Economic security and social development in northern Canada: precarious work and working together for a better future Joint Conference on Social Work and Social Development: Stockholm, July 2012 Jim Mulvale, Univ. of Regina Andy Mitchell, Univ. of Toronto Bob Kayseas, First Nations Univ. of Canada Ernie Lightman, Univ. of Toronto
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Economic security and social development in northern Canada:
precarious work and working together for a better future
Joint Conference on Social Work and Social Development: Stockholm, July 2012
Jim Mulvale, Univ. of ReginaAndy Mitchell, Univ. of Toronto
Bob Kayseas, First Nations Univ. of CanadaErnie Lightman, Univ. of Toronto
Precarious work in Canada’s North• To explore the concepts of precarious work and economic insecurity in Canada’s
north.
• Based on work undertaken for two separate grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada – Precarious employment in Canada’s North (Ernie Lightman, Principal Investigator) and The dynamics of social exclusion and inclusion for immigrants and racialized groups in Canada (Luann good-Gingrich, York University, Principal Investigator, Co-investigator Ernie Lightman, University of Toronto)
• Utilizes emerging understanding of precarious work and concepts developed by Standing’s (1999)1:– Labour market insecurity– Dimensions of economic security and precarious employment
1 Guy Standing (1999). Global labour flexibility : seeking distributive justice, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. : Macmillan Pres ; New York : St. Martin's Press.
Canada’s North
Chuck McNiven and Henry Puderer (2000). Delineation of Canada's North: An Examination of the North–South Relationship in Canada, Geography Division, Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 92F0138MIE, no. 2000-3.
Dimensions of economic security•Labour market security – macro-economic;•Employment security – regulatory system;•Job security – barriers to skill dilution and opportunities for upward mobility;•Work security – protection against accidents and illness at work (regulatory);•Skill reproduction – opportunity to gain skills, training, employer support for training etc.•Income security – income adequacy (min. wages, income security)•Representation security – collective voice in the labour market