1. Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS)
[description below]
University of Regina
May 30 – June 1, 2018
Paper proposals due by January 31, 2018.
2. Canadian Industrial Relations Association (CIRA) [description
attached]
ESG-UQÀM, Montreal
May 2nd to May 4th 2018
Paper proposals due by January 18, 2018.
3. 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference [description
attached]
May 9-11, 2019
Paper presentation or panel proposals due by February 1, 2018.
Diversity in struggle: Fighting for equity in the workplace and the
labour movement
University of Regina
May 30 – June 1, 2018
As part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
The conference organizing committee invites submissions for
participation in the 5th annual conference of the Canadian Association
for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS). The committee welcomes proposals
for single papers, thematic streams, multiple paper panels, roundtables,
and workshops. The participation of researchers in union and community
settings is encouraged.
The Congress theme, “Gathering Diversities”, seeks to reflect on the
importance of diversity as a key component of strong communities, and on
the importance of gathering places where such diversity can thrive.
Building on this theme, CAWLS 2018 aims to promote discussions of the
issue of diversity and in/equality in workplaces, labour and social
movements, and within labour studies itself, both within and beyond
Canada. This raises a wide range of interdisciplinary themes, including
the dynamics and implications of inclusion/exclusion, the role of
institutions, the politics of labour, and strategies for improving and
transforming work in ways that promote equity.
We invite proposals that tackle any of the following questions:
● Who has counted as a ‘worker’ historically, and who counts
now? How have racialization, gender, sexuality, class, age, and ability
shaped the politics of labour in Canada and elsewhere, and what are
their implications for the future of the labour movement? ●
What is the relationship between the labour movement and Indigenous
communities and how might connections be strengthened? ● How do
workers and unions engage with environmental movements and issues? What
are the links to the struggles for occupational and community health and
safety protection and regulation and against environmental racism? What
are the future prospects for labour-environmental justice alliances, and
how can they embrace diversity? What are the implications of de-growth
politics for labour? ● The labour movement was at the forefront of
many victories related to equity and human rights, including the
establishment of human rights codes, pay and employment equity
legislation, and same-sex rights to name a few. What have been the
strengths and weaknesses of these policy approaches? Who has benefitted
and who has been left out of legislative solutions? How do, or should,
legislative solutions to equity issue intersect with other actions to
advance equity? ● Has the focus on precarity as a central feature of
today’s labour market meant greater or less attention to patterns of
inequality amongst workers? What are the implications for analyses of
social reproduction and the distribution of paid and unpaid
work? ● How are labour movements and other workers’
organizations dealing with the issues of immigration, migration, and
work? Are these responses more inclusive and solidaristic than in the
past? Has it changed the way labour internationalism is practiced and
theorized? ● How does intersectional analysis inform the study
of work and of labour movements? How is it informing the contemporary
labour movement in ways that build more inclusive working-class
communities, organizations, and struggles? ● What does an
anti-racist and decolonized labour studies look like?
Participants are not required to limit themselves to the above list. We
welcome proposals on all topics that highlight importance of diversity
to the past, present, and future of work and labour studies within
Canada and beyond. Our goal is to create a final conference programme
reflective of the broadest range of methodological, theoretical, and
disciplinary approaches.
New Voices in Work and Labour Studies: New scholars (graduate students,
post-doctoral fellows, and faculty/researchers in the first five years
of their appointment) are encouraged to indicate their status on their
proposal in order to be considered for the New Voices in Work and Labour
Studies Prize.
Conference Fees
Permanent or full-time faculty or researchersUnion and community
membersStudents, the un(der)employed, and retirees
CAWLS members$75$50$10
Non-members$250$150$60
Awards Dinner$35$35$35
Notes
● An additional Congress registration fee will also
apply. ● Accepted presenters must be CAWLS members in good
standing by April 30, 2018.
Conference Support: Some financial support will be available for travel
and accommodation, depending on need and availability of funds, with
priority given to graduate student participants. Contributors requesting
financial assistance should indicate this when submitting an abstract.
Submission requirements: Proposals should include a 250-word abstract
for each panel/paper and a short bio for each presenter. Please email
proposals to the conference organizing committee c/o
cawls2018@xxxxxxxxx.
To facilitate new conversations, we encourage people interested in
organizing panels, streams, roundtables and workshops to submit a CFP
for inclusion in the CAWLS newsletter by December 15, 2017.
All paper proposals are due by January 31, 2018.
For more information go to https://cawls.ca/
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