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Livingstone, D.W. (2002). The
Changing Nature of Work and Lifelong Learning in the New Economy:
National and Case Study Perspectives. WALL Working Paper No. 1
[PDF]
Livingstone, D. W.; Stowe, S.;
and Raykov, M. (2003). Annotated Bibliography on the Changing Nature of
Work and Lifelong Learning. WALL Working Paper No. 2
[PDF]
Livingstone, D.W. (2003).
Hidden Dimensions of Work and Learning: The Significance of Unpaid Work
and Informal Learning in Global Capitalism. WALL Working Paper No. 3
[PDF]
Livingstone, D.W. (2004). The
Learning Society: Past, Present and Future Views (2004 R.W.B. Jackson
Lecture)
[PDF]
Livingstone, D.W. (2005).
Expanding Conception of Work and Learning: Recent Research and Policy
Implications, in International Handbook of Educational Policy
Series: Springer International Handbooks of Education, Vol. 13. Bascia,
N.; Cumming, A.; Datnow, A.; Leithwood, K.; and Livingstone, D. (Eds.)
Livingstone, D.W. and Raykov, M.
(2005).
Union Influence on Worker Education and Training in Canada in Tough
Times. Just Labour, vol. 5 (Winter 2005).
Livingstone, D.W. (2005). Exploring
Adult Learning and Work in Advanced Capitalist Society. October 2005
PASCAL Hot Topic
[PDF].
Livingstone, D.W. (2005).
Basic Findings of the 2004 Canadian Learning and Work Survey.
Presented at the “Future of Lifelong Learning and Work” Conference,
Toronto, June.
Livingstone, D.W. and Eichler,
Margrit. (2005).
Mapping The Field of Lifelong (Formal and Informal) Learning and (Paid
and Unpaid) Work. Joint keynote address to the “Future of Lifelong
Learning and Work” Conference, Toronto, June.
Raykov, Milosh and Livingstone, D.W.
(2005).
Canadian Apprenticeship and Effect of Union Membership Status: Trend
Analysis 1991-2002. Presented at the “Future of Lifelong Learning
and Work” Conference, Toronto, June.
Ahmadi-Bidheni, Eynolah. (2006).
Current Employment Conditions and Learning Practices of Canadian
Immigrant Workers: An Analysis of the WALL 2004 National Survey.
Presentation to the annual conference of the Research Network on Work
and Lifelong Learning (WALL), June.
Livingstone, D.W. (2006).
The Education-Jobs Gap Revisited: Current Research on Underemployment
and Work Alternatives. Presentation, OISE Faculty Speakers' Series.
Livingstone, D.W. and Myers, Douglas.
(2006).
Interest in Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition in Canada:
National Survey and Personal Views. Presentation to the annual
conference of the Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL),
June.
Livingstone, D.W.; Raykov, Milosh;
Weststar, Johanna; Lordan, Meredith; Radsma, Marion; Wilson, Olivia;
Officer, Sandria; and Pankhurst, Ken. (2006).
Job Requirements and Workers’ Learning Practices: Survey and Five Case
Studies Profiles of the Ontario Labour Force. Presentation to the
annual conference of the Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning
(WALL), June.
Livingstone, D.W. and Stowe, Susan.
(2007).
Work Time and Learning Activities of the Continuously Employed: A
Longitudinal Analysis, 1998-2004. Journal of Workplace Learning
(19)1: 17-31.
Myles, John and Myers, Karen. (2007).
Who Gets What and Why? Answers From Sociology. American Behavioral
Scientist (50)5: 579-583.
Doray, Pierre and Livingstone, D.W.
(2008)
Entre la pyramide et l’iceberg. les figures de la participation à
l’éducation des adultes.
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Categorized by Research Team
WALL Working Papers
Specific Case studies
At Risk Worker Focus:
Women’s Alternative and Informal Learning
Pathways to Jobs in Information Technology
Jen Liptrot (Advocates for Community-Based
Training and Education for Women-ACTEW), and Shauna Butterwick
(University of British Columbia)
Butterwick, Shauna. (2003).
Missing in Action: Women's Alternate and Informal IT Learning. Paper
presented at the First Annual Conference of the Centre for Work and
Learning, University of Alberta.
Butterwick, Shauna and Jubas, Kaela.
(2005).
The Accidental IT Worker: Women's Informal/Alternative Pathways to IT
Jobs. The Learning Edge, newsletter of the Canadian Association for
the Study of Adult Education, May, p. 16.
