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  1. Emma
    January 11, 2023

    Meet Emma, the 2022-2023 Supply Chain Reporting Fellow

    We welcome Emma Barnes-Lewis as the new 2022-2023 Supply Chain Reporting fellow! Emma is a PhD student in the School of Management at University of Bath where her research is re-examining the role of consumption in enabling and escaping extreme labour exploitation. Learn more about Emma here.

  2. scientific american
    November 18, 2022

    How a 'carbon cage' blocks climate mitigation

    Associate Professor Kate Ervine with a short doc for Scientific American exploring how climate action is stopped by carbon dependence. Co-produced by Duy Linh Tu with support from the Hidden Costs Academic-Journalism Collaboration Grant. View the short doc and accompanying article in Scientific…

  3. world
    June 1, 2022

    "Disaster land grabs" worldwide and in British Columbia

    This project arose out of graduate-level classwork led by Professor Peter Klein, director of the Hidden Costs project. The story is centred on a pipeline pushing through unceded territory, and how it fits in with a global pattern of power plays. Reported and published in partnership with The Tyee. …

  4. January 13, 2022

    Meet Our New Supply Chain Reporting Fellow

    Esther Cheung is the 2021-22 supply chain reporting fellow at the Global Reporting Centre. Esther is a multidisciplinary artist and creative, focused on nonfiction storytelling through drawing and animation. She holds a degree in animation and currently works in the commercial industry. She is…

  5. An overhead view of a garment factory in Ethiopia
    January 1, 2021

    On China's New Silk Road podcast now available

    From the Global Reporting Centre as part of the wider Hidden Costs project, all episodes of On China’s New Silk Road are now available wherever you get your podcasts. Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Castbox | Overcast | Deezer | RadioPublic | iHeartRadio …


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