Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 190 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Open paths to enriched learning
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Open paths to enriched learning.
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Contents |
Canada's training system in outline -- Post-secondary education and the apprenticeship training system -- Government training and immigration policy -- Workplace training and learning -- Community-based education and training -- Reproducing patterns of advantage and disadvantage through training. |
Summary |
How does the current labour market training system function and whose interests does it serve? In this introductory textbook, Bob Barnetson wades into the debate between workers and employers, and governments and economists to investigate the ways in which labour power is produced and reproduced in Canadian society. After sifting through the facts and interpretations of social scientists and government policymakers, Barnetson interrogates the training system through analysis of the political and economic forces that constitute modern Canada. This book not only provides students of Canada's div. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Access |
PDF: Unrestricted online access. Unrestricted online access. CaOONL |
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EPUB: Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. CaOONL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Labor market -- Canada.
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Labor market. |
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Canada. |
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Skilled labor -- Canada.
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Skilled labor. |
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Occupational training -- Canada.
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Occupational training. |
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Manpower policy -- Canada.
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Manpower policy. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Barnetson, Bob, 1970- Canada's labour market training system./. Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, 2018. Open paths to enriched learning Open paths to enriched learning (CaOONL)20189051345 |
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Print version: Barnetson, Bob, 1970- Canada's labour market training system. Edmonton, AB : AU Press, Athabasca University, [2018] 1771992417 9781771992411 (OCoLC)1046100247 |
ISBN |
9781771992442 (electronic book) |
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1771992441 (electronic book) |
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9781771992428 (electronic book) |
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1771992425 (electronic book) |
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9781771992435 (EPUB) |
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1771992433 (EPUB) |
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1771992417 (Paperback) |
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9781771992411 (Paperback) |
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