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Gallagher, Paul – 1987
An overview is provided of the community college sector of Canadian post-secondary education. The first section points out the characteristics shared by the wide range of institutions termed "community colleges," indicating that: (1) they are public institutions with low or no tuition for conventional full-time students; (2) they are…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Governance
Douglas, Joel M.; Or, Beth Genya – 1990
The directory begins with a summary of unionization activities among college faculty for the 1989 calendar year. It is concluded that there were no significant events in academic collective bargaining during the year, with faculty unions concentrating resources on servicing their members and preserving affiliations. The faculty contracts and…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Faculty College Relationship, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Khan, A. N. – Journal of Law and Education, 1990
Examines the labor relations context and the labor law affecting school personnel in Canada. Discusses a Manitoba court ruling that plaintiff was restricted to the provisions of the legislation and of the collective agreement as applied to him; therefore, the court declined to hear his case. (41 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education
Manitoba Social Science Teacher, 1994
Devoted to the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919, this document provides social science teachers with details of the strike as well as general information on teaching about unions, labor, and working-class history. The first article, "The Winnipeg General Strike" (Doug Smith), presents the events during and prior to the Winnipeg General…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Industrialization, Instructional Materials
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Orr, Jeff – Canadian Social Studies, 1996
Summarizes the events surrounding the "on-to-Ottawa trek," a Depression-era labor protest that culminated in the Regina Riot. Presents a series of instructional activities built around analyzing primary source documents. Documents include an official notice from the Canadian National Railways and a flyer advertising a union meeting. (MJP)
Descriptors: Communism, Content Analysis, Dissent, Economic Climate
Dennison, John D. – 1985
As their second decade draws to an end, Canada's community colleges are confronted with budgetary constraints and increasing demands for more accountability. While in many ways their performance has been impressive, these institutions face a number of issues which defy satisfactory solutions. Four of the more demanding issues are: (1) increasingly…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Planning, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Delp, Linda, Ed.; Outman-Kramer, Miranda, Ed.; Schurman, Susan J., Ed.; Wong, Kent, Ed. – 2002
These 28 essays recount popular education's history and its multiple uses in the labor movement today: to organize the unorganized, to develop new leaders and activists, and to strengthen labor and community alliances. They explore its other facets: theater and culture, economics education, workplace safety and health, and classroom use and…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Collective Bargaining, Community Involvement