Canada’s Labour Market Training System

Canada’s Labour Market Training System
Author: Bob Barnetson
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2018
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1771992417

How does the current labour market training system function and whose interests does it serve? In this introductory textbook, Bob Barnetson wades into the debate between workers and employers, and governments and economists to investigate the ways in which labour power is produced and reproduced in Canadian society. After sifting through the facts and interpretations of social scientists and government policymakers, Barnetson interrogates the training system through analysis of the political and economic forces that constitute modern Canada. This book not only provides students of Canada’s division of labour with a general introduction to the main facets of labour-market training—including skills development, post-secondary and community education, and workplace training—but also encourages students to think critically about the relationship between training systems and the ideologies that support them.

Labour and Skills Demand in Alberta Insights Using Big Data Intelligence

Labour and Skills Demand in Alberta Insights Using Big Data Intelligence
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2023-09-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9264569502

This report examines Alberta's labour market trends, focusing on the impact of economic downturns, the COVID-19 crisis, and digital transformation. This study uses real-time labour market data, drawn from online job postings, to offer a granular perspective on demand dynamics across various sectors and occupations.

Working People in Alberta

Working People in Alberta
Author: Alvin Finkel
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1926836588

A political and economic analysis of the history of working people in Alberta.

Alberta Labour

Alberta Labour
Author: Warren Caragata
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780888622648

History has traditionally taken the working man for granted, ignoring the fact that without his labour there would be no history. As this book shows, the history of working people in Canada is colourful, exciting and filled with many dramatic characters and events well worth discovering. Alberta Labour traces the growth of union organizations in Alberta like the Knights of Labour in the 1880s, the legendary Wobblies, the abortive One Big Union and finally the Alberta Federation of Labour, founded in 1912, which today represents and fights for the labouring men and women of the province. This history, the first of its kind, has been compiled from interviews with union members, original letters and documents, and contemporary newspapers and magazines. The text is illustrated with over 90 full-page photographs, most of them never published before, depicting labour at work in Alberta from its origins to the present day.

Environment and Economy

Environment and Economy
Author: B. M. Barr
Publisher: University of Alberta
Total Pages: 206
Release: 1984
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780888640420

A look at Alberta's economic development and how it has been shaped by the abundant natural resources found within the province.

Community Colleges and New Universities under Neoliberal Pressures

Community Colleges and New Universities under Neoliberal Pressures
Author: John S. Levin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2017-02-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1137480203

This book examines seven higher education organizations, exploring their interconnected lines: organizational change and organizational stability. These lines are nested within historical, social, cultural, and political contexts of two nations—the US and Canada—two provinces and three states: Alberta, British Columbia, California, Hawai’i, and Washington. The author studies the development of the community college and the development of the university from community college origins, bringing to the forefront these seven individual stories. Addressing continuity and discontinuity and identity preservation and identity change, as well as individual organizations’ responses to government policy, Levin analyzes and illuminates those policies with neoliberal assumptions and values.

The Politics of Educational Reform in Alberta

The Politics of Educational Reform in Alberta
Author: Alison Taylor
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780802083524

A case study of educational restructuring in Alberta during the 'Klein revolution' - the period of dramatic political and economic change introduced by Premier Ralph Klein's Conservative government of the 1990s.

Government and Politics in Alberta

Government and Politics in Alberta
Author: Allan Tupper
Publisher: University of Alberta
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780888642431

Alberta's politics are changing in response to powerful economic, social and political forces. The contributors focus on developments since the election of the Progressive Conservatives in 1971.

Province Building and the Federalization of immigration in Canada

Province Building and the Federalization of immigration in Canada
Author: Mireille Paquet
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2019-03-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1487513100

Most accounts of the provincial role in Canadian immigration focus on the experience of Quebec. In Province Building and the Federalization of Immigration in Canada, Mireille Paquet shows that, between 1990 and 2010, all ten provinces became closely involved in immigrant selection and integration. This considerable change to the Canadian model of immigration governance corresponds to a broader process of federalization of immigration, by which both orders of government became active in the management of immigration. While Canada maintains its overall positive approach to newcomers, the provinces developed, and continue to develop, their own formal immigration strategies and implement various selections and integration policies. This book argues that the process of federalization is largely the result of provincial mobilization. In each province, mobilization occurred through a modern iteration of province building, this time focused on immigrants as resources for provincial economies and societies. Advocating for a province-centred analysis of federalism, Province Building and the Federalization of Immigration in Canada provides key lessons to understanding the contemporary governance of immigration in Canada.