At MCREW (McMaster Centre for Research on Employment and Work), we unite researchers from all six McMaster University faculties to investigate changing work, workers, and workplaces. Through an interdisciplinary approach, MCREW enriches our understanding of these transformations, fostering collaboration and innovation.
Our vibrant community thrives on regular meetings to exchange ideas, share insights, and plan impactful research. Each year, we host a conference spotlighting understudied workers, workplace transformations, and the future of employment. Our director, advisory committee, and governing board support us in our mission to conduct impactful research and foster meaningful partnerships with scholars, organizations, community members, and students.
Join us in shaping the conversation about the changing world of work.
The speed, breadth, and impact of changes to workplaces require new approaches to scholarship. To fully capture the experiences of understudied workers, and the effects of the changes to workplaces on them, we need perspectives from a variety of disciplines. We created MCREW so that researchers from across McMaster could come together to study critical topics and challenge established theories. By bringing together a wide range of evidence, MCREW will deepen our understanding of how employees navigate, adapt to, and resist changing workplace demands, and how worker behaviors and expectations affect organizations.
What MCREW does
At MCREW, we collaborate with researchers and public and private sector organizations to explore changing work, workers, and workplaces. Together, we identify new opportunities for inquiry, tackle research challenges, and amplify the impact of our findings. We are focused on our priorities, delivering high-impact interdisciplinary research and sharing it widely.
MCREW Meetings
Our members meet regularly to exchange ideas, present preliminary findings, receive feedback on ongoing research, and plan future collaborations.
Yearly event
We organize a yearly conference to bring together researchers studying understudied workers, the transformation of workplaces, and the future of employment.
Governance
Our director sets the goals for MCREW in collaboration with our Advisory Board and members. The Governing Board ensures that those goals have been met.
Research collaborations
Our research thrives on collaboration, drawing from the expertise and insights of fellow scholars, community members, organizations, and students.
Current MCREW staff
Anne St-Amand
Research Coordinator
Anne has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Toronto and an MA in Linguistics from the University of Ottawa. She is research coordinator for Dr. Catherine Connelly, the McMaster Organizational Behaviour Laboratory, and the McMaster Centre for Research on Employment and Work.
Email: astamand@mcmaster.ca
Current MCREW staff
Solomon Ruan
Research Assistant
Solomon is a second-year undergraduate student at McMaster University completing an Honours Bachelor of Integrated Business and Humanities at the DeGroote School of Business. He is drawn to research that sits at the intersection of human behaviour and organizational life and hopes to pursue a career in management consulting.
Email: ruans5@mcmaster.ca