Plan B: democratizing the economy
Doing laundry: Necessary evil or future economy? Listen to the podcast here. Trish Hennessy The thing about doing laundry is that it’s...
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Do you live in a healthy city?
Here at Think Upstream, we ask the question: what does a healthy city look like? Listen to the podcast here Trish Hennessy Think Upstream...
Plan B: Canada's gig economy
Precarious work is on the rise in Canada. Listen to the podcast here. Trish Hennessy In the early-1990s, when I was a young newspaper...
The importance of the young voter: IMO, YOLO
As the upcoming federal election nears, it is important to get out and allow your voice to be heard, especially if you are a young adult...
Populism in Canada: can we talk?
How do we reach across differences to cut through polarizing politics? It's essential for well-functioning societies. Listen to the...
Our health should be an election issue
To the extent health is an issue in the federal election, it will be about health care, as usual. Now I am not saying health care is an...
10 reasons we're supporting the climate strike
Young people around the world are inspiring people to take part in a global climate strike September 20-27, 2019, demanding an end to...
Aging in suburbia
Plan B podcast looks at how growing old in a suburb prevents unique barriers to an inclusive, social lifestyle Listen to the podcast...
Are you eco-grieving?
Trish Hennessy You know something is gravely wrong when you see #AmazonFires trending on Twitter, in response to deliberately set Amazon...
Eco-Grief
Plan B: Host Ralph Benmergui talks about climate change, eco-grief, and what people can do about it in the first of a series of podcasts...
Status First Nations child poverty rates deplorably high
Almost half of status First Nations children live in poverty—by far the highest rate of child poverty of any other group examined, says a...
The health benefits of taking a vacation
Trish Hennessy In 2006, when I was co-founding the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ national income inequality project, we did...
National Indigenous Peoples Day
Tomorrow is National Indigenous Peoples Day! On June 21st we celebrate and honour the heritage, culture, strength and resilience, and...
What do we want? Pharmacare. When do we want it? 2019.
"This is our generation's national project: better access to the medicines we need, improved health outcomes and a fairer and more...
Public health offers potent climate solutions
The spectre of climate change-fueled disasters looms large over the coming federal election, yet the health equity promise of a Green New...
The case for Health in All Policies
Trish Hennessy No other province in Canada is on a public spending teardown quite like Ontario, where the daily newsfeed is filled with...
Ontario public health cuts will endanger the public
Ontario recently announced that it will reduce funding towards public health agencies across the province to the tune of $200 million....
The case of affluenza
Trish Hennessy I’m beginning to think there are two kinds of people in life: Marie Kondo devotees and those who say “Marie who?” Marie...
The truth about taxes
Trish Hennessy In Ontario, where I live, news of devastating provincial funding cuts keeps pouring in. Public libraries are cancelling...
If you fall, who will catch you?
Trish Hennessy Emotions ran high in Hamilton last week as the community celebrated participants who took a leap of faith to join...
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