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Trish L. Hennessy

Trish L. Hennessy

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Trish Hennessy is director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' (CCPA) new Ontario office. The CCPA is a progressive, non-partisan think tank. For the past six years, Trish has directed the CCPA's national project examining income inequality in Canada. Her blog examines how we talk about the challenges of our times. Her monthly index, Hennessy's Index takes a snapshot of key issues and breaks them down by the numbers. Trish is a former newspaper journalist. She has a B.A. Sociology from Queen's University, B.S.W. from Carleton University, and M.A. in Sociology from OISE/University of Toronto.

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Will Kathleen Wynne Cross the Inequality Barrier?

(0) Comments | Posted January 29, 2013 | 11:44 AM

Imagine if Ontario's incoming Premier -- lauded for breaking the inequality barrier on two counts -- decided to parlay her victory into a post-austerity focus on solutions to income inequality.

Now that would be truly groundbreaking. And it couldn't come at a better time.

Brand new data from Statistics...

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What If Charities Go Silent?

(6) Comments | Posted October 13, 2012 | 5:37 PM

How fares freedom of expression in Canada? As part of Non-Speak Week, PEN Canada blogs on the health of that most fundamental of freedoms.

While you're reading this, nearly two million employees are busy trying to make our world a little bit better through their work at Canada's...

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