Author: Rachel Parent

Rachel Parent

Rachel Parent is a Toronto-based multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker. She has worked with the National Post and Narcity Media, and her freelance work has appeared in several publications, including the Globe and Mail.

This deal has cut violence against women on factory floors, but many clothing brands won’t sign on.

At 12 years old, Deepa started working at a garment factory making clothes for less than one Canadian dollar a week. For most of her working life, the now 32-year-old... Read more.

Masih Khalatbari, Rachel Parent 3 September 2026

‘This is the new slavery’: Migrant farm workers underpaid, abused and injured

Harvesting cannabis in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley as a migrant labourer in 2023, Maria recalls being surprised when her boss invited her and two friends... Read more.

Robert Cribb, Masih Khalatbari, Rachel Parent 1 December 2025