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Guest column: Canada's changing labour market - where have the good jobs gone?

So you’ve just graduated university. You've spent three to four years studying, had more late nights at the library than you care to admit, and are now preparing to enter the labour market. You're ready to put your degree to work, and start achieving success in your career. Unfortunately for many new graduates, "success" means a part-time job outside of their field of specialization.

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Diversity and inclusion in Canada: A historical perspective

As Canadians, we are often told that Canada has a long history of being more tolerant and accepting of minority groups than our American neighbours. While this may be true of the past century, was Canadian treatment of minorities always so positive?

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Guest column: Making the right to strike work for youth

In January, the Supreme Court of Canada released a pair of historic decisions affirming the freedom of association of Canadian workers, including finding for the first time ever a constitutionally protected right to strike. These decisions are the latest in a series of cases that have radically reinterpreted the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to enhance the rights of working people (through the right to organize, collective bargaining, and strikes).

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Interview with The Honourable Stéphane Dion

As part of a series of interviews that Think Forward will be conducting with Members of Parliament and political party candidates heading into the 2015 Federal Election, Think Forward Managing Editor Michael Hurley recently spoke with Liberal MP Stéphane Dion to discuss a range of issues affecting Canadian youth, from rising tuition fees to unpaid internships to high youth unemployment in Canada.

 

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Guest column: Who's afraid of a black prime minister?

On November 4, 2008, the day that Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential election, it was an ecstatic moment. The day after his historic victory, I couldn't go anywhere without hearing raving comments from people who never imagined that they would see a Black president in the White House in their lifetime. This sentiment seemed to spread worldwide, from Kenya to Canada. 

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Guest column: My advice for young job seekers

What is life after graduation? You work hard for a number of years for the opportunity to walk across a stage, shake the hand of someone you've never met before, and collect a piece of paper. But what comes after that? The reality for many is not what they were promised. But if you're one of the graduates who has decided to tough it out in today's bleak job market, and you're currently looking for employment, there's some steps that you can take to make the job hunt easier.

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