Butterwick, Shauna. (2005).
Getting the Word Out: Findings, Analysis and Presentations.
University of British Columbia, August 15, Update 4.
Butterwick, Shauna; Jubas, Kaela;
Zhu, Hong; and Liptrot, Jen. (2006).
Intuiting, Socializing and Playing Around: Women’s Stories of Informal
Learning in the Information Technology Field. Presentation to the
annual Adult Education Research Conference (AERC).
Butterwick, Shauna; Jubas, Kaela;
Zhu, Hong; and Liptrot, Jen. (2006).
L/Earning a Living: Practices and Recognition of Women’s On-the-Job
Learning in the Information Technology Field. Paper presented at the
annual conference of the Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning
(WALL), June.
Butterwick, Shauna; Jubas, Kaela;
Zhu, Hong; and Liptrot, Jen. (2006).
Reaching the End — Where are We Now? Where to From Here? University
of British Columbia, July, Update 5.
Butterwick, Shauna and Harper,
Lynette. (2006).
An ‘Inter-cultural’ View of Community-Academic Partnerships: Tales from
the Field. Presented at the 36th Annual SCUTREA (Standing Council on
University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults) Conference,
July.
Zhu, Hong. (2006).
Education & Women’s Career Choices: Findings from a Case Study on
Women’s Informal Learning Pathways to IT Work. Paper presented at
the annual conference of the Research Network on Work and Lifelong
Learning (WALL), June.
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Doing Disability at the Bank: Discovering
the Work and Informal Learning/Teaching Done by Disabled Bank Employees
Kathryn Church, Melanie Panitch and Catherine
Frazee (Ryerson University) with RBC Financial
Bowman, Victoria. (2006).
Disability–Work–Learning Annotated Bibliography. Research team:
Kathryn Church, Melanie Panitch, Catherine Frazee, Tracy Luciani.
Church, Kathryn. (2006).
Doing Disability at the Bank: 2006 Project "Snapshot". Paper
presented at the annual conference of the Research Network on Work and
Lifelong Learning (WALL), June.
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Labour Education: Action Research from an
Equality Perspective
Nancy Jackson (OISE/UT), and Winnie Ng
(Canadian Labour Congress)
Gairey, Jawara; Ng, Winnie; Martin,
D'Arcy; and Jackson, Nancy. (2006).
The Challenges of Educating for Equality in Unions. Final text of
WALL case study.
Labour Education Centre (LEC) and the
Centre for the Study of Education and Work (CSEW). (2007). Integrating
Equity, Addressing Barriers: Innovative Learning Practices by Unions.
Funded by the Work and Learning Knowledge Centre, Canadian Council on
Learning.
Report in English
Report in French
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Immigrant Workers Learning to Labour in
Canada: Rights and Organizing Strategies
Eric Shragge (Concordia University), with the
Immigrant Workers Centre (Montreal)
Shragge, Eric; Jordan, Steve; Hanley,
Jill; Posner, Lauren; Luciano, Marco; and Baltodano, Charlotte. (2004).
Learning to Resist-Immigrant Workers' Experiences. Preliminary
project report.
Hanley, Jill and Shragge, Eric.
(2005).
Economic Security for Women with Precarious Immigration Status: Ensuring
Labour Rights for All. Presentation to conference, Imagining Public
Policy to Meet Women's Economic Security Needs, October 13-15.
Hanley, Jill and Shragge, Eric.
(2006).
Justice for Immigrant Workers! Canadian Dimension, May-June.
Shragge, Eric; Hanley, Jill; Jordan,
Steve; Baltodano, Charlotte; Singh, Jaggi; Stiegman, Martha; and Choudry,
Aziz. (2006).
Community University Research Partnerships - A Critical Reflection and
an Alternative Experience. Paper presented at the annual conference
of the Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL), June.
Choudry, Aziz and Shragge, Eric.
(2007).
Constructing Immigrant Workers: Adaptation and Resistance. Paper
presented at Fear, the City and Political Mobilization conference, INRS,
April 16-17.
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Sectoral Focus:
Organizational Change and Worker Learning in
Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
Paul Bélanger (Université de Québec à Montréal),
with Pharmabio Developpement
Bélanger, Paul. (2004).
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Industry Case Studies.
Preliminary project report.
Bélanger, Paul and Larivière, Maryse.
(2005).
