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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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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