Flannery Dean

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Recent work

• Is it dread or déjà vu? There’s a much bigger problem under all those air quality warningsOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 26, 2025
• ‘Get back to the office’ and ‘Protect yourself from illness’ don’t have to be mutually exclusive — if government actsOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 25, 2025
• How hot do Ontario schools need to get before the Ford government does something about it?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jun 24, 2025
• Kids are breathing more toxic air in schools. We know how to fix it, but will Ontario act?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jun 16, 2025
• Opinion: Why do we have to keep getting COVID?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 23, 2024
• Opinion: Why do we have to keep getting COVID?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 23, 2024
• Don’t call it a comeback: What Louis C.K.’s attempted return tells us about #metooOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 29, 2018
• Working women gone wild: Breastfeeding in the House of CommonsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 28, 2018
• What about bad men and sex robots?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 6, 2018