The Dynamics of Workplace Learning in the Knowledge Economy:
Organizational Change, Knowledge Transfer and Learning in the
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry. Paper presented at the
annual conference of the Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning
(WALL), June.
Bélanger, Paul; Daniau, Stéphane; et
Larivière, Maryse. (2007).
La formation continue dans un secteur d’activité à haute intensité de
savoir : les entreprises biopharmaceutiques. Final project report.
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Technological Change and Worker Learning
Peter H. Sawchuk (OISE/UT), with the Canadian
Union of Public Employees
Bratton, J.; Helms-Mills, J.; Pyrch,
T.; and Sawchuk, P. (2003).
Unions and Workplace Learning, from Workplace Learning: A Critical
Introduction, Toronto: Garamond Press.
Sawchuk, Peter H. (2003).
Coping with Change in the Ontario Public Sector: The Importance of
Participatory Design in The Changing Face of Work and Learning
Conference (Sept 25-27th), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
(pp.181-186).
Hennessy, Trish and Sawchuk, Peter.
(2003)
Worker Responses to Technological Change in the Canadian Public Sector:
Issues of Learning and Labour Process. Journal of Workplace Learning
15(7/8): 19-25.
Sawchuk, Peter. (2005).
Information and Communication Technologies and Workplace Learning: The
Contested Terrain of Legislation, Policies, Programs and Practice,
in International Handbook of Educational Policy Series: Springer
International Handbooks of Education, Vol. 13. Bascia, N., Cumming, A,
Datnow, A., Leithwood, K., Livingstone, D. (Eds.)
Sawchuk, Peter. (2005).
A 'Use-Value Thesis' on the Labour/Learning Process: Re-assessments and
Expansion of Conceptual Resources. Presented at the “Future of
Lifelong Learning and Work” Conference, Toronto, June.
Fennessey, Barbara and Smith, Warren.
(2006).
The Human Factor in Technological Change at Stelco: A Union Leader's
Perspective. Paper presented at the annual conference of the
Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL), June.
Sawchuk, Peter. (2006).
Bringing Inter-cultural Clashes of Knowledge Production into View: the
Case of Organizational Change and Participatory Design in Social
Benefits Work in Canada. Presented at the 36th Annual SCUTREA
(Standing Council on University Teaching and Research in the Education
of Adults) Conference, July.
Sawchuk, Peter. (2007).
A Canadian Union Perspective on Education and Citizenship: The Role of
Immigrant Experience of Labour Markets and Work. Forthcoming,
Education and Citizenship (Brazil).
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The Effects of Changing Working Conditions
and Government Policy on Canadian Teachers Formal and Informal Learning
Practices
Harry Smaller (York University), Rosemary Clark
(Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation), and David Livingstone (OISE/UT),
with the Nova Scotia Teachers Union, the Alberta Teachers Association,
and the Canadian Teachers Federation
Smaller, Harry. (2005).
Teacher Informal Learning and Teacher Knowledge: Theory, Practice and
Policy, in International Handbook of Educational Policy Series:
Springer International Handbooks of Education, Vol. 13. Bascia, N.;
Cumming, A.; Datnow, A.; Leithwood, K.; and Livingstone, D. (Eds.)
Smaller, Harry; Tarc, Paul; Antonelli,
Fabrizio; Clark, Rosemary; Hart, Doug; and Livingstone, David. (2005).
Canadian Teachers’ Learning Practices and Workload Issues: Results from
a National Teacher Survey and Follow-Up Focus Groups. Paper
presented at the annual conference of the Research Network on Work and
Lifelong Learning (WALL), June.
Clark, Rosemary. (2006).
Impact of Research on Education Policy and Teachers’ Lives in Canada.
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Research Network on Work
and Lifelong Learning (WALL), June.
Pollock, Katina. (2006).
Access to the Teaching Profession: Internationally Educated Teachers (IETs)
Experiences. Paper presented at the annual conference of the
Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL), June.
Tarc, Paul; Smaller, Harry; and
Antonelli, Fabrizio. (2006).
Illuminating Teachers’ Informal Learning: Shaping Professional
Development and Schooling Reform. Paper presented at the annual
American Educational Research Association.
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Skill Acquisition and Labour Market
Experience of At Risk Workers in Steel, Light Manufacturing and Nursing
Homes
Anil Verma (University of Toronto), with Jorge
Garcia-Orgales (United Steel Workers of America Canada)
Mann, Sara and Verma, Anil. (2006).
