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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Perspectives on Employment Equity in Canada / Carol Agocs -- Chapter 1. The Making of the Abella Report: Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the Report of the Federal Royal Commission on Equality in Employment / Carol Agocs -- Chapter 2. Employment Equity in Canada: What Do the Data Show About its Effectiveness? / Nan Weiner -- Chapter 3. Real Change? Reflections on Employment Equity's Last Quarter Century / Raj Anand -- Chapter 4. Women, Intersectionality and Employment Equity / Kim England -- Chapter 5. Employment Equity and Canada's Aboriginal Peoples / Michael Lynk -- Chapter 6. Employment Equity and Disability: Moving Forward to Achieve Employment Integration and Fulfill Promises of Inclusion and Participation / Marcia Rioux and Lora Patton -- Chapter 7. The Equity Landscape for Sexual Minorities in Canada / Gerald Hunt, David Rayside and Donn Short -- Chapter 8. Remedying the Experiences of Vulnerable Workers: Links with Employment Equity / Patricia Hughes -- Chapter 9. Employment Equity in the Federal Public Service: A Union Perspective / Allison Pilon -- Chapter 10. Securing Employment Equity by Enforcing Human Rights Laws / Mary Cornish, Fay Faraday and Jan Borowy -- Chapter 11. The Employment Equity Mandate of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Some Preliminary Observations for Canada / Michael Ashley Stein -- Chapter 12. New Narratives, Same Old Problems: The Risk of Diversity-Centered Workplace Decision Making in a "Post-Racial" America / Natasha Martin -- Chapter 13. Employment Equity: The Next 25 Years / Brian Burkett -- Conclusion. Looking Forward: The Unfinished Business of Employment Equity / Carol Agocs. |
| Summary |
More than twenty-five years after the Abella Commission on Equality in Employment, Employment Equity in Canada examines the state of employment equity in Canada today. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Canada. Royal Commission on Equality in Employment.
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Canada. Royal Commission on Equality in Employment. |
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Canada. Employment Equity Act.
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Canada. |
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Employment Equity Act (Canada) |
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Discrimination in employment -- Canada.
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Discrimination in employment. |
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Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
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Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Agócs, Carol, author, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Employment equity in Canada 9781442647565 (OCoLC)878183145 |
| ISBN |
9781442668515 (electronic book) |
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1442668512 (electronic book) |
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9781442647565 |
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1442647566 |
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9781442615625 |
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1442615621 |
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