Events

Speaker Event  

Topic: The Changing Nature of Work in the ‘Alberta-Bubble’

Presenter: Linda Duxbury

Date: Thursday, April 19 - Wine & Cheese reception 6:00-7:00; Public Lecture 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Location: Barnett House, 11010 142 Street Edmonton

Tickets $11.00 Registration

Sponsored by the Edmonton District and Central North District Locals of the Alberta Teachers Association and the Work and Learning Network for Research and Policy, University of Alberta

11010 -142 Street Edmonton [Map]

WLN 2012 SEMINAR SERIES

SEMINAR:

Title: Workplace Learning, Knowledge, Practice and Transformation

PRESENTER: Dr. James Avis, University of Huddersfield, UK
Date: April 12, 2012, Thursday

Journal Article PDF Document

Title: Workplace Safety: Innovative Practices and Strategies for Critical Safety Thinking
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012

Supporting resources

Moderator Art Deane's speaking notes on Some Canadian Facts on Workplace Safety

Speaking Notes PDF Document

Laurel Aitken, Farm Safety Coordinator from Department of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

Speaking Notes PDF Document

Grant Pelletier, Manager of Industry Mentorship and Support from ENFORM – The Safety Association for Canada’s Upstream Oil and Gas Industry 

PowerPoint Presentation PDF Document

Erin Prensolo, Program Review Coordinator from Alberta Construction Safety Association

PowerPoint Presentation PDF Document


Title:                I’m online with a zillion options: Work-learning in those “other” spaces
Date:                Thursday, February 9, 2012
Time:               3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Location:         Education NORTH Room 7-152 w University of Alberta (Campus Map)

Presenter:   Terrie Lynn Thompson, Ph. D.

Slide Presentation PDF Document

WLN FALL 2011 SEMINAR SERIES

Changing Workplace Culture Through Process Reengineering
October 27, 2011
Presenter:   John Servage, AVP, Risk and Assurance Services, Grant MacEwan University, Education Management industry

Follow-up Blog

Audiocast

Title:    Campus Alberta Planning Framework: A Vice-President’s Perspective.
Speaker: Dr. Dean Wood on May 5, 2011

PowerPoint Presentation PDF Document

Campus Alberta Planning Framework - Alberta Advanced Education & Technology

PANEL PRESENTATION

Title:Temporary Foreign Workers in the oil sands in Alberta: What have we learned?
Date: Tues, April 19, 2011

Presenters:
Yessy Byl - Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre (no presentation)

Olie Schell – Director, International and Provincial Assessment Services, Advanced Education, Alberta
PowerPoint Presentation PDF Document

Bill Peterman –Vice President of Employee Relations for Ledcor
PowerPoint Presentation PDF Document

Percy Cummins, Executive Director, Immigration Policy and Programs, Alberta Employment and Immigration
PowerPoint Presentation PDF Document

More details  PDF Document

PANEL PRESENTATION

Title:             Diversity and the Workplace PDF Document          April 12, 2011

Panelists:   
Candy Khan, City of Edmonton
Darcy Yamada, Ernst and Young Corporate Finance
Mary Banda & Maddi Genovese, Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton

February 8, 2011

The Centre for Global Citizenship Education & Research (CGCER) co-sponsored with the Work and Learning Network presents the following distant seminar.

Title:             (un)Doing Education with Actor Network Theory- ANT
Date:               Thursday, February 8, 2011
Time:              9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Presenter:     Tara Fenwick, University of Stirling, Scotland
Location & technology:       Videoconference - ED North 3-119 ...More details

In preparation for the session, please read

Chapter One: Fenwick, T. & Edwards, R. (2010). Actor network theory in education. London: Routledge.

Fenwick, T. (2010). (un)Doing standards in education with actor-network theory. /Journal of Education Policy/, 25 (2), 117-133.

The book, Actor--network theory in education, can be found on reserve in the Coutts Library in the Faculty of Education. Additionally, the article in the Journal of Educational Policy can be found online through the Faculty of Education website.

January 25, 2011 Presentations

PowerPoint Presentations
Mature Workers in Alberta’s Workforce PDF Document
(L. Forsyth)
Older Workers and Retirement Issues PDF Document
(Kurt Schreiner)

Title: Older workers and Retirement Issues
Kurt Schreiner, Director Corporate Planning, Policy and Research, Seniors and Community Supports
Laura Forsyth, Senior Policy Coordinator, Labour Force Development Branch, Alberta Employment and Immigration ...more details PDF Document