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      The violence of frenzy
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      Hope and Expectation
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    • Volume 1
      • 0.1 Intro
      • 1.1 Margins
      • 1.2 Living with the Seasons
      • 1.3 Thriftiness
      • 1.4 Noise and Silence
      • 1.5 Bodies
      • 1.6 Transportation
      • 1.7 Waterways
      • 1.8 My Economy
      • 1.9 Sharing Food
      • 1.10 Coming and Going
    • 2.1 Labor
    • 2.2 Bridges
    • 2.3 Shops & Stores
    • 2.4 The Darkest Night
    • 2.5 Sabbath
    • 2.6 Local Government
    • 2.7 Solastalgia
    • 2.8 Borders & Boundaries
    • 2.9 Play

Jacqueline Ristola

Jacqueline Ristola is a masters student in Cinema and Media Studies at York University. She is Chief Steward Unit 3 of her local, CUPE 3903, and an organizer with the 15 Years of Imperialist War in Afghanistan campaign. She enjoys studying Japanese in her spare time.

What I learned from my labour union
EssaySeptember 7, 2016

What I learned from my labour union

By Jacqueline Ristola

What does it mean to be a student of higher education? For many it means studying at a valued institution in the pursuit of…

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About Topology

Topology Magazine

Topology Magazine is a place for active contemplation through prose, poetry, and art: the produce of thoughtful labor in the places where we find ourselves. Each person is inextricably tied to their physical location, and Topology cultivates that connection by publishing work which explicitly or implicitly recognizes the influence of place. Read more …

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  • Kathryn T. Jones
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  • Raechelle Kennedy
  • Bill Boerman-Cornell
  • Scott Peterson
  • Uche Ogbuji
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  • Elisabeth McClanahan
  • Neil E. Das
  • Gail Heffner
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  • Sylvia Keesmaat
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  • Denise Frame Harlan
  • A. Non
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  • Monica Sharman
  • J.C. Elkin
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  • Amy Nemecek
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  • Joy Riggs
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  • Nora Kirkham
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  • Larry Kamphausen
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  • Sara Sterley
  • Julie Keefer
  • Lynne S. Viti
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  • Amanda Hiland
  • Christopher Smit
  • Devon Balwit
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  • Valerie Bacharach
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  • Paul Douglas McNeill II
  • Daniel Silliman
  • Lee Hull Moses
  • Deborah Bowen
  • Amy Oestreicher
  • Christie Walkuski
  • Laura Fabrycky
  • Lynn White
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  • Lindsy Wallace
  • Jill McDonough
  • Donald Illich
  • Amelia Rhodes
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  • Kathy Fenton-Miller
  • Ched Myers
  • Heather Hutchison
  • Nate Maxson
  • Larry-Michael Hackenberg
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  • Lauren Wayne
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  • June Mears Driedger
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  • Mike Wilson
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  • Joel Schueler
  • Wm. Anthony Connolly
  • Ruth Asher
  • Matthew Deames
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  • Sophie Blanc
  • Cat Dixon
  • Elisavietta Ritchie
  • Erin O'Connor-Garcia
  • Geneva Langeland
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  • Nate Al Attas-Bradford
  • Clinton Inman
  • Kierstan Barbre
  • Joyce H. Munro
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  • Ann Klotz
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  • Gary Guthrie
  • Samuel J. Fox
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  • Kurt Armstrong
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  • Nathaniel Harper-Brees
  • Denise Vredevoogd
  • Vincent A. Cellucci
  • Jerry Berrigan
  • John Yohe
  • Erica Schemper
  • Stephanie Nikolopoulos
  • Debra Dieppa
  • Mark Andrew Heathcote
  • Kate Bowman-Johnston
  • Aaron Nell
  • Katie Rendon Kahn
  • Hardeep Sabharwal
  • Ben Brazil
  • Kendall Vanderslice
  • Mike Finley
  • Grant Elgersma
  • Karen Fitz La Barge
  • Jim Schmotzer
  • Amanda Cleary Eastep
  • Kristina England
  • Zach Bartz
  • Emily Ulmer
  • L. L. Barkat
  • Jennifer Monroe
  • Josh MacIvor-Andersen
  • Katie Houston
  • Jeremy Huggins
  • Amie Adams
  • Matthew Landrum
  • Barbara Ruth
  • Rebecca Wolff
  • Jacqueline Ristola
  • Alan Van Wyk
  • Jeffrey Allen Mays
  • Michael Knowles
  • Robert Stout
  • Rob Testing

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