Just Work It

By Atkinson Foundation

What's Just Work It about?

Just Work It is a platform for podcasts about decent work by and for millennials. It is hosted by Ausma Malik, Atkinson’s Director of Social Engagement.

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Just Work It episodes:

02.19.2020
2062 – Ep.2: Lighting Up the Economy
Employment is up. Wages are down. Most people have fewer choices and chances. It doesn’t add up. Some people are throwing their hands in the air because they don’t believe the economic system can change. Others are simply throwing shade...
02.13.2019
2062 – Ep.1: A Just Work It Live Event
In front of a live audience on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, Atkinson’s Ausma Malik had a seriously funny conversation about inclusion, technology and power with U.S. comedian Hari Kondabolu and Canadian Roots Exchange’s Max FineDay. The podcast includes cameo appearances...
02.12.2019
2062 – Ep.0: Get Ready for 2062!
We’ve covered a lot of topics when it comes to decent work and our generation — and we’re not done yet! Our third series about the future of work is dropping soon. It features U.S. comedian Hari Kondabolu and Indigenous...
08.27.2018
Lovers & Fighters – Ep.6: Decent Work in Your Workplace
Dramatic changes in the world of work are igniting new visions and strategies for decent work everywhere. Unionized and non-unionized workers alike are part of a movement to rebalance power and to create a future characterized by greater equality. In...
08.27.2018
Lovers & Fighters – Ep.5: Making Democracy Work
There is a common phrase: “Real democracy is what happens between elections.” It also moves beyond politics – it’s how we relate to each other online and offline, at work and in the public square, wherever we find community. ....
08.27.2018
Lovers & Fighters – Ep.4: Building Community Power
Urban and infrastructure developments are often hotly contested, with disruptive construction schedules, impacts on local communities, and debates over how benefits get distributed. While traditionally the scales of power have tipped in favour of developers, historically marginalized and equity seeking...
08.27.2018
Lovers & Fighters – Ep.3: Working While Black
Anti-Black racism is built into our economy and society. Affordable housing and job prospects are hard to come by for most millennials, but even more so for Black workers. We know more equitable systems and structures are possible – especially...
08.27.2018
Lovers & Fighters – Ep.2: Closing the Gender Pay Gap
Every year, April 10 marks Equal Pay Day. Why? Because women on average have to work an extra three and a half months each year to earn what a man does in twelve months. And it takes even longer if...
08.27.2018
Lovers & Fighters – Ep.1: #decentwork as the #futureofwork
We hear a lot about how technology is shaping the future of work – booming digital industries, apps for finding work, and artificial intelligence. But these conversations often exclude many of the people who are most affected by technological change...
08.16.2018
Lovers & Fighters – Ep.0: Introducing Lovers & Fighters
Lovers and Fighters is the second podcast series on the Just Work It platform, for and by millennial workers. In this series, we dive deep into the issues that millennials workers love enough to fight for and what motivates them....
08.10.2018
Avocado Toast – Bonus Episode: What Does Decent Work Mean to You?
What does decent work mean to you? We asked our friends from the first Just Work It podcast series, Avocado Toast: Smashing Millennial Myths in Pursuit of Decent Work. Here’s what Ahmad Gaied (Episode 4), Yasmine Mathurin (Episode 1), Chenjerai...
05.24.2018
Avocado Toast – Bonus Episode: Do You Eat Avocado Toast?
In this short bonus episode, Ausma asks our guests the all-important millennial question: do you eat avocado toast? Listen for some surprising and hilarious answers from Jenny Fortin (Episode 5), Chenjerai Kumanyika (Episode 2 & 3), Nil Sendil (Episode 2),...
03.27.2018
Avocado Toast – Ep.6: Millennials Don’t Want Kids
Millennials are having fewer children than previous generations. Why? The reasons are as diverse as this generation, ranging from personal preference to affordability to apprehensions about the fate of the planet. In the final episode of this series, Ausma talks...
03.27.2018
Avocado Toast – Ep.5: Millennials Want Flexibility
Millennials are frequently portrayed as big supporters of greater flexibility in work. They want to explore their interests, like hobbies and travel, and work from anywhere. But this doesn’t tell the whole story: ‘flexible’ work can create insecurity, make it...
03.27.2018
Avocado Toast – Bonus Episode: Dispatches from the Young Workers’ Assembly
Ausma attended the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) Young Workers’ Assembly in November 2017 and spoke with young union activists shaping the future of the labour movement and their place in it. Paige Kezima – Representative for Young People, Canadian...
03.27.2018
Avocado Toast – Ep.4: Millennials Work to Live
We have talked a lot about how economic transitions and the precarious nature of work are affecting millennials, but they aren’t taking these changes lightly. In some digital industries, including media, some younger workers are using their voice, collective power,...
03.27.2018
Avocado Toast – Ep.3: Millennials are Wired
Millennials grew up on the internet – chatting with friends on messenger services, researching homework on the computer, and sharing lives on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, you name it. Is this an addiction or are millennials using technology to stay...
03.27.2018
Avocado Toast – Ep.2: Millennials Don’t Care About the World
Millennials are known as the selfie generation. Do they care about anything but themselves? While some take a pessimistic view of millennials and activism, evidence tells a different story. One in four millennials who live in Canada has actively engaged...
03.27.2018
Avocado Toast – Ep.1: Millennials are Frivolous
Some people think millennials aren’t getting ahead because of their frivolous spending on fancy phones, trips to Europe, and avocado toast. Studies show, however, that millennials are more budget conscious than other generations. Rising rates of student loans, precarious employment,...
03.01.2018
Introducing Avocado Toast
Avocado Toast: Smashing Millennial Myths in Pursuit of Decent Work is the first podcast series on Atkinson’s Just Work It platform.

What's Just Work It about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Just Work It episodes:

2062 – Ep.2: Lighting Up the Economy

2062 – Ep.1: A Just Work It Live Event

2062 – Ep.0: Get Ready for 2062!

Lovers & Fighters – Ep.6: Decent Work in Your Workplace

Lovers & Fighters – Ep.5: Making Democracy Work

Lovers & Fighters – Ep.4: Building Community Power

Lovers & Fighters – Ep.3: Working While Black

Lovers & Fighters – Ep.2: Closing the Gender Pay Gap

Lovers & Fighters – Ep.1: #decentwork as the #futureofwork

Lovers & Fighters – Ep.0: Introducing Lovers & Fighters

Avocado Toast – Bonus Episode: What Does Decent Work Mean to You?

Avocado Toast – Bonus Episode: Do You Eat Avocado Toast?

Avocado Toast – Ep.6: Millennials Don’t Want Kids

Avocado Toast – Ep.5: Millennials Want Flexibility

Avocado Toast – Bonus Episode: Dispatches from the Young Workers’ Assembly

Avocado Toast – Ep.4: Millennials Work to Live

Avocado Toast – Ep.3: Millennials are Wired

Avocado Toast – Ep.2: Millennials Don’t Care About the World

Avocado Toast – Ep.1: Millennials are Frivolous

Introducing Avocado Toast