The nature of work in Canada is changing, with precarious, part-time and low-wage work on the rise. But how do we create good jobs?

To shed light on some of the current labour issues in Canada, the Centre for Labour Management Relations and the Good Jobs Summit is hosting The Good Jobs Research Symposium, bringing together the voices of activists, researchers and workers to discuss the current trends in Canada's labour market.

The Symposium will begin with a dialogue on current research and what it can teach us about Canadian labour issues and the search for good jobs. The research will then be highlighted by a conversation about lived experience with the real stories and voices of activists and workers.

This event is free, but requires advanced registration. Please register at the bottom of the page.

SPEAKERS

Panel #1: What Research Tells Us About Good Jobs

• Dr. Pnina Alon-Shenker: Should Cost Considerations Constitute a Legitimate Justification for Age Discrimination Against Older Workers?

• Dr. Rupa Banerjee: The Role of Volunteering in Facilitating the School-to-Work Transitions of Youth in Canada

• Dr. Winnie Ng and Dr. Grace-Edward Galabuzi: An Immigrant All Over Again? Recession, Plant Closures and (Older) Racialized Immigrant Workers

• Professor Ian Sakinofsky: Profile of Young Union Organisers in Ontario: A Preliminary Investigation

• Dr. Myer Siemiatycki: Resisting Precarity in Toronto’s Municipal Sector

Panel #2: What Lived Experience Tells Us About Good Jobs

• Johnny MacDonald, Member of Unifor Local 222

• Fa Lim, Mechanic and former Progressive Moulded Products worker

• Omar Khilo, Current Student, Law & Business Program, Ryerson University

• Craig Pike, Actor, Conductor & Baker