Since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, Canadians have been fascinated by reports of African Americans dying from COVID-19 at three times the rate of their white counterparts. It is clear now that similar disparities have played out in the poorest regions of Canada. In recent weeks the overarching themes…

From The Extractive Economy to Community Economies Our dominant models for economic development are failing us. The extractive economy, as Ted Howard and Marjorie Kelly of the Democracy Collaborative call it in their forthcoming book The Making of the Democratic Economy, is “designed to benefit the wealthy, to enable the…