Each article in this collection addresses a particular field or issue in the discipline of economics and surveys the state of knowledge in this area in Canada, pointing out gaps in the knowledge base and directions for future research. Contributors include Richard Bird (University of Toronto), Robin Boadway (Queen's University), Paul Davenport (University of Western Ontario), Pierre Fortin (University of Quebec at Montreal), Fred Gorbet (York ...
Indigenous Nationals/Canadian Citizens begins with a detailed policy history from first contact to the Sesquicentennial with major emphasis on the evolution of Canadian policy initiatives relating to Indigenous peoples. This is followed by a focus on the
Women and Work is based on the joint John Deutsch Institute and Canadian Workplace Research Network conference held at Queen's University in April 1998. This conference brought together leading academic researchers and policymakers who presented new empirical research on policy issues related to women and the work force.
Volumes in the Canada's National Defence series present an annotated collection of government statements on defence policy and internal studies and reports prepared by senior military officers, defence officials, and consultants to governments and ministers from about 1945 to 1997. They trace the history of the ideas that give Canada's defence policy and defence organizations their unique character. If there is an enduring Canadian strategy fo...
The retirement income system has been hailed as one of the great successes of Canadian social policy. However, contemporary pressures have generated a vigorous debate about the way ahead. Fundamental reforms are being proposed and Canadians face important choices.
Labour relations in the public elementary and secondary school system is a vital area of Canadian public policy with important direct and indirect effects on society. However, at many times and in many jurisdictions teacher bargaining has been regarded as profoundly unsuccessful.
Recognizing that the building and sustenance of 'welcoming communities' is as much a local project as a national and provincial one, this volume explores the activities of municipal governments in Ontario as well as those of a number of other important 'social forces' situated at the local level.
D. Michael Jackson, former chief of protocol of Saskatchewan, is co-editor of The Evolving Canadian Crown. Philippe Lagass¿s associate professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.
John Nieuwenhuysen (AM) is the director of the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, Monash University. Howard Duncan is the executive head of Metropolis, Ottawa, Canada. Stine Neerup is a research associate at Monash Institute for the Stu
Global warming is perhaps the greatest challenge facing the twenty-first century. Environmental polices on the one hand, and economic and labour market polices on the other, often exist in separate silos creating a dilemma that Work in a Warming World confronts. The world of work - goods, services, and resources - produces most of the greenhouse gases created by human activity. In engaging essays, contributors demonstrate how the world of work...