{"id":427,"date":"2021-02-26T19:23:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T19:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/workinthewest\/?page_id=427"},"modified":"2021-03-04T23:40:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T23:40:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/workinthewest\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-427\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-427-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-427-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-427-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-427-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #de1107;\">About<\/span><\/h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Work in the West: Beyond the State Response<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2021 Virtual Series<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>With support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Drs. Shelagh Campbell and Andrew Stevens at the University of Regina, are facilitating a webinar and podcast series that focuses on the state of work and employment in Western Canada. This is an opportunity for students and established scholars to present their research on-line through a variety of formats, such as panel discussions, webinars, and podcasts. Events will be posted on-line at <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/workinthewest\/\"><u>www2.uregina.ca\/workinthewest\/<\/u><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/rankandfile.ca\"><i>Rankandfile.ca<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are also looking for labour journalism podcasts that cover any number of themes and issues that define the state of work and employment in the west. This might include:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-427-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-427-0-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-4b28af048b90-427\"\n\t\t\t data-max-open-panels=\"0\" data-use-anchor-tags=\"false\" data-initial-scroll-panel=\"0\"\n\t\t><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"virtual-series-themes\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-virtual-series-themes\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-virtual-series-themes\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVirtual Series Themes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-virtual-series-themes\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-virtual-series-themes\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Expressions of interests <\/strong>are encouraged on the following potential topics, or other topics areas that relate to the general theme:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work and employment during the COVID pandemic<\/li>\n<li>The labour of community organizing<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable development and \u201cjust transition\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Indigenous-union solidarity<\/li>\n<li>An examination of automation in the resource extraction economy<\/li>\n<li>Corporate mapping and metropoles in the resource sector<\/li>\n<li>The Fight for $15 and living wage campaigns<\/li>\n<li>Indigenous rights and the law<\/li>\n<li>Immigration policy, rights, and the global division of migrant labour across Canada<\/li>\n<li>Pipeline resistance<\/li>\n<li>The impact of court decisions on strikes and collective bargaining, and the framework of industrial relations<\/li>\n<li>Occupational health and safety<\/li>\n<li>Labour history in the resource sector<\/li>\n<li>Case studies in community unionism<\/li>\n<li>Case studies in Indigenous economic development<\/li>\n<li>Developments in care work<\/li>\n<li>Law of (the) Land<\/li>\n<li>Gender and agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Attempts at regulating \u201cplatform\u201d capitalism at the provincial and municipal levels<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability and energy production<\/li>\n<li>Training, skills development, and regional labour markets<\/li>\n<li>Economics, indigenous rights, and municipal regulation of land use<\/li>\n<li>Financialization of agriculture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-427-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Please email <a href=\"mailto:work.in.the\/west@uregina.ca\"><u>work.in.the.west@uregina.ca<\/u><\/a> with expressions of interest between February 1 and April 30, 2021. \u201cPodcasters\u201d will be compensated at a rate of $300 per podcast.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Work in the West: Beyond the State Response 2021 Virtual Series With support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Drs. 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