We are happy to invite you to the next event in The Tyee’s Beyond the Headlines series. This time, we’ll be tackling the changing nature of working in Canada.

Get your tickets now for '(In)secure: The Future of Working,' May 25 in Vancouver.

The lives of working people in Canada are undergoing fundamental shifts and changes. As rapid automation eliminates jobs, employment trends towards precarious arrangements, and breakthrough innovations completely disrupt whole industries, it’s hard to know where the ground is. Are we heading to a future that is fundamentally insecure? Or a world where secure work is exchanged for new and better options?

At the same time, policy responses like universal basic income trials, greater protection for precarious workers, and alternative modes of cooperative work seek to address these rapid changes.

On May 25, join The Tyee and partners for an engaging night of storytelling and dialogue. Explore (in)security with people working, studying, advocating, and just dealing with the changing nature of working in Canada. In a series of presentations, we’ll cover how work has changed in Canada from the 20th century to now and what might come next. 

Check out our list of speakers here. More speakers will be announced in the days leading up to the event.

Ticket are $15 for general admission, $7.50 for students and seniors. Get your tickets now.

The evening will be held at the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema at 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver on Thursday, May 25, at 7 p.m. We’ll also be holding a pre-event reception at 6 p.m. in the World Art Centre where you can grab a snack and a drink before the talks start.

This event is proudly co-presented with SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, with support from United Steelworkers, Vancity, Community Savings, SFU Public Square, the Urban Worker Project, BC Federation of Labour, and Changemakers Vancouver.

The event will be filmed, and we'll post the recording on The Tyee in the days following.