Labour Pains, Capital Gains

March 27, 2015

Labour Pains, Capital Gains

March 27, 2015

When: Friday March 27, 2015 | Registration: 8:30 – 9am | Conference: 9am – 4:15pm Where: Ryerson University, 350 Victoria St, Toronto Reception: 6pm at the Imperial Pub This conference will explore how precarious labour market arrangements and changes to social policy have exacerbated low-waged and no-waged work. Presentations will advance or challenge theoretical approaches, explore the intersections of race, class, gender and other subjectivities in the context of full-time, part-time and casual work, the experiences of migrant and undocumented labour as well as unpaid work in the sphere of social reproduction, voluntary and probationary work. Co-sponsored by Centre for Social Justice | www.alternateroutes.ca | www.eventbrite.ca | PDF poster


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