/lldrl/articles/rss en /lldrl/article/whats-new/transformative-framework-achieve-and-sustain-employment-equity-report-employment-equity-act-review <h2>Table of contents</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/portfolio/labour/programs/employment-equity/reports/act-review-task-force/letter.html">Letter to the Minister</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/portfolio/labour/programs/employment-equity/reports/act-review-task-force/introduction.html">Introduction</a></li></ul> Thu, 11 Jul 2024 03:27:36 +0000 Professor Adelle Blackett, FRSC, Ad E, Task Force Chair 2897 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/ottawa-backs-listing-black-and-lgbtq-workers-under-canadas-workplace-equity-laws <p>The federal government says it supports listing Black and LGBTQ people among groups facing systemic workplace barriers under the Employment Equity Act, CBC News has learned.</p> <p>The Liberal government is backing the legislative change after a task force report recommended the move.</p> <p>A source told CBC News earlier on Monday that Ottawa "broadly supports" that recommendation and others from a task force that reviewed the legislation. The government made an initial commitment Monday to modernize the act, the source said.</p> Thu, 11 Jul 2024 03:24:31 +0000 LLDRL 2896 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/le-manifeste-travail-est-en-circulation <p><a href="https://democratizingwork.org/book-fr"><i>Le</i> <i>Manifeste Travail – Démocratiser. Démarchandiser. Dépolluer.</i></a><i> </i>(<i>The</i> <i>Working Manifesto</i>) est un essai collectif dirigé par Isabelle Ferreras, Julie Battilana et Dominique Méda, avec des textes d’Adelle Blackett, de Julia Cagé, de Neera Chandhoke, d’Imge Kaya-Sabanci, de Lisa Herzog, de Sara Lafuente, de Hélène Landemore, de Flavia Maximo et de Pavlina T. Tcherneva.</p> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 21:04:29 +0000 LLDRL 2608 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/le-guide-outils-deducation-aux-droits-du-travail-dans-le-programme-du-cheque-emploi-service-est <p>Le Collectif de recherche-action sur le travail et l’association socio-économique (CREATAS) a partagé son guide « <a href="https://www.creatas-quebec.org/guides-ces/">Outil d’éducation aux droits du travail dans le programme du Chèque emploi-service</a> ». Le projet poursuit trois grands objectifs :</p> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 21:01:21 +0000 LLDRL 2607 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/professor-jason-haynes-receives-unescojuan-bosch-social-science-prizee <p>We wish to congratulate Professor Jason Haynes, a visitor to the LLDRL, for this stellar recognition. The prize celebrates his research on the theme “Rethinking Anti-Trafficking Law and Practice: European and Commonwealth Caribbean Perspectives”.</p> <p>The UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize is awarded to young social scientists who contribute to strenghtening the links between research and public policies.</p> <p style="text-align:center"> </p> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:55:41 +0000 LLDRL 2606 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/critical-contemporary-slavery-and-law-panel-lsa-global-meeting <p>During the Law & Society Association’s annual meeting, dedicated to the theme ‘Rage, Reckoning, & Remedy’, Professor Adelle Blackett chaired a panel foregrounding the upcoming IACL General Report on “Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Including Causes and Consequences”. The panel was given life by the brilliant contributions of seven special national reporteurs, that is:</p> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:52:09 +0000 LLDRL 2605 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/professor-adelle-blackett-presents-iacl-preliminary-report-contemporary-forms-slavery-including <p>On the occasion its General Congress in Asunción, Professor Blackett hosted a panel in her capacity as the IACL’s General Rapporteur on “Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Including Causes and Consequences”. She was joined by special national rapporteurs Laura Dehaibi (Perú), Julia Selman-Ayetey (Ghana), Yves Goguen (Canada), Shahrzad Fouladvand (United Kingdom) and chair Tim Webster.</p> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:39:56 +0000 LLDRL 2604 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/transnational-labour-law-start-january-10-2023 <p>We are pleased to announce the eminent launching of our advanced seminar, Transnational Labour Law, which will be co-taught by Professor Adelle Blackett and Julia Selman-Ayetey. The seminar centres the corpus of international labour standards emanating primarily from the organization that survived the League of Nations to become a United Nations specialized agency, the International Labour Organization (ILO).</p> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:37:59 +0000 LLDRL 2603 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/lldrl-classroom/lldrl-classroom-lord-dalhousie-report-slavery-professor-afua-cooper <p><strong>September 17 2020 </strong></p> <p>For <a href="/law/channels/event/lord-dalhousie-report-slavery-324575" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">first instalment</a> of the 2020-2021 “Slavery and the Law” series, Professor Afua Cooper (Dalhousie) participated in a plenary class for the Property course taught by Professors Tina Piper, Lionel Smith and Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse. </p> Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:09:58 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 2555 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/lldrl-classroom-accounting-slavery-mastery-management-and-american-capitalism-professor-caitlin <p>In the <a href="/law/channels/event/accounting-slavery-mastery-management-and-american-capitalism-325714" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">second instalment</a> of the 2020-2021 “Slavery and the Law” series, Professor Caitlin Rosenthal gave a guest lecture in Professor Ignacio Cofone's Business Associations class. Caitlin Rosenthal's book, Accounting for Slavery.</p> Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:08:19 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 2554 at /lldrl