On December 17th Professor David Doorey joined the Canadian Bar Association's podcast The Every Lawyer to talk about the impact of the gig economy on workers’ rights, legislative efforts to protect autonomous workers, how the courts have fared in shaping our laws in Canada, and the challenges ahead for organized labour. Doorey also shared his thoughts […]
¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ’s School of Human Resource Management (HRM), in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, brought home all four Canadian HR Reporter Reader’s Choice Awards for best education in Canada for the third consecutive year. The School of HRM edged out competitive programs offered by other academic institutions, including the University of British Columbia, the University […]
Exploring the employee protection acts, enforcement of labour standards and the significance of lending a voice to the worker; Prof. David Doorey discusses various aspects with a panel virtually on the video titled: ILERA2020: Cross Border Reflections on the Future of the Wagner Model. Doorey along with the panelists joining him virtually, highlight various layers […]
The world of work is changing before our eyes. From a global pandemic that is shifting work practices daily to global movements and protests against anti-Black racism in society, professors from the School of Human Resource Management are contributing to the discussion in meaningful ways. Kelly Pike, assistant professor industrial relations, explores the deteriorating conditions of garment-sector workers in Lesotho in one of the recent articles titled “How […]
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Professor Kelly Pike highlights areas of acute threats COVID-19 poses to women workers of developing nations in her most recent article published in Project Syndicate co-authored with Beth English. The economic fallout predicted by the International Labour Organization during the pandemic projected 195 million workers to be left unemployed worldwide. This becomes a greater crisis […]
Professor Kelly Pike from the School of HRM will be moderating a panel discussion on lessons that can be learned from the past to address the pressing social, economic and labour justice issues of today and the future. Join the event for free on Friday, February 28th from 1:30-3:30pm in Kaneff Tower 519. Panelists: Dr […]
This is a follow up to our initial announcement when CLiFF featured a documentary based on ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ international research collaboration led by Dr Kelly Pike. Rethabile’s Story, a 25-minute documentary based on research from Professor Kelly Pike will be featured in the opening plenaries of the Canadian Work and Labour Studies Association (June 2 […]