Poetic justice
You wanna hear about crisis? A spoken-word artist takes aim at economic injustice with a potent blend of lyricism and rage. 
Fancy footwork
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens must dance to a new recessionary tune - keeping "allegro" while funds are "diminuendo."
Bea speaks
From her homebase in a Toronto housing co-op, 92-year-old Bea Levis is a spirited advocate for the economic security and wellbeing of all older Canadians.
Toughing it out in Timmins
When the market for forestry products comes crashing down, so does demand for Jackie’s logging trailers.
Inhospitality industry
Rowena accuses her bosses at a big Toronto hotel of replacing full-time positions with part-time shift-work – and using the recession as cover.
Small works
Opting to stay small, immigrant farmers Jean and François may have immunized themselves against the worst of the crisis.
Thorncliffe Park perseveres
Desmond and his co-workers track the recession’s trajectory in one of Canada’s most multicultural and densely populated neighbourhoods.
Song for the New Depression
Performers Sabah Lachgar and Hassan El Hadi revisit a classic Depression-era tune by La Bolduc, who buoyed the spirits of French-Canadians during the dirty thirties.
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Bea speaks
Toronto, OntarioFrom her homebase in a Toronto housing co-op, 92-year-old Bea Levis is a spirited advocate for the economic security...
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Full Steam Ahead: the Battle River Railway
Rosalind, AlbertaWhen CN announced plans to scrap yet another rural railway, farmers in the Battle River region resolved to take...
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Fields that keep feeding
East Markham, OntarioThe age-old tradition of gleaning - salvaging leftover crops from fields - is being practised with renewed purpose as...
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Economic bauble
Montreal, QuebecIt started as a hobby but jewelllery-making now provides Oanh with a livelihood - one that served her well when the...
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Lawrence fights back
Coquitlam, British ColumbiaDiagnosed with MS in 1985, Lawrence credits Coquitlam’s Chimo Program with keeping him alive – but local health...
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What I learned at temple
Vancouver, British ColumbiaAn active member of an historic congregation, Ranbir helps fellow Sikhs get back into a tetchy labour market.
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Recycle this!
Vancouver, British ColumbiaWhat's a recycling company to do when a global meltdown decimates its markets? Rethink, reinvent - and hire new staff.
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Sold down the Mistassini River
Dolbeau-Mistassini, QuebecA pulp-and-paper multinational shuts a mill in a small Quebec town, leaving residents feeling betrayed.
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Power of the pen
Bécancour, QuebecWhen Olivier Kaestlé lost his job as a security guard, he felt a sense of rupture and loss. Then he put pen to paper.
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Bread & water: Mr Chartier remembers
Montreal, QuebecAt the age of 97, Pacifique Chartier revisits his boyhood neighbourhood and recalls life in Depression-era Montreal.
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Inhospitality industry
Toronto, OntarioRowena accuses her bosses at a big Toronto hotel of replacing full-time positions with part-time shift-work – and...
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Fancy footwork
Montreal, QuebecLes Grands Ballets Canadiens must dance to a new recessionary tune - keeping "allegro" while funds are "diminuendo."
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Farewell to Nova Scotia
Bear River, Nova ScotiaLike so many easterners before him, Joe leaves home in a bid to support a family that he must leave behind.
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Song for the New Depression
Montreal, QuebecPerformers Sabah Lachgar and Hassan El Hadi revisit a classic Depression-era tune by La Bolduc, who buoyed the...
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Bevan Jones: My brother’s victim
Morin Heights, QuebecAs the crisis exposes previously undetected financial scams, a notorious Ponzi scheme drives a wedge between brothers.
