On behalf of the Global Labour Research Centre (GLRC) at York University, it is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 7th annual Graduate Student Symposium: Critical Conversations in Work and Labour. This virtual conference is designed to showcase the scholarship of new voices in labour studies across a diverse range of disciplines. It is our hope that the workshop will provide an interdisciplinary venue for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to share their research in a collaborative and supportive environment.
Program
The Symposium will be held virtually from October 12-13, 2022. Sessions on Wednesday run concurrently. Zoom registration links are included in the program below. Attendees must register for each panel separately.
Symposium Organizing Committee
| Luann Good Gingrich | Director, Global Labour Research Centre | York University |
| Shruti Kalyanaraman | PhD Candidate, Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies | York University |
| Leah McGrath Reynolds | PhD Candidate, Labour Studies | McMaster University |
| Hajer Mirwali | Coordinator, Global Labour Research Centre | York University |
| Brent Toye | PhD Candidate, Politics | York University |
| Cheuk Ming Tsang | PhD Candidate, Public and International Affairs | City University of Hong Kong |
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and the Vice-President Research & Innovation.
The Symposium is sponsored by:
Centre for Feminist Research, York University
Department of Politics, York University
Department of Sociology, York University
Development Studies Program, York University
Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, York University
Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies Program, York University
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
School of Labour Studies, McMaster University
School of Social Work, York University
Social and Political Thought Program, York University