to build safer, more equitable workplaces.

What our love of Heated Rivalry tells us about the state of queer sports in Canada

Why It Matters

Canada celebrates itself as a global leader in inclusive sport, yet Heated Rivalry’s popularity reveals how far professional leagues still lag behind public attitudes. The show’s success signals a demand for authentic queer representation — and a reminder that real athletes still face barriers fiction can only imagine away.

Canadian foundations back non-profit networks to help fix “piecemeal” core funding

Why It Matters

Provincial and territorial non-profit networks advocate for policy change and conduct critical sector research. Examples include the Community Sector Council of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Alberta Nonprofit Network. Several of these networks do not seek funding from certain sources in order to remain neutral in their advocacy work, which can make future planning and sustainability a challenge.