May 7, 2020
Žižek's new book on COVID-19 fated for public indifference
Raluca Bejan
In his new collection of essays on the coronavirus pandemic, Slavoj Žižek is simply regurgitating many of his overused ideas in a shiny new COVID-19 packaging.
Raluca Bejan
Raluca Bejan is an assistant professor of social work at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. She has a PhD and a MSW from the University of Toronto, and a BA in political sciences from Lucian Blaga University, Romania. She was a former visiting academic at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, UK, in 2016 and 2018.
May 4, 2020
New Brunswick debate on migrant workers leaves a lot to be desired
Raluca Bejan
Either migrant workers should have access to permanent residency so they can benefit from the same rights as the resident population, or the TFW program should be scrapped altogether.
Apr 16, 2020
COVID-19 and disposable migrant workers
Raluca Bejan
If people are good enough to work they should be good enough to be cared for.
Mar 28, 2020
Don't turn COVID-19 testing over to the private market
Raluca Bejan
Lack of public investment forces governments to resort to private provision of supplies. And Canada did turn to the private market to address COVID-19 testing shortages.
Mar 16, 2020
Canada's health system is unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic
Raluca Bejan
Lack of tests kits is a structural problem and one that Canada could have avoided if it had been taking things more seriously beginning in December. After all, it had three full months to prepare.
Jan 14, 2020
What the Iran plane crash tells us about Canadian nationalism
Raluca Bejan
Canada's approach to immigration has made the crash less about those who died and more about Canada. Canada, not the victims and their families, is portrayed as having suffered the real loss.
Dec 2, 2019
The collapse of social welfarism is lethal
Raluca Bejan
The social determinants of health are the strongest predictors of individual health and mortality. With the collapse of social welfarism, matters of life and death have been left to the market.
Nov 21, 2019
'Poetry from the Future' won't solve Europe's crises
Raluca Bejan
New book promises bold new vision for leftist politics but fails to deliver.
Oct 8, 2019
Einbahnstraße: on the Maritime Bus to Edmundston
Raluca Bejan
The underlying assumption is that the East Coast is perpetually subsidized by Ontario and the West. Yet I wonder how many Ontarians would put up with a pulp mill in downtown Elora or Picton.
Sep 3, 2019
So long, Exarcheia: in conversation with Athenian essayist George Souvlis
Raluca Bejan
A Greek neighbourhood home to refugees and asylum seekers was raided by police about a week ago. Raluca Bejan speaks with academic and essayist George Souvlis about the political context.
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