RECENT PRESENTATIONS

“Regulating Labour Standards in the Global Economy: From Social Responsibility to Corporate Accountability”, New Voices in Labour Studies Workshop, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, October 2007.

“Labour Migration and Temporary Work: Guestworker Programs in Canada”, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, August 2007.

“From ‘Illegal Aliens’ to ‘Reliable Workers’: Guestworker Programs and the Politics of Framing”, Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Montreal, Que, August 2006.

“Migrant Labour, Temporary Work, and North-South Divisions”, The North-South Divide and International Studies: International Studies Association, 47th Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, March 2006.

“Migrant Labour and Labour Rights in the New Economy: Temporary Labour Programs in Canada”, Restructuring Work and Labour in the New Economy Conference, Toronto, ON, March 2006.

"Migrant Labour, Citizenship, and Social Provision in Contemporary Welfare States", Re-Theorizing Welfare States: International Sociological Association RC 19 Annual Conference, Northwestern University, Chicago , September 2005.

"Working For Better Standards? Global Institutions, 'Partnership Internationalism', and Resistance", Political Economