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HRMT 310: The Canadian training system Report a Broken Link

This course introduces you to the training system in Canada, including the major concepts, players, and issues involved in achieving a match between the skills required by the Canadian labour market and the skills offered for pay in that same labour market. Specifically, the debates about the forms of training that should be provided, who should have access to acquiring those skills, and who should be responsible for the structure, financing, and delivery of training are examined in the broader context of the changing nature of work and the labour market. The course also looks at how various aspects of the Canadian training system have evolved, and how the different labour market partners (employers, workers, governments, and education and training providers) collaborate and conflict in pursuing the goals and expectations each has for the employed and unemployed members of Canada’s labour force.

Unit 2

Wheelahan, L. (2007). How competency-based training locks the working class out of powerful knowledge: A modified Bernsteinian analysis. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 28(5). 637-651.
Jackson, N., & Jordan, S. (October 2000). Learning for work: Contested terrain? Studies in the Education of Adults, 32(2), 195-211.

Unit 3

Gunderson. M. (2011). Impact of sector councils: A Canadian institution. Journal of Labour Research, 32, 414-426. doi: 10.1007/s12122-011-9119-4
Meredith, J. (2011). Apprenticeship in Canada: Where’s the crisis? Journal of Vocational Education & Training 63(3), 323-344. doi: 10.1080/13636820.2011.570453

Unit 5

Cruikshank, J. (2008). Lifelong learning and the new economy: Limitation of a market model. International Journal of Lifelong Education. 27(1). 51-69. doi: 10.1080/02601370701803617
Graham, J. R., Sheir, M. L., Jones, M. E., & Gray, E. (2009). Individualism: Perceptions of people experiencing difficulties integrating into labour markets. Canadian Review of Social Policy (62), 1-16.
Viebrock, E. and Clasen, J. (2009). Flexicurity and welfare reform: A review. Socio-Economic Review, 7, 305-331. doi: 10.1093/ser/mwp001 
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