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		<title>An Uncertain Future</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[My essay &#8220;An Uncertain Future&#8221;Â appeared in the January 19, 2019 weekend edition of The Globe and Mail,Â on page 3 of the OpinionÂ section. It was also published online here. Thank-you for the encouraging feedback and for the kind words of support to my mother. I&#8217;ve been passing them on.]]></description>
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<p>My essay &#8220;An Uncertain Future&#8221;Â appeared in the January 19, 2019 weekend edition of <em>The Globe and Mail,Â </em>on page 3 of the OpinionÂ section. It was also published online <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-a-year-later-former-sears-employees-like-my-mother-face-an/">here</a>. Thank-you for the encouraging feedback and for the kind words of support to my mother.  I&#8217;ve been passing them on.</p>
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		<title>Looking Back on a Lifetime at Sears</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; My article &#8220;Looking Back on a Lifetime at Sears&#8221; is now out in the summer issue ofÂ Our Times Magazine, Canada&#8217;s independent labour magazine. Find it on newsstands or subscribe to the magazine to get a copy. Did you work at Sears?Â  Feel free to share something about your experience, and how you&#8217;re faring since &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="http://michellebuchanan.ca/looking-back-on-a-lifetime-at-sears/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Looking Back on a Lifetime at Sears"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p><figure id="attachment_326" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-326" style="width: 249px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://michellebuchanan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0457.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-326" src="http://michellebuchanan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0457-249x300.jpg" alt="Article by Michelle Buchanan" width="249" height="300" srcset="http://michellebuchanan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0457-249x300.jpg 249w, http://michellebuchanan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0457-768x926.jpg 768w, http://michellebuchanan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0457-849x1024.jpg 849w" sizes="(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-326" class="wp-caption-text">Our Times Magazine Summer 2018</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>My article &#8220;Looking Back on a Lifetime at Sears&#8221; is now out in the summer issue ofÂ <em>Our Times Magazine</em>, Canada&#8217;s independent labour magazine. Find it on newsstands or subscribe to the magazine to get a copy. Did you work at Sears?Â  Feel free to share something about your experience, and how you&#8217;re faring since the closure, in the comments section below (please note that comments won&#8217;t show up immediately). Take care.</p>
<p><figure id="attachment_325" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-325" style="width: 255px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://michellebuchanan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0458.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-325" src="http://michellebuchanan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0458-255x300.jpg" alt="Our Times Magazine article by Michelle Buchanan" width="255" height="300" srcset="http://michellebuchanan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0458-255x300.jpg 255w, http://michellebuchanan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0458-768x903.jpg 768w, http://michellebuchanan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0458-871x1024.jpg 871w" sizes="(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-325" class="wp-caption-text">A Lifetime at Sears</figcaption></figure></p>
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