Véronique Sioufi

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If Canada wanted reconciliation, it would stand with Palestine

Sep 30, 2024 | monitormag.ca | Véronique Sioufi |Jon Milton |David Macdonald |Ricardo Tranjan

The Canadian state has tried to cultivate an image and identity as an exception among settler colonial nations—a leader in both Indigenous reconciliation and multiculturalism domestically and a neutral peacemaker on the world stage. There’s one obvious exception to this cultivated image.
Temporary Foreign Workers Are Victims, Not the Problem

Sep 10, 2024 | thetyee.ca | Véronique Sioufi

There is renewed attention on Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program in the wake of the recent damning report from a UN Special Rapporteur that called the program “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.” Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Dancing Towards Diversity This season, the Dance Centre highlights the thriving creativity of BC’s dance scene with new collaborations and premieres.
The intersectional city

Apr 2, 2024 | monitormag.ca | Véronique Sioufi |Jon Milton |Randy Robinson

Cities reflect the avoidable—yet escalating—inequality that stems from prioritizing financial profits over the well-being of people and our environment. You see it in the affordability crisis, the housing crisis, and environmental destruction spread unevenly across social and geographic divisions in the city. Cities are a crucial arena for confronting global crises. Our power as community members can have a significant impact locally and beyond.
You’re Paying for Uber’s Profits

Nov 9, 2023 | thetyee.ca | Véronique Sioufi

The profits platform companies earn come not only at the expense of predominantly racialized workers but also at the expense of all B.C. taxpayers. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners The Tyee Is 20. So We’re Partying by Debating the Fate of Journalism End of news? Come cheer and boo as media heroes argue it out at our big birthday bash Nov. 30.
The workers AI hides

Nov 6, 2023 | briarpatchmagazine.com | Véronique Sioufi

In a small, modern office building in midtown Toronto, it’s the start of the workday for Tessa.* She sits at her desk and gets her computer started, but she doesn’t feel like diving into today’s workload just yet. Instead, she checks her email, scans a few news sites, and opens mturk.com, (or Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, for the unitiated).