Do High-Performance Work Practices Predict Training Culture?
Presentation to Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of
Toronto.
Verma, Anil and Mann, Sara. (2006).
Learning Among Lower Wage and At-Risk Workers:The Roles of Personal,
Organizational and Social Resources. WALL case study report.
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Unpaid Work/Transition Focus:
Critical Transitions Between Work
and Learning Projects throughout the Life Course
Pierre Doray and Paul Bélanger (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Bélanger, Paul; Biron, Élaine;
Cloutier, Simon; Doray, Pierre; and West, Karima. (2005).
Biographical Transitions and Lifelong Learning: Preliminary Findings.
Presented at the “Future of Lifelong Learning and Work” Conference,
Toronto, June.
Bélanger, Paul; Doray, Pierre;
Levesque, Mireille; et Labonté, Anik. (2005). Les adultes en formation :
les logiques de participation. Québec, Ministère de l’Emploi, Solidarité
sociale et Famille, CIRST, CIRDEP. Pour plus d'information:
http://www.uqam.ca/nouvelles/2005/05-087.htm
Gagnon, Lucie and Doray, Pierre.
(2005).
Corporate Training and the Knowledge Society: A Re-examination of
Factors Influencing Participation. Presented at the “Future of
Lifelong Learning and Work” Conference, Toronto, June.
Bélanger, Paul; Biron, Élaine; Doray,
Pierre; Cloutier, Simon; and Meyer, Olivier. (2006).
The Socially Structured Possibility to Pilot One’s Transition. Paper
presented at the annual conference of the Research Network on Work and
Lifelong Learning (WALL), June.
Bélanger, Paul; Doray, Pierre; Biron,
Élaine; Cloutier, Simon; and Meyer, Olivier. (2006).
Correcting Inequality in Adult Education Participation. Paper
presented at the annual conference of the Research Network on Work and
Lifelong Learning (WALL), June.
Biron, Élaine; Doray, Pierre;
Bélanger, Paul; Cloutier, Simon; et Meyer, Olivier. (2006).
L’éducation des adultes et les travailleurs âgés face à la retraite
(Adult Learning for Older and Retired Workers). Paper presented at the
annual conference of the Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning
(WALL), June.
Cloutier, Simon; Doray, Pierre;
Bélanger, Paul; Biron, Élaine; et Meyer, Olivier. (2006).
Transitions professionnelles et éducation des adultes (includes
English abstract: Professional Transitions and Formal/Informal Adult
Learning). Paper presented at the annual conference of the Research
Network on Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL), June.
Meyer, Olivier; Biron, Élaine; Doray,
Pierre; Bélanger, Paul; et Cloutier, Simon. (2006).
Immigration, apprentissage et intégration sociale (Learning,
Immigration and Social Integration). Paper presented at the annual
conference of the Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL),
June.
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Housework and Care Work: Sites for Lifelong
Learning
Margrit Eichler (OISE/UT), with Mothers Are Women
(MAW)
Eichler, Margrit. (2005).
The Other Half (or More) of the Story: Unpaid Household and Care Work
and Lifelong Learning, in International Handbook of Educational
Policy Series: Springer International Handbooks of Education, Vol. 13.
Bascia, N.; Cumming, A.; Datnow, A.; Leithwood, K.; and Livingstone, D.
(Eds.)
Eichler, Margrit. (2005).
Unpaid Housework and Lifelong Learning. Presented at the “Future of
Lifelong Learning and Work” Conference, Toronto, June.
Liu, Willa Lichun. (2005).
New Home, New Learning: Chinese Immigrants, Unpaid Housework, and Care
Work. Presented at the “Future of Lifelong Learning and Work”
Conference, Toronto, June.
Liu, Willa Lichun. (2006).
Exploring the Emotional Dimensions of Household Work: Chinese
Immigrants’ Perspective. Paper presented at the annual conference of
the Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL), June.
Liu, Willa Lichun. (2007).
Unveiling the Invisible Learning from Unpaid Household Work: Survey on
Work and Lifelong Learning. Presented at Learning In Community:
Joint International Conference of the Adult Education Research
Conference (AERC) and the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult
Education (CASAE)/ l'Association Canadienne pour l'Étude de l'Éducation
des Adultes (ACÉÉA), June.
