The Stacked Deck

Welcome to The Stacked Deck, where you can play a series of mini-games that highlight and describe the intersectional inequalities faced by Canadians in their everyday lives.

Each mini-game is based around a key resource required for a decent quality of life. To get started, choose from the mini-games listed below:

How to Play

At the start of each game, choose a profile from three different choices; each choice will start you off with a set of intersecting inequalities that will affect the scenarios you are presented with, as well as the results of your decisions. These hypothetical scenarios are based off of scholarly research, statistics, and the experiences of real Canadians.

Hover over the avatars to see the descriptions of each potential character.

As you move through the game, read the description of your scenario and choose your path from the presented options. The choices you make will affect which options you are presented with as you move through the scenario.

Click on the warning signs for pop-up insights into the choice you are being asked to make and why your choice may have lead you where you ended up.

At any time, click on the hyperlinked words in the scenario descriptions to go to real-world sources discussing the hypotheticals that the game presents; these can include news or scholarly articles on the subjects under discussion.

Mini-games are re-playable; make different choices and see how they impact where your character ends up!

For more information on intersectional inequality in Canada, check out The Stacked Deck: An Introduction to Social Inequality.