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On the brink: Canada care workers struggle to make ends meet in pandemic

February 3, 2021May 16, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Julie Gordon and Anna Mehler Paperny

For 15 years, Halima has supported herself and her three children by working long hours taking care of elderly clients in retirement homes or in their personal residences in Toronto.

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Exclusive: Canada deporting thousands even as pandemic rages

January 22, 2021May 16, 2021amp Leave a comment

January 22, 2021

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Canada deported thousands of people even as COVID-19 raged last year, data seen by Reuters shows, and lawyers say deportations are ramping up, putting people needlessly at risk in the midst of a global health emergency.

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As Canada battles rising COVID-19 cases, lack of sick leave fuels transmission

January 12, 2021May 16, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

As Canadian provinces struggle to contain rising COVID-19 infections, a lack of adequate paid sick leave for front-line workers is fuelling transmission, doctors and advocates say.

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HEADS UP! Community Mental Health Summit – November 2020

December 29, 2020amp Leave a comment

I had the privilege of participating in the Fresh Outlook Foundation‘s mental health summit. You can find the video here.

A transcript of my keynote is here.

Policewoman, teacher and nurse among victims of Canada mass shooting

April 20, 2020April 24, 2020amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Moira Warburton, Reuters

Families across Canada struggled on Monday to come to grips with the deadliest shooting rampage in the country’s history, in which the victims included a veteran police officer, a teacher and a nurse.

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Medecins Sans Frontieres plans first Canada project as COVID-19 threatens homeless

April 14, 2020April 24, 2020amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is designing a 400-bed facility for homeless people in Toronto in its first Canadian project, a top official said on Tuesday, prompted by the risks posed by the coronavirus to vulnerable sections of society.

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Coronavirus takes deadly toll on Canada’s nursing homes

April 7, 2020April 24, 2020amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Allison Lampert, Reuters

With deaths in nursing homes making up almost half of Canada’s coronavirus deaths, provinces are taking control of their workforces, boosting care workers’ wages and redeploying health inspectors from hospitals to curb the virus’ spread among seniors.

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Please Fix Me: A Conversation with Anna Mehler Paperny

March 31, 2020April 2, 2020amp 2 Comments

Travis Lupick interviewed me for the LA Review of Books. He did a great job.

U.S. to return Canada-bound asylum seekers stopped at border to home nations

March 26, 2020April 2, 2020amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

After years of asylum-seekers crossing the Canada-U.S. border illegally to file refugee claims, Canada is turning them around and sending them back to the United States, which says it plans to send them swiftly back to their countries of origin.

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Canada lawyers, prosecutors scramble to get inmates out of jail

March 24, 2020April 2, 2020amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Tessa Vikander, Reuters

Canadian lawyers and government prosecutors are joining forces to get people out of provincial jails by accelerating bail hearings amid fears of a coronavirus outbreak in the close quarters.

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