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Join us for a virtual ‘Learning from our Alumni’ and networking session

We are excited to invite you to our Virtual Learning from the Experts session & networking event taking place on Wednesday April 28, 2021 starting at 6:15 PM. This time we will focus on: Learning from our Alumni: New perspectives on Diversity and Inclusion in time of uncertainty. Our speakers Dean and Krystal will join us for an interactive […]

Dr. Kelly Pike’s research on global supply chains profiled by Harvard Business School

Dr. Kelly Pike’s published academic paper “Voice in Supply Chains: Does the Better Work Program Lead to Improvements in Labor Standards Compliance?” has been profiled by the Harvard Business School’s Bloomberg Centre: “The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Better Work Lesotho initiative improved relationships between workers and supervisors, addressing strains that had led to non-compliance with […]

BHRM degree: Setting the foundation for a career in law

The School of Human Resource Management at York University has proven to be a critical starting point for many of its current students and graduates interested in pursuing a career in law. A bachelor’s degree in human resource management (BHRM) gives students a deep understanding of how people and organizations work, in addition to being […]

SHRM voted best in Canada for third consecutive year

York University’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 […]

Economic equality and labour laws – discussions by Prof. David Doorey

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 […]

Contributing to the conversation: School of HRM professors in the media

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 […]

Professor Kelly Pike co-authors for Project Syndicate: “Will the pandemic set women back?”

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 […]

The ILO – A critical examination of the past 100 years, and imagination for the next

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 […]

Documentary based on School of HRM research to tour labour conferences this June

This is a follow up to our initial announcement when CLiFF featured a documentary based on York University 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 […]

Statement on tragic loss of HRM student

Statement from Dean J.J. McMurtry It is with sadness I share that one of our students has died in the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 in Iran last night. The loss of one of our students affects us all. To say goodbye to someone so young and early in their academic journey is […]