2022 Graduate Student Symposium: Critical Conversations in Work and Labour

Join the Global Labour Research Centre at York University for the 7th annual Graduate Student Symposium, a virtual forum designed to showcase the scholarship of new voices in labour studies across a diverse range of disciplines. When: Wednesday, October 12 - Thursday, October 13, 2022 Sessions on Wednesday run concurrently Where: Virtual - Zoom Registration: […]

COVID-19 and the World of Work: The First Year

In March 2020, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Rider proclaimed (Ryder, 2020) that the coronavirus pandemic is “not just a medical crisis, but a social and economic one too.” Workers throughout the world are experiencing the pandemic in dramatically different ways as the rapidly evolving global health crisis collides with existing […]

Impact of COVID-19 on Faculty and Staff Work Arrangements

Funder: Part of this project is supported by York University's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies York University Lead Researcher: Kelly Pike (Assistant Professor, Human Resource Management) Project Team:David Peetz, Griffith University (Principal Investigator)Jason Foster, Athabasca UniversityJohanna Weststar, Western UniversityRupa Banerjee, Ryerson UniversityScott Walsworth, University of SaskatchewanSean O’Brady, McMaster UniversityShelagh Campbell, University of Regina […]

Clocked In – Work, Time, and Technology in the Digital Economy

Funder: SSHRC Insight Grant Principal Investigator: Mark P. Thomas (Associate Professor, Sociology) Project Description: Changing patterns of working time figure prominently in wider patterns of social and economic change. New digital technologies, including those that have facilitated the emergence of the 'platform economy', have contributed to transformations in the organization of working time, including by […]