The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences runs from May 27-June 2, 2017 at Ryerson University in Toronto. Researchers from the Closing the Gap project will present six papers in sessions organized by the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies, and the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA).
Canadian Political Science Association/Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies
Session: Elements of the Employment Standards Enforcement Gap in Ontario
Date: June 1, 2017
Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm
Location: Victoria Building (VIC), Room 206
- Deterring Employment Standards Violations? The Use of Certificates of Offence (Tickets) in Workplace
Leah F. Vosko, Andrea M. Noack, Rebecca Casey, Alan Hall, and Eric Tucker
- Examining the Effectiveness of Investigations within the Employment Standards Act
Andrea M. Noack, Leah F. Vosko, Rebecca Casey, Parvinder Hira-Friesen, and Meghan Edwards
- From Proactive Inspections to Participatory Enforcement of Employment Standards in Ontario
Mark Thomas, Kiran Mirchandani, and Guliz Akkaymak
- Weaknesses in the Recovery of Unpaid Wages in Ontario and Options for Reform
John Grundy, Rebecca Casey, Leah F. Vosko, and Andrea M. Noack
Canadian Sociological Association
Session: Violence at Work: Examining Organizations as Social Systems
Date: May 30, 2017
Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Location: Kerr Hall East (KHE), Room 332
- Anti-harassment Legislative Gaps for Ontario Workers in Precarious Jobs
Adam Perry, Adriana Berlingieri, and Kiran Mirchandani
Session: Work, Professions and Occupations: Precarious Work
Date: June 1, 2017
Time: 8:30am – 10:00am
Location: KHE 225
- The Hidden Work of Precarity
Kiran Mirchandani and Mary Jean Hande