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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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  • Raechelle Kennedy
  • Bill Boerman-Cornell
  • Scott Peterson
  • Uche Ogbuji
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  • Lisa Witz
  • Elisabeth McClanahan
  • Neil E. Das
  • Gail Heffner
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  • Joy Riggs
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  • John Davis Jr.
  • Nora Kirkham
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  • Larry Kamphausen
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  • Kendra Stanton Lee
  • Julie Keefer
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  • Jennifer Crow
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  • Paul Douglas McNeill II
  • Matt Prater
  • Lee Hull Moses
  • Amy Oestreicher
  • Christie Walkuski
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  • Laura Fabrycky
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  • Amelia Rhodes
  • Lindsy Wallace
  • Jill McDonough
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  • Kathy Fenton-Miller
  • Ched Myers
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  • Jeff Burt
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  • Matthew Deames
  • Wm. Anthony Connolly
  • Ruth Asher
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  • Erin O'Connor-Garcia
  • Sophie Blanc
  • Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence
  • Elisavietta Ritchie
  • Cat Dixon
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  • Nate Al Attas-Bradford
  • Clinton Inman
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  • Ann Klotz
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  • Gary Guthrie
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  • Griffin Paul Jackson
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  • Jerry Berrigan
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  • Erica Schemper
  • Denise Vredevoogd
  • Vincent A. Cellucci
  • John Yohe
  • Aaron Nell
  • Debra Dieppa
  • Stephanie Nikolopoulos
  • Mark Andrew Heathcote
  • Kate Bowman-Johnston
  • Hardeep Sabharwal
  • Kendall Vanderslice
  • Katie Rendon Kahn
  • Ben Brazil
  • Mike Finley
  • Emily Ulmer
  • Zach Bartz
  • Grant Elgersma
  • Karen Fitz La Barge
  • Jim Schmotzer
  • Kristina England
  • Amanda Cleary Eastep
  • Katie Houston
  • L. L. Barkat
  • Jennifer Monroe
  • Josh MacIvor-Andersen
  • Barbara Ruth
  • Jeremy Huggins
  • Matthew Landrum
  • Amie Adams
  • Alan Van Wyk
  • Rebecca Wolff
  • Jacqueline Ristola
  • Jeffrey Allen Mays
  • Michael Knowles
  • Robert Stout
  • Rob Testing

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