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Labour Issues

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Baker

Denise

Sauder School of Business

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Business, Labour Issues, Students, Work

graduate careers, recruitment, career management, career services, hiring statistics, internships, employment, alumni careers, career coaching, Masters of Business Administration, Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Management - Early Career Masters, MBA, BCom, MM-ECM

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Baltruschat

Doris

Arts

German

Aboriginal Issues, Canada, Communications, Culture, Europe, Film, Internet, Labour Issues, Marketing, Media, Telecommunications, Television

Film, television and (multi) media studies, interactive/social media, transmedia storytelling, media globalization, media ecologies, creative/cultural industries, cultural policy, co-production, format franchising, 3D entertainment, branded entertainment, social movements, media democracy, media literacy/education, independent media, Aboriginal media.

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Bemmels

Brian

Sauder School of Business

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Labour Issues, Work

Labour Relations, Human Resource Management

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Carlaw

Kenneth

Arts

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Artificial Intelligence, Banking, Commerce, Computers, Consumers, Economics, Environment, Government, Human Behavior, Internet, Labour Issues, Management, New Zealand, Politics, Research and Development, Sustainability, Technology, Telecommunications, Third World, Trade, Transportation

Economics, Sustainable economics Development and Gowth, Technological Change, Productivity, Climate Justice, Innovation Policy

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Chun

Jennifer

Arts

Korean

Asian Affairs, Immigration, Korea, Labour Issues, Racism/Race Relations, Sociology, Third World, Women's Issues, Work

Comparative Labour Movements, Development and Globalization, Race, Gender and Politics, Social Movements and Social Change, Immigration

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Goelman

Hillel

Education

Hebrew

Aboriginal Issues, Babies, Children, Education, Families, Labour Issues, Women's Issues, Work

Early childhood development Child care policy Interdisciplinary research in child development

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Gurstein

Penny

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

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Adolescence, Aging, Architecture, Children, Community Planning, Families, Internet, Labour Issues, Sustainability, Third World, Urban Planning, Women's Issues, Work, Olympics

community planning; housing; planning and health; multimedia and planning; marginalized communities; gender and planning; telework and home-based employment; sustainable development; outsourcing and its impact on employment

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Hodgson

Elizabeth

Faculty Association

none

Education, Labour Issues, Literature, Teaching, Women's Issues

post-secondary labour relations,university teachers, BC postsecondary, academic freedom, women faculty, Renaissance English literature, John Donne, John Milton, William Shakespeare, women writers (Renaissance), Faculty unions, academic unions, university governance

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Hoffmann

Florian

Arts

German

Continuing Education, Economics, Education, Labour Issues, Statistics

Labor Economics, Macro Economics, Income Inequality, Education, Mobility

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Huebner

Kurt

Graduate Studies

German

Business, Continuing Education, Economics, Environment, Europe, Finance, Free Trade, Government, International Studies, Labour Issues, Politics, Stock Markets, Sustainability, Trade

Europe and Eurppean integration, transatlantic trade, currency, Euro, Yuan, Renminbi, US-Dollar, financialization, innovation abd climate policies

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Knight

Tom

Sauder School of Business

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Business, Commerce, Labour Issues

human resources management; labour-management relations

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Kon

Janina

Sauder School of Business

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Business, Consumers, Labour Issues, Law, Management

The new Canadian Privacy and Data Protection Laws and their impact on private sector organizations in terms of information management issues, customer relations and marketing issues, human resources and labour relations issues, corporate governance issues, issues of reputation and brand, among other issues

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Langton

Nancy

Sauder School of Business

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Business, Commerce, Human Behavior, Labour Issues, Management, Multiculturalism, Sociology, Women's Issues, Work

women and work; wages; gender differences in communication; entrepreneurship; managing employees; general management issues; familly business

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Poole

Wendy

Education

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Education, Labour Issues

Educational leadership and administration; Organizational change in education (reform of schooling); Teachers' work; Teacher unions and teacher unionism; role of teacher unions in education

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Riddell

Craig

Arts

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Economics, Education, Labour Issues, Literacy, Work

labour economics (wages, employment, unemployment); labour relations (unionization, collective bargaining); social policy: education, training, income support programs (unemployment insurance, welfare)

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Seidel

Marc-David

Sauder School of Business

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Business, Commerce, Communications, Computers, Consumers, Human Behavior, Immigration, Internet, Labour Issues, Management, Racism/Race Relations, Sociology, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation, United States

Social networks, immigration, entrepreneurship, discrimination, employment relationship, hiring, promotions, salary negotiation, corporate governance, director selection, telecommunications, long distance industry, airlines, travel, e-commerce.

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Siu

Henry

Arts

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Economics, Labour Issues, Work

business cycle, recession, unemployment

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Thompson

Mark

Sauder School of Business

Spanish

Labour Issues

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Van Jaarsveld

Danielle

Sauder School of Business

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Business, Commerce, Labour Issues, Management

call centre management practices; employer-employee relations

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Yassi

Annalee

Graduate Studies

Spanish

Africa, Health Care, Labour Issues, Medicine, South America, Sustainability, Third World

occupational health, health of health workers, international health, global health, community-based research, capacity building, Latin America, evidence-based best practices, workplace injury and illness prevention, HIV and TB prevention and care for health workers, South Africa

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Zuberi

Dan

Arts

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Canada, Community Planning, Education, Immigration, Labour Issues, Literacy, Sociology, United States, Urban Planning, Work

Poverty, Inequality, Urban Issues, Social Policy, Work and Labour, Immigrants, Social Welfare Policy, Health Care Policy, Working Poor

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