“Many individuals have had to give up certain aspects of their careers or alter future plans. This conscious decision to give up career goals or to reshape and accommodate for work-life realities is defined as career sacrifice,” Zikic says, in the article.

Read the in The Globe and Mail.

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“There are different ways to be pet-friendly. It might not involve dogs at work, but having more flexible hours so owners can take their dogs for walks or maybe having a doggy daycare on site,” Ezzedeen explained, in the article.

Read the in The Toronto Star.

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The talk, facilitated by the International Labour Organization, Office For the United States & Canada and the Bush School of Government and Public Service in Washington D.C., will bring together policymakers, representatives of inter-government organizations, and academics to discuss the latest advances in our understanding of working condition challenges in supply chains. The seminar also creates the opportunity to discuss effective solutions and policy options.

If you are interested in attending this event, you can register for the seminar and browse the full agenda below.

Agenda

Session 1

Current Challenges and Responses

Moderator:  Ms. Gabriela Inchauste –&�Բ�����;Lead Economist, Poverty, and Equity Global Practice, World Bank

Professor Raymond Robertson&�Բ�����;–&�Բ�����;Director, Mosbacher Institute, The Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University

Professor Kelly Pike&�Բ�����;–&�Բ�����;School of Human Resource Management, �첥��Ƶ 

Ms. Gale Raj Reichardt - Research Fellow, WZB

Ms. Fabiola Mieres - Technical Officer, Labour Migration, ILO

Conversation with U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai

Advancing Equitable Economic Growth and Worker Voice

Moderator:  Professor Raymond Robertson&�Բ�����;–&�Բ�����;Director, Mosbacher Institute, The Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University   

Ambassador Katherine Tai&�Բ�����;–&�Բ�����;United States Trade Representative (in-person)

Mr. Kevin Cassidy&�Բ�����;–&�Բ�����;Director and Representative to the Bretton Woods and Multilateral Organizations, ILO Office for the United States and Canada

Session 2

Looking Forward: New Approaches and Opportunities

Moderator:  Ms. Deborah Albers – Vice President of Operations, Responsible Business Alliance(invited);

Mr. Josh Kagan –&�Բ�����;Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Labor, Office of the United States Trade Representative

Mr. Peter Young&�Բ�����;–&�Բ�����;Deputy Head of the Trade and Agriculture Section, Delegation of the European Union to the United States

Mr. Scott Nova&�Բ�����;–&�Բ�����;Executive Director, Worker Rights Consortium

Professor Jodi Short&�Բ�����;–&�Բ�����;Associate Dean for Research & Professor of Law, UC Hastings Law

Ms. Arianna Rossi&�Բ�����;–&�Բ�����;Senior Research and Policy Specialist, Better Work, IL

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School of Human Resources Management alumna, (BHRM ’17), was named in this year’s batch of outstanding alumni. 

Durham is a senior recruiter, career coach, content creator and public speaker with a passion for making career education accessible. As a recruiter both in the finance and technology space, Emily connected with hundreds of candidates every week and noticed that people early in their careers often felt ill-equipped to answer common interview questions and struggled with the application process.

To help prepare candidates for their interviews, Emily began to produce and host The Straight Shooter Recruiter podcast, offering step-by-step support for job seekers. With the growth of the podcast, Emily expanded her mission of demystify all things careers to Instagram and TikTok with a reach of 3+ million. Most recently, Emily has been featured in The Financial Post, Bay Street Bull, Narcity and Canadian Business Magazine for her work around career education.  

Launched in 2021, York’s Top 30 Alumni Under 30 program seeks to highlight the success and diversity of the University’s alumni community, while inspiring the next generation of young alumni leaders to make a positive difference locally and globally.

For more information on the 2022 Top 30 Alumni Under 30, visit the website.

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“All this amount of commuting that we did pre-pandemic, for the most part (employees) assumed the cost thereof. Now there’s a greater likelihood that we’re going to renegotiate the cost of that commute,” she said, in the article.

Read the in The Toronto Star.

Professor Ezzedeen was also featured in the Toronto Star article, , that discussed the impact of a shortened work week.

Read the in The Toronto Star.

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Convery’s talk will equip you with knowledge on how to:

• Network effectively at events;
• Learn the dos and don’ts of successful networking and;
• Gain skills to be the best version of professional self.

Convery is a purpose-driven, people-centric executive with over three decades of experience. Join this talk to learn how to elevate your networking skills from an accomplished alumnus.

Students in HRM can register for the Network Node program and read Convery’s full biography on Network Node.

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The article explores how unionizing will affect Uber drivers and what the implications of unionizing could be down the line.

“It’s a bad look for a union to enter into a secret top-down agreement with a company for worker representation rights without disclosing the terms of the agreement to the very workers affected,” Doorey says in the article.

Read the on The Toronto Star website. Please note a subscription is required to view this content.

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In the article, titled, , Alam, Singh and Pike presented a qualitative analysis of the experience of multi-level labour regulation in Bangladesh’s ready-made garments (RMG) sector after the deadly disaster of Rana Plaza collapse.

Their work contributes to the debate among policy makers and scholars over how best to improve workers’ safety and rights in globally dispersed production networks.

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"It is a lot more feasible, possible, imaginable, accessible because we've practised so much working from home," Ezzedeen said, in the article.

Read the full story on .

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“While some countries — like Canada, for example — , settling still poses major career barriers. One of the major paradoxes that skilled migrants face is that despite gaining entry into a host country based on their credentials (for example, accumulated foreign capital), ,” the article explains.

Read the full story and learn more about Prof. Zikic’s research in

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