Title Employment equity in Canada : the legacy of the Abella report / edited by Carol Agócs

Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (x, 335 pages) Contents Introduction : perspectives on Employment Equity in Canada / Carol Agocs -- 1. The making of the Abella Report : reflections on the 30th anniversary of the Report of the Federal Royal Commission on Equality in Employment / Carol Agocs -- 2. Employment Equity in Canada : what do the data show about its effectiveness? / Nan Weiner -- 3. Real change? Reflections on Employment Equity's last thirty years / Raj Anand -- 4. Women, intersectionality and Employment Equity / Kim England -- 5. Employment Equity and Canada's Aboriginal peoples / Michael Lynk -- 6. Employment Equity and disability : moving forward to achieve employment integration and fulfill promises of inclusion and participation / Marcia Rioux and Lora Patton -- 7. The equity landscape for sexual minorities in Canada / Gerald Hunt, David Rayside and Donn Short -- 8. Remedying the experiences of vulnerable workers : links with Employment Equity / Patricia Hughes -- 9. Employment Equity in the federal public service : a union perspective / Allison Pilon -- 10. Securing Employment Equity by enforcing human rights laws / Mary Cornish, Fay Faraday and Jan Borowy -- 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 -- 12. New narratives, same old problems : the risk of diversity-centered workplace decision making in a "post-racial" America / Natasha Martin -- 13. Employment Equity : the next thirty years / Brian Burkett -- Conclusion : looking forward : the unfinished business of Employment Equity / Carol Agocs Summary In the mid-1980s, the Abella Commission on Equality in Employment and the federal Employment Equity Act made Canada a policy leader in addressing systemic discrimination in the workplace. More than twenty-five years later, Employment Equity in Canada assembles a distinguished group of experts to examine the state of employment equity in Canada today Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Text in English Print version record Subject Canada. Royal Commission on Equality in Employment. Canada. Employment Equity Act. SUBJECT Canada. Royal Commission on Equality in Employment fast Employment Equity Act (Canada) fast Subject Discrimination in employment -- Canada Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- Canada BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. Discrimination in employment Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation Canada Form Electronic book Author Agócs, Carol, author, editor. ISBN 9781442668515 1442668512

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