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A Turn at the Table Since 1998, PEA member Teressa Prentice has represented members of the Hospital Employees Union in grievances. In 2023, it was…

On the path of Responsible Mining PEA member Sarah Alloisio shares her experience in the Mine Audits Unit By Jessica Natale Woollard The disruption caused…

In a soundproof recording studio, an 11-year-old boy inspects the professional equipment: the condenser microphone, headphones, monitors, and specialty software. He is dreaming of what…

Modernizing BC Agriculture Agrologists working for the BC Public Service are shaping how agriculture in BC can grow the economy The modern apple orchards of…

If a breakthrough medication for treating Type 1 diabetes were discovered tomorrow, physicians would know about it by the end of the year—right? Wrong. “It…

Off the shore of Sable Island, about 175 kilometres from the coast of Nova Scotia, a large ship moved through the fog towing an array…

Sonny Wilson, Director, Member-at-Large

Board-game nights, podcast sessions, Mandarin classes, astrology lectures. With offerings like these, public libraries are rewriting their story. The twenty-first century library is still a…

Words by Jessica Woollard When you pick up the latest James Patterson mystery at the Kelowna library, or borrow last year’s best-foreign-film Oscar pick from the…

Words by Jessica Natale Woolard Lawyers say the courtroom is nothing like you see on TV. But the way Rod Holloway describes cases at the…

If voluntary service was currency, Joanne could have made a living with her commitment to PEA. She has been a dedicated PEA volunteer for nearly…

The stereotype of the librarian as a stern, older woman with thick glasses, a calf-length wool skirt and sensible shoes is pervasive in popular culture….