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Scenario 1: Purpose-driven Conglomerates
December 21, 2019

Scenario 1: Purpose-driven Conglomerates

Microwork organizations offer Skills Packs training upgrades. Meanwhile, drone water-flights attack forest fires across the globe.

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Persona 1: Robin Esposito
December 21, 2019

Persona 1: Robin Esposito

Robin is a microworker with one of “the good guys”. The scenario represents a plausible future where microwork provides opportunities for advancement.

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Scenario 2: Profitably Public
December 21, 2019

Scenario 2: Profitably Public

Rising tensions feed a democratic mandate for big change. Government fosters a conscientious capitalism that distributes innovation’s benefits more broadly.

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Persona 2: Alyx Lee
December 21, 2019

Persona 2: Alyx Lee

Thanks to data royalties and a solid bioreactor gig, Alyx can live well and set something aside for the next flu or market shock.

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Scenario 3: The Social Impact Franchise
December 21, 2019

Scenario 3: The Social Impact Franchise

Global corporations set the agenda. With little oversight, microwork enters industries such as education, health, and social services.

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Persona 3: Vasil Ramadani
December 21, 2019

Persona 3: Vasil Ramadani

Vasil is a social entrepreneur who is happy about the impact of his work and hopeful for a better world.

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Scenario 4: Corporate Cooperativism
December 21, 2019

Scenario 4: Corporate Cooperativism

In this scenario, microwork economies and winner-take-all profit motives are contentious.

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Persona 4: Dan Yoon
December 21, 2019

Persona 4: Dan Yoon

Dan wanted to do well enough to keep his job. Although he also wanted to minimize bad effects on people.

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Publications

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Microtasking Project
2019-2020
Local Labour Market Plan
2019
Pathways to Mobility
2019
TWIG Warehousing and Distribution
Beyond the GTA: Making immigration work for all of Ontario report
2019
Making immigration work for all of Ontario
Local Labour Market Plan 2018-2019 report
2019
Local Labour Market Plan 2018-2019
Cover of report about Retail Trade
2019
Retail Trade: A sector in transition
Cover of report about labour market conditions for the food and beverage processing industry
2018
Food and Beverage Processing Sector
Report cover called Stemming the Gray Tide
2018
Stemming the Gray Tide
Cover of report called Labour Force Landscape
2018
Labour Force Landscape
Cover of longitudinal study of the long-term unemployed
2017
lLongitudinal study of the long-term unemployed
Cover of report about Toronto's food and beverage industy
2017
Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industry
Cover of report called Supporting Economic Mobility through Toronto's Employment and Training Program
2016
Toronto's Employment and Training Program
Cover of report called Turbulent Times in Toronto's Labour Market
2015
Toronto's Labour Market
Cover of report called Constructing Toronto
2015
Constructing Toronto

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Special Thanks

For collecting the microtasking signals at the foundation of this research:
Michelle Buckley, Assistant Professor, and Urban Political Geography Students
University of Toronto Scarborough, Department of Human Geography
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