PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
Alyssa Gerhardt is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University. She is a mixed method researcher specializing in Economic Sociology. Her research examines the everyday experiences of people living with personal debt, and considers how debt is a factor shaping experiences of social inequality.

Farmers’ markets are a vital but overlooked part of fixing Canada’s struggling food system
Dec 10, 2024 05:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Since the onset of the pandemic, food prices have remained stubbornly high, even as grocery chains have made record profits. This has fuelled public frustration with so-called greedflation a term describing large...

Improved employment policies can encourage fathers to be more involved at home
Dec 11, 2023 06:52 am UTC| Politics
While the COVID-19 pandemic had many detrimental socio-economic and health impacts, one silver lining has been the influence of remote work on mens involvement in unpaid work at home. Since the first pandemic lockdowns...