"The fastest growing green jobs in the world are care jobs. Low-carbon, community rooted & essential. This means formalizing care work, ensuring living wages, social protections, safety of working conditions & access to training and career progression." #CareEconomies @uniglobalunion.org

Join us on March 17 for the next installment of the #CareEconomies in Context Speaker Series:

“Immigrants' Mental Health Dilemma” with Dr. Hui Zheng at the University of Toronto.

RSVP to attend in-person or online: cgsp-cpsm.ca/2026/02/03/j...

We are proud to announce the publication of the first op-ed through CGSP's Opinion Piece Project, "Girls Don't Get to Evacuate First" by Jenna Edwards, in Canada's National Observer (December 2025).

Click here to read the piece: cgsp-cpsm.ca/article/girl...

#CareEconomies #CareWork #OpEdProject

A recent blog post by the Wellesley Institute introduces a new research project that aims to improve health equity outcomes for personal support workers and early childhood educators at work.

Click here to learn more: www.wellesleyinstitute.com/care-economy...

#CareEconomies #CareProviders

Register Today for the Caring About Care Workers Report Launch and Community Forum

Dec 3 event - Caring about Care Workers: Centering Immigrant Women Personal Support Workers in Toronto’s Home Care Sector, co-hosted by @planningtoronto.bsky.social and @torontomet.bsky.social
#CareEconomies #CareWork

Melissa Milkie is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. Her research examines the changing work structures and cultural landscapes that shape well-being at work and at home.

Click here to read the full interview: cgsp-cpsm.ca/2025/06/26/r...

#CareEconomies #CareWork #VoicesOfCare

From September 18-21, members of the CGSP attended the "Economics and Gender: Care Economy" Conference hosted by the National University of Mongolia.

Click here to learn more about the conference: cgsp-cpsm.ca/2025/10/08/m...

#VoicesofCare #CareEconomies #CareWork #CareProviders #UnpaidCare

October 29 is the International Day of Care and Support. Care work sustains us yet remains invisible and undervalued. Join the #VoicesofCare movement to demand fair pay, benefits, and protections for caregivers – and honour their vital role in building resilient societies.
#CareEconomies #CareWork

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Join us on Nov. 11 for the next installment of the #CareEconomies in Context Speaker Series:

“Healthy ageing and long-term care policies in Asia” with Soonman Kwon of Seoul National University

RSVP to attend in-person or online: cgsp-cpsm.ca/2025/10/08/j...

#LongTermCare #Ageing #SocialPolicy

Researcher Spotlight: Izumi Niki

Check out our interview with Izumi, a PhD student in Sociology & Care Economies in Context RA, to learn more about her research on ethnocultural long-term care in Canada: cgsp-cpsm.ca/2025/10/21/r...

#CareEconomies #CareWork #VoicesOfCare #CareProviders #UnpaidCare

How elder care can rupture sibling relationships: ‘I didn’t have much choice’ Guardian readers shared how caring for ageing parents with siblings tested – and sometimes broke – family bonds

Care in the news: "How elder care can rupture sibling relationships: ‘I didn’t have much choice’" #CareEconomies
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Ontario home care supply shortages caused by lack of planning, oversight: ombudsman | CBC News Ontario's patient ombudsman says in a new report that medical supply shortages last fall for palliative and home-care patients were triggered by one vendor, but the actions and inactions of a governme...

#CareEconomies in the news
Ontario home care supply shortages caused by lack of planning, oversight: ombudsman
"Affected patients included a person with... Stage 4 cancer whose delivery of supplies to ease their end-of-life pain and nausea was delayed, not arriving until 10 minutes before they died"

The Care Economy in Beyond GDP Paradigms Growth, GDP, and the roots of the current polycrisis The multidimensional and interconnected crises we are in – including economic, climate, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, debt, and ...

"Care is work, essential work that ultimately benefits everyone. It should be the central principle of social and economic development around which societies are organized, and reflected in corresponding policies and metrics."

Great #CareEconomies piece from #GlobalAllianceForCare

Alberta family calls for continuing care accountability after mother dies of septic shock | CBC News After Norma Wensley, 88, was admitted to a continuing care facility in Camrose, Alberta, her family alleges she endured 10 months of neglect, leading to her death from septic shock caused by an untrea...

"Chris Gallaway... said the poor standard of care alleged in Wensley's death is... prevalent in continuing care facilities across Alberta," pointing to chronic understaffing, underfunding and a reactive complaint-driven system as systemic issues. #CareEconomies

"Late midlife adults represent one of our nation’s major resources, given the socioeconomic and health-related roles they play as caregivers to young and old. But resources can become depleted: they need care, respect and sensitivity themselves in order to continue in those roles." #CareEconomies

Spots still available for "Creating the Conditions of Care" on Monday May 5 - register today!

Zoom registration: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

In-person registration: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

#CareEconomies #CareWork

"As Canadians prepare to head to the polls, we should all consider the future we want to see for ourselves and our communities as we age. Making strategic investments to improve the quality of life for older Canadians today will also lay the foundation for future generations."
#CareEconomies #Care

White text on dark blue background surrounded by coloured circles says Paid work and unpaid work occur in relation to each other, rather than existing as separate domains. This article conceptualizes this intertwined relationship in women's labor as the gendered labor continuum." Text is followed by a citation: "Gendered Labor Continuum: Immigrant Mothers Confronting Uncertainty and Pandemic Constraints Daniela Ugarte Villalobos & Pelin Gul, 2024."

How do immigrant women navigate inequality, precarity & upheavals in labour market & at home? The “gendered labor continuum” helps understand & create equitable #CareEconomies
Here's a snapshot of research by Daniela Villalobos & @pelinngul.bsky.social.

Full article: cgsp-cpsm.ca/article/gend...

He was critically hurt in a 2009 car crash. He's still in hospital, 16 years later | CBC News Ken Rekowski suffered a traumatic brain injury when his car went off the road during bad weather. He's never been able to find suitable permanent care and remains in a hospital bed in Renfrew, Ont., a...

Stories like Ken's illustrate the urgency of building robust #CareEconomies that centre the needs of those who give and receive care.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Disability amid disaster: People with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by natural disasters After disasters, people with disabilities are more likely to be displaced, more likely to never return home and more likely to receive scam offers, Census Bureau data shows.

Experts say people with disabilities are often left behind during evacuation and recovery efforts, and that as climate change amplifies the frequency and scale of natural disasters, the discrepancies are becoming more serious. #CareAndClimate #CareEconomies www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

Great piece about policy and advocacy efforts to demand a National #Caregiving Strategy, featuring insights from CGSP director Ito Peng and #CareEconomies in Context project partner CCCE.

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Le système actuel est injuste. Les femmes participent à la croissance grâce à leur travail non rémunéré mais ne sont pas visibles ni valorisées. Il est urgent de renforcer le leadership des femmes, investir dans le care et construire des #CareEconomies pour un #FeministFuture 5/5