I just finished reading an amazing graphic novel, Ducks : two years in the oil sands by Kate Beaton. It's semi-autobiographical and describes the experience of a 22 year old woman from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and her employment in the Alberta oil sands, taken in order to pay off student loans. The book was quite intense in parts and covers topics such as sexism in the workplace, environmental issues, the human costs of remote work and the controversial issue of our dependence on oil. One of the best books I've ever read and highly rated on Goodreads.