Links & Resources
Print Resources from the School of Labour include:
- Rights and Wrongs: Workplace Rights and Responsibilities (facilitators' manual for Employment Standards in Ontario, 1999)
- Proceedings: Prior Learning and Assessment Centres: Who Needs Them? A Symposium on Community Models for PLAR. Held at George Brown College, Toronto, April 1999
- Never Too Late: Interview Strategies for Older Workers (video, 1996)
- Getting the Credit You Deserve: Portfolio Development for ESL Speakers (facilitators' manual, 1995)
OUR FAVOURITE LINKS
1. The School of Labour’s partners and closely-linked community-based organizations
- Toronto and York Region Labour Council http://www.labourcouncil.ca/ Toronto’s central umbrella organization, with plenty of regularly updated info about labour issues and campaigns in the city
- Centre for the Study of Education and Work, OISE/UT http://www.learningwork.ca/csew A progressive centre that researches work and working people, poverty, labour union issues and culture, and education
- Toronto Training Board http://ttb.on.ca/e/index.php An organization that monitors employment and training/education/apprenticeship issues and needs in the city
- Advocates for Community-based Training and Education for Women (ACTEW) http://www.actew.org/
- Centre for Research on Work and Society, York University http://www.yorku.ca/crws/
- Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts Once a year, in May, the city explodes in artistic celebration of work and working people – and Mayworks organizes it!
- Our Times http://www.ourtimes.ca/ – Canada’s Independent Labour Magazine
- Times Change Employment Services for Women http://www.timeschange.org/ An agency offering assistance to women searching for work, career direction and strategies
- Workers Action Centre http://www.workersactioncentre.org/ An activist organization that helps workers get their workplace rights – contact them for assistance re unpaid wages, discrimination on the job, and other violations of workplace law
2. National and Provincial Federations of Labour
- Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Canada’s national labour central, with current articles and loads of useful info about campaigns and labour statistics
- Canadian Labour Congress “Equality Once and For All” site http://canadianlabour.ca/ The CLC’s year-long campaign for women’s equality in pay, working conditions and living standards – many excellent fact sheets
- Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) - www.afl.org
- British Columbia Federation of Labour http://www.bcfed.com/
- Manitoba Federation of Labour
- Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour http://www.nlfl.nf.ca/
- Nova Scotia Federation of Labour http://www.nsfl.ns.ca/
- Saskatchewan Federation of Labour
- Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) http://www.ofl.ca/
- Ontario Federation of Labour Workers Under 30 website http://youth.ofl.ca/index.php/happening/know_your_rights_flyer/
- Ontario Workers' Health and Safety Centre
- Prince Edward Island Federation of Labour http://www.peifl.ca/
- Quebec Federation of Labour http://www.ftq.qc.ca/
- Yukon Federation of Labour http://www.yukonfed.com/
3. Unions in Canada
- Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM)
- Canadian Auto Workers (CAW)
- Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) http://www.cfs-fcee.ca/ GBC students, this is your union!
- Canadian Office and Professional Workers (COPE) copesepb.ca
- Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
- Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
- Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Canada – the Wobblies! http://www.iww.org/en/aggregator/sources/7
- National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
- Ontario Elementary Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA)
- Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)
- OPSECAAT http://www.opseu.org/caat/parttime/2006/parttimeindex.htm New union for Ontario College’s part-time staff and faculty
- Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF)
- Ontario Teachers' Federation (OTF)
- Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
- United Steelworkers (Canada) www.uswa.ca
- UNITE HERE www.unitehere.org
4. Labour Studies / Labour History Journals
(and magazines that sometimes carry Labour Studies content)
- Canada’s History (formally The Beaver Magazine) http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine.aspx
- Briarpatch http://briarpatchmagazine.com/ A 35-year old magazine “still challenging the corporate agenda and presenting workable alternatives”
- Canadian Committee on Labour History at http://www.mun.ca/cclh
- Canadian Dimension- http://www.canadiandimension.com/ -- an independent magazine published 6 x year as well as a forum for left thinking with weekly and daily updates on “The Best of the Web”
- Canadian Ethnic Studies http://www.umanitoba.ca/publications/ces/ - A journal on ethnicity, immigration, inter-group relations in Canada
- Harvard Labour and Worklife Program http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/lwp
- Journal of Canadian Studies http://www.utpjournals.com/jcs/jcs.html
- Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society http://www.justlabour.yorku.ca/index.php?page=toc&volume=11
- Labour History in New Brunswick http://www.lhtnb.ca/
- Our Times http://www.ourtimes.ca/About/ Canada’s independent labour magazine, featuring current stories about working people, union issues and debates
- This Magazine https://this.org/
- United Association for labour History Journal (U.S.) http://www.uale.org/lsj/lsj.shtml
6. Labour Studies / Labour History Sites
- Canadian History Online Exhibits
- CAW Local 200 (Windsor) ‘s Labour History page and check out the “Activist Jukebox”!
