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Labour Research at Congress 2023

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is Canada’s largest gathering of academics, and one of the largest in the world. It’s a place to hold critical conversations of our time, hear from a diverse set of voices, share findings, refine ideas, and build partnerships to help shape the Canada of tomorrow. 

Congress 2023 will take place at York’s Keele and Glendon Campuses in Toronto from May 27 to June 2. Nearly 8,000 scholars, graduate students, and practitioners in the humanities and social sciences will come together and share their research.

Visit the official Congress 2023 website.

Monday, May 29, 2023
11:30 am – 1:00 pm (drop-in)
Ross Building, Room North 816
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023
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Monday, May 29, 2023
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Osgoode Hall 2001
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Canadian Sociological Association

Friday, June 2, 2023
10:30 am – 12:00 pm 
Curtis Lecture Halls-CLH E102
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Organized by GLRC Executive Mark Thomas, York University
Moderated by GLRC Associate Cynthia Cranford, University of Toronto
Presentations by GLRC Associates Pat Armstrong, York University and Lacey Croft, University of Guelph

Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration 

Monday, May 29, 2023
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Ross South 203
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GLRC Associate Bronwyn Bragg, York University presenting “Needed but wanted? 3D labour & refugee resettlement in Alberta”

Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies

Wednesday, May 31, 2023
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Ross South 128
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Chaired by GLRC Associate Soma Chatterjee, York University

Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies

Tuesday, May 30, 2023
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Osgoode Hall 1003
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GLRC Associate Soma Chatterjee, York University presenting “Liberal nation formation in the skilled labour market”

Canadian Sociological Association

Monday, May 29, 2023
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Curtis Lecture Halls-CLH E102
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Keynote lecture with GLRC Associate Cynthia Cranford, University of Toronto, winner of the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award

Society for Socialist Studies

Saturday, May 27, 2023
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Founders College (FC) 203
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Keynote lecture with GLRC Associate Cynthia Cranford, University of Toronto, winner of the Errol Sharpe Book Prize

Canadian South Asian Studies Association – Association canadienne d’études sud-asiatiques (CSASA-ACESA) 

Monday, May 29, 2023
12:30 – 1:45 pm
Virtual
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GLRC Associate Lovepreet Kaur, York University presenting “Moving beyond Taboos and Shame: Transforming Family Law Narratives around LGBTQ+ Rights in India”

Canadian Sociological Association

Thursday, June 1, 2023
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
McLaughlin College-MC-050B
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GLRC Associate Danielle Landry, York University presenting “A fight worth remembering: Bringing the archives into interviews to support recall of ex-mental patient activism”

Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies

Wednesday, May 31, 2023
9:00 – 10:30 am
Osgoode Hall 1005 (Moot Court)
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GLRC Associate Christine Streeter, Carleton University presenting “Working Conditions for Unpaid Family Work in Long-term Care”

Canadian Law and Society Association

Sunday, May 28, 2023
8:30 – 10:00 am
Room IKB-1004
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GLRC Associate Vanisha Sukdeo, York University presenting “Weather and work: how climate change relates to workers’ rights”

Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies

Wednesday, May 31, 2023
9:00 – 10:30 am
Osgoode Hall 2003
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GLRC Associate Anelyse Weiler, University of Victoria co-presenting “Global Capitalist Power in Housing and Health Equity: Migrant Agricultural Worker Housing in Canada”

A Better Tomorrow Starts With Better Work Today: Improving Work For Post-Pandemic Workers

May 27-29, 2023
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Unmaking Global Capitalism: Reimagining and Rebuilding Working-Class Power!

May 29-31, 2023
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