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TheOldBook

and PaperShow

Sunday

November10,

Artscape

WychwoodBarns

601 Christie St, Toronto, M6G 4C

Between Bathurst and Christie, south of St. Clair

Sunday, 10am - 4pm Admission: $10.

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Hardcorecollectorsline up before

opening. At 10am they're off to scour

the show for what they love.The

youngercohortshows up after brunch.

These folks tend to browse and linger,

considering and comparing, ultimately

buying some cool item.

ThisistheOldBookandPaper

show, twice a year in mid-town Toronto.

Forty plus dealers, 70-odd tables, 6

hours in which to browse, shop and

seek out little gems.

Visitorsfindold paper, ephemera, an-

tique photography and vintage books -

every conceivable type of vintage print-

ed material, all under one roof. 70 ta-

bles piled high. Categories include old

advertising, concert, travel & movie

posters, comics, photography, prints,

vintage postcards, maps, out of print

magazines, old paperbacks, sports

memorabilia, antique maps, rare, an-

tique and unusual old books and more.

Pricepointsbeginat a few dollars, but

don't be surprised to see the occasional

piece for a few hundred.

Theshowisa'can'tmiss'for many

hundreds of people every time. For a

different experience in antiques and

collectibles, consider coming to the

next show,November 10,2019.

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A new Toronto project aims to arm women facing sexual ha-
rassment and assault at low-wage jobs with information on
their legal rights.
Formally launched this week by the Barbra Schlifer Com-
memorative Clinic, which aids women facing abuse, the
#AndMeToo initiative offers free, informal legal advice on ev-
erything from constructive dismissal severance and human-
rights complaints to criminal-injuries compensation and
criminal charges. Staff will also guide survivors of workplace
sexual coercion in low-wage industries on navigating
strained relationships with their employers, should they
choose to stay.
Specifically, the clinic seeks to help women working on
farms, in factories and kitchens, or as cleaners, caregivers or
nannies, among other low-wage professions that are often
seasonal or come via work permits or temp agencies.
Typically, these workplaces offer little in the way of human
resources or other safe avenues to voice complaints, said Dee-
pa Mattoo, the clinic’s executive director. At the same time,
many of these employers also provide a roof over their staff-
ers’ heads, rides to work or other life essentials. In these condi-
tions, Ms. Mattoo said, women face steep economic risks for
disclosing sexual violence on the job.
“The people we work with who are cleaners, or work in
kitchens – it’s not as if leaving one exploitative situation
opens up another option for them,” Ms. Mattoo said. “The re-
ality is that they will be transacted in this economy from one
place of exploitation to another. The chain effect is what
keeps them quiet.”
The goal is to assist 240 women in the first year of the ad-
vocacy project, which is jointly funded by a private donor and
the United Way. The clinic is already helping one Toronto
woman file for workers’ compensation, as well as a human-
rights complaint, after the woman said she was sexually as-
saulted at her minimum-wage job by a co-worker, who alleg-
edly made sexual remarks about her Latin American accent
before following her, cornering her and grabbing her breasts.
The 43-year-old mother alleges that her supervisor witnessed
the assault, and leered. She said that although she filed a re-
port with management, the harasser continued following her

• leading her to eat her lunch in a nearby church, the only
  place she felt safe during her
  shifts. After going on sick leave,
  the woman said she received an
  ultimatum from her bosses: re-
  turn to work, where the harasser
  remains, or quit.
  Precariously employed racial-
  ized, migrant or immigrant wom-
  en such as her are more likely to be
  exposed to sexual harassment, as
  are women isolated from other
  co-workers (live-in domestic ca-
  regivers) and women who rely on
  tips (waitresses and bartenders), according to the Ontario
  Human Rights Commission. Precarious employment often
  involves low wages, no union protections and no pensions,
  according to a Law Commission of Ontario report. Such work-
  places can be risky, according to the commission, partly be-
  cause of workers’ lack of knowledge about their rights and
  their fears of job loss or deportation.
  People who are chronically sexually harassed at work often
  develop a hypervigilance that becomes damaging to their
  mental health, said Callandra Cochrane, a staff lawyer at the
  Toronto clinic. “It’s a place you’re going to for a majority of
  your week where you don’t feel safe,” Ms. Cochrane said.
  “You’re wondering, is it going to get worse? You’re constantly
  evaluating how to protect yourself.”
  Besides legal consultations, year one of #AndMeToo will
  also involve training for 600 front-line service providers at
  shelters and community centres in how to spot the signs of
  workplace sexual coercion, how to skillfully respond and
  where to refer survivors. Staff will also work with other law-
  yers so they can better serve this cohort.
  Ms. Mattoo said low-income earning women have been
  largely excluded from the #MeToo movement that exploded
  in 2017. So far, #MeToo has been dominated by recognizable
  accusers disclosing abuse perpetrated by men prominent in
  politics, arts and the media – this even as precariously em-
  ployed women are more vulnerable to sexual violence on the
  job, Ms. Mattoo and other experts argued.
  “Even for very financially secure women in Hollywood who
  made disclosures, there were attendant risks for them and
  that kept people silent for a very long time,” said Janet Mosh-
  er, an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School who re-
  searches gender-based violence. “For any number of other
  women, the risks are much more significant.”
  The Toronto woman alleging workplace sexual harass-
  ment said she now recognizes that she was an easy target: an
  immigrant making minimum wage, unclear on her rights.
  “My feeling is that I’m yelling in the middle of the street and
  nobody’s caring about that,” the woman said.
  With help from the clinic’s legal team, she has applied for
  compensation through Ontario’s Workplace Safety and In-
  surance Board and is working with Ms. Cochrane on her hu-
  man-rights complaint, which may allow her to make de-
  mands for systemic change within her company. Recently, the
  mother also started a support group for other Latin American
  women being abused at home or at their poorly paying jobs.
  “It’s not about compensation,” she said. “It’s about puni-
  shing a crime.”

Torontoproject

aimstoprotect

femaleworkers

inlow-wagejobs

Clinicseekstoeducatewomenfacing

workplaceharassmentabouttheirrights

ZOSIA BIELSKI

Thegoalistoassist

240womeninthe
firstyearofthe

advocacyproject,

whichisjointly

fundedbyaprivate

donorandthe
UnitedWay.

A Southern Ontario police officer has been found guilty of
criminal negligence which caused the death of an Indige-
nous woman.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Renee Pomerance handed
down the verdict against Constable Nicholas Doering, an
officer with the police force in London, Ont., this after-
noon. The trial focused on Constable Doering’s interactions
with her after he arrested her before she was transferred to
the custody of provincial police.
Justice Pomerance’s decision says Constable Doering
showed a reckless disregard for Ms. Chrisjohn’s life.
London Police says Constable Doering is still working
and that it will review the ruling before deciding about his
job status.THECANADIANPRESS

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