Vol. 28 No. 1 February-March 2009
CONTENTS
FEATURE STORIES
10 CANADA'S LIVE-IN CAREGIVER PROGRAM
"If you live in the Philippines and you hear the word 'Canada,' you think, It's a very nice place: good people, good salary,'" says Lilibeth Agoncillo. Unfortunately, her first job as a live-in caregiver only lasted three weeks.
By Carole Pearson
18 CANADIAN IMMIGRATION POLICY & THE LCP
How well do live-in caregivers fare in achieving permanent residency in Canada?
By Salimah Valiani
COVER STORY
22 LEADERS FOR TOMORROW
"To me it was like oxygen," says elementary school teacher Arifa Ghaffar of her participation in the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario's Leaders for Tomorrow program. "The program changed me totally as a teacher and a person. I felt validated, I felt part of the bigger picture."
By Kristin Schwartz
31 VIOLA DESMOND ENERGIZER
An exercise that helps raise energy levels at meetings and gets people thinking about systemic ways in which racism shows itself.
Canadian Labour Congress
33 ANNA WILLATS: A PROFILE
"At the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre in the 80s I learned everything I know about organizing," says part-time professor and militant pride activist Anna Willats, an active supporter of the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union campaign to win equal rights for part-time college
workers.
By Deidre Walton
REGULAR DEPARTMENTS
5 NOTES
Repair EI! * Petrocan Workers Win * A Million Reasons Booklet
WEBWORK
7 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WIKIS
For the webbish amongst us, wikis embody the Web 2.0 ideal.
By Derek Blackadder
9 OUR TIMES TALLY
Percentage of the world's poor who are women: 70
By Sean Cain
21 POETRY
By Fiona Tinwei Lam
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