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The Informal Learning of Volunteer
Workers
Daniel Schugurensky (OISE/UT), with Advocates for
Community-Based Training and Education for Women (ACTEW), the Ontario
Healthy Communities Coalition (OHCC), and the Ontario Region of the
Cooperative Housing Federation of Canada (OCHFC)
Schugurensky, Daniel and Mündel,
Karsten. (2005).
Volunteer Work and Learning: Hidden Dimensions of Labour Force Training,
in International Handbook of Educational Policy Series: Springer
International Handbooks of Education, Vol. 13. Bascia, N.; Cumming, A.;
Datnow, A.; Leithwood, K.; and Livingstone, D. (Eds.)
Schugurensky, Daniel; Slade, Bonnie;
and Luo, Yang. (2005).
"Can Volunteer Work Help Me Get a Job in my Field?": On Learning,
Immigration and Labour Markets. Presented at the “Future of Lifelong
Learning and Work” Conference, Toronto, June.
Duguid, Fiona; Slade, Bonnie; and
Schugurensky, Daniel. (2006).
Significant yet Unrecognized: The Informal Learning of Volunteers in Two
Settings. Presentation to the Canadian Association for the Study of
Adult Education (CASAE) National Conference, May.
Schugurensky, Daniel. (2006).
Strategies to Elicit Informal Learning and Tacit Knowledge:
Methodological Notes from the Field. Paper presented at the annual
conference of the Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL),
June.
Duguid, Fiona; Slade, Bonnie; and
Schugurensky, Daniel. (2006).
Unpaid Work, Informal Learning and Volunteer Cultures. Presented at
the 36th Annual SCUTREA (Standing Council on University Teaching and
Research in the Education of Adults) Conference, July.
Duguid, Fiona; Mündel, Karsten; and
Schugurensky, Daniel. (2007).
Learning to Build Sustainable Communities through Volunteer Work in
Urban and Rural Settings: Insights from Four Case Studies. Presented
at Learning In Community: Joint International Conference of the Adult
Education Research Conference (AERC) and the Canadian Association for
the Study of Adult Education (CASAE)/ l'Association Canadienne pour
l'Étude de l'Éducation des Adultes (ACÉÉA), June.
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The School-to-Work Youth Transition
Process
Alison Taylor (University of Alberta) Department
of Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta
Heinz, Walter R. and Taylor, Alison. (2005).
Learning and Work Transition Policies in a Comparative Perspective:
Canada and Germany, in International Handbook of Educational Policy
Series: Springer International Handbooks of Education, Vol. 13. Bascia,
N.; Cumming, A.; Datnow, A.; Leithwood, K.; and Livingstone, D. (Eds.)
Krahn, Harvey and Taylor, Alison.
(2005).
Resilient Teenagers: Explaining the High Educational Aspirations of
Visible Minority Immigrant Youth in Canada and
Resilient Teenagers: Figures and Tables. Journal of International
Migration and Integration, 6(3/4): 405-434.
Taylor, Alison. (2005).
‘Re-culturing’ Students and Selling Futures: School-To-Work Policy in
Ontario, Journal of Education and Work 1(3): 321–340.
Taylor, Alison. (2005).
‘Bright Lights’ and ‘Twinkies’: Career Pathways in an Education Market.
Journal of Education Policy, 21(1): 35-57.
Taylor, Alison and Watt-Malcolm,
Bonnie. (2005).
Building a Future for High School Students in the Trades. Presented
at the “Future of Lifelong Learning and Work” Conference, Toronto, June.
Taylor, Alison. (2006).
The Challenges of Partnership in School-to-Work Transition. Final
version in press, Journal of Vocational Education and Training.
Taylor, Alison and Steinhauer,
Evelyn. (2006).
Evolving Constraints and Personal “Choices”: Understanding the Pathways
of Students in First Nations Communities. Paper presented at the
annual conference of the Research Network on Work and Lifelong Learning
(WALL), June.
Taylor, Alison. (2007).
Pathways for Youth to the Labour Market: An Overview of High School
Initiatives. Pathways to the Labour Market Series – No|3. Canadian
Policy Research Networks.
Related
presentation: Saunders, Ron and de Broucker, Patrice. (2007).
Background of the Pathways Project and findings to date. Canadian
Policy Research Networks.
Taylor, Alison and Watt-Malcolm,
Bonnie. (2007).
Expansive Learning Through High School Apprenticeship: Opportunities and
Limits. Journal of Education and Work, 20(1): 27–44.
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Unless specified otherwise, the research
for these papers was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council (SSHRC).
