You are invited to attend our first annual conference and MCREW launch! Featuring presentations by MCREW members from across the McMaster campus, a panel on current challenges facing workers, a keynote address by Armine Yalnizyan (Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers and columnist for the Toronto Star), and a graduate student poster session, the conference will bring together researchers from a wide range of disciplines to tackle some of the most pressing issues surrounding the transformation of work and its effects on workers.
Schedule:
8:30-9: Breakfast
9:00-9:15: Welcoming remarks
9:15-10:30: Session 1: Professions and Identity
Meena Andiappan (Human Resources & Management), “ ‘Now the Army is who I am’: Immersive socialization in French military cadets”
Sheila Boamah (Nursing), “Navigating Crisis: Addressing workforce challenges in Canada’s long-term care”
Kristina Llewellyn (History), “Women Teachers Under Attack: The History and Politics of Gendered Professionalism in Education”
Rob Wilton (Earth, Environment & Society), “ ‘When I was fired from my career, I lost my sense of self’: Negotiating chronic illness, masculinity and (paid) work”
10:30-11:00: Coffee break
11:00-12:15: Session 2: Migration
Cansu Ekmekcioglu (Information Systems), “Data Work in Immigrant Support Services: Negotiating Care in Human-Data Infrastructures”
Mary Crea-Arsenio (Medicine), “Employment Integration of Newcomers into Canadian Mid-Sized Cities”
Geraldina Polanco (Sociology), “Gendered Reintegration in El Salvador following Deportation”
Elisabet Service (Linguistics and Languages), “Researching work tasks that may be affected by second language use”
12:15-2:00: Lunch and graduate student poster session
2:00-3:30: Session 3: Work Design
Erin Reid (Human Resources & Management), “Countering Discrimination: Gendered Merit Construction Practices in a Masculine Profession”
Christina Baade (Communication Studies & Media Arts), “Beyond the 9 to 5: Balancing Music Careers and Caregiving”
Kim Jones (Chemical Engineering), “Women Mentors During Engineering Internships”
Meredith Vanstone (Family Medicine), “Paperwork takes time away from patients: How escalating administrative requirements are contributing to a crisis of access to Family Medicine”
3:30-4:00: Coffee break
4:00-5:30: Panel discussion on current challenges facing workers
Amy Sommer (Health Policy and Management)
Brenda Vrkljan (Rehabilitation Science)
Allison Williams (Earth, Environment & Society)
Marisa Young (Sociology)
6:00-7:00: Reception
7:00-10:00: Dinner, featuring keynote address by Armine Yalnizyan (Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers and columnist for the Toronto Star)