- Canadian Steel: Chinese Grit Project
- Czarnecki's labour Education Newsletter & UALE Info http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/uelinks8.html Extensive links to US-based labour resources
- Graphics Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Unions http://www.gciu.org/histcan.shtml
- Labour Start -- an international compilation of labour news, updated daily
- Library and Archives Canada
- The Missing Plaque Project: Changing the Way We Think About Toronto History http://missingplaque.tao.ca/
- Ontario Workers' Arts & Heritage Centre - www.web.net/~7Eowahc
- Pacific Northwest Labour History Association http://www3.telus.net/robbgibbs/PNLHA/
- Parks Canada “This Week in History” site https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/culture/cseh-twih -- lots of interesting historical events and persons, including labour-related events
- Timeline of labour history events in the US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_labor_issues_and_events
- United Association for labour Education http://uale.org/ a U.S. site
- Organized Labour Portal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Organized_Labour A mostly US-based Wikipedia source for labour history; a daily “Labour History article of the day,” often profiling an interesting activist
- Workers’ Arts and Heritage Centre, Hamilton, Ont www.web.ca/~wahc
7. Up-to-the-minute labour news
- LabourStart http://www.labourstart.org/ “Where unionists start their day on the web” – campaigns and information from Canada and across the globe
- Canadian Association of Labour Media http://www.calm.ca/ – lots of great info, CARTOONS! and links
- labournet http://www.labournet.org/ San Francisco-based institute for global communication
- Working TV http://www.workingtv.com/ A labour TV program broadcast weekly in British Columbia – “from the point of view of those of us who do the work”!
8. International labour sites
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- American Federation of labour - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
- Trades Union Congress (Britain) - like our Canadian Labour Congress - www.tuc.org.uk
- UNISON The Public Service Union (Britain) Britain's largest union
- LabourNet UK -- using the internet for the benefit of trade union members
- Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) -- the Wobblies
9. Labour Studies Programs
- Athabasca University, Alberta https://www.athabascau.ca/
- Brock University Brock University Labour Studies Program
- Capilano College http://www.capilanou.ca/ce/north-shore/labour-studies.html
- Laurentian University http://www.laurentian.ca/Laurentian/Home/Departments/Labour+Studies/LBST_Welcome.htm?Laurentian_Lang=en-CA
- McMaster University Labour Studies Programme at McMaster
- Mohawk College http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/
- Simon Fraser University http://www.sfu.ca/fass.html
- University of Manitoba Labour and Workplace Studies program
- University of Windsor http://www.uwindsor.ca/labour
- University of Saskatchewan http://announcements.usask.ca/news/archive/1999/02/labour_studies.html
10. Progressive Media, E-zines and journals
- Dissent magazine
- labour Notes US organization working on restoring democracy to unions since 1979, connected to labour News Wire, which is updated every 15 minutes
- Mojo Wire, Mother Jones, US investigative magazine since 1976, named after the feisty pioneer labour organizer
- New Internationalist http://www.newint.org/ -- a gorgeous site from the magazine, packed with global info and links to action sites for teachers, students and the community
- Our Times http://www.ourtimes.ca/ – Canada’s Independent Labour Magazine
- Rabble.ca rabble.ca/ A huge Canadian site with articles, columns, podcasts and even an etiquette column!
- Red Pepper http://www.redpepper.org.uk/ – a very cool and smart British based e-journal “spicing up politics”
- Seven Oaks http://www.sevenoaksmag.com/ A Vancouver magazine of “politics, culture and resistance”(takes its name from the Manitoba battle of Seven Oaks in 1816 between the Metis and the British colonialists)
- Spacing -- http://www.spacing.ca/ A wise and thoughtful Toronto site devoted to improving public spaces – in the political, social and cultural environment
- The Straight Goods - Canadians informing Canadians - http://www.straightgoods.com
11. Globalization
Corporate monitoring:
- McSpotlight: critical of McDonalds and its clones http://www.mcspotlight.org/
Philosophy behind Corporate Globalization:
- Neoliberalism: very detailed, interesting take on what neoliberalism is http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/FreeTrade/Neoliberalism.asp
Canadian Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s)
- Council of Canadians: non-governmental trade watchdog http://www.canadians.org
- Maquila Solidarity Network: works to improve conditions for workers in maquiladoras (free trade processing zones) http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/
- Kairos: Ecumenical social justice organization http://www.kairoscanada.org/e/economic/index.asp
- Inter Pares: Canadian social justice/development organization http://www.interpares.ca/en/what/democratic.php
Global Financial Institutions and Agreements pushing neoliberalism:
- The Bretton Woods Project: critical of World Bank http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/index.shtml
Alternatives to Corporate Globalization:
- Alliance for Responsible Trade: information on A People’s Trade Agreement http://www.art-us.org/Peoples_Trade
- Common Frontiers: A Canadian organization that brings together people from many sectors to fight against globalization and deep economic integration in the Americas; lots of valuable info http://www.commonfrontiers.ca/
12. LGBTQQ and Positive Space sites
- George Brown College’s Positive Space site – lots of info and links!
- Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (EGALE)
- Gay Rights Watch http://blog.gayrightswatch.com/ Updated news re lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission http://www.iglhrc.org/site/iglhrc/
- Stonewall http://www.stonewall.org.uk A British advocacy and lobbying organization
13. Activism! Community and Social Justice Organizations
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives http://www.policyalternatives.ca/ An independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice
- No One is Illegal – works against immigration policies that restrict access to services and citizenship and that increase poverty globally and locally http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/
- Centre for Social Justice A progressive think tank that aims to narrow the gap between rich and poor, and to reduce corporate domination.
- The Council of Canadians - http://www.apc.org/ Canada’s largest citizens’ organization; valuable info re anti-globalization campaigns and issues
- Institute for Work and Health
- Justice for Migrant Workers www.justicia4migrantworkers.com
- The Polaris Institute http://www.polarisinstitute.org/ A Canadian think tank founded in 1996 to give community groups and individuals the tools to re-skill themselves in the fight for social justice
- Web Networks Community 3500+ Canadian activists, artists and non-profit organizations, and non-profit internet provider http://community.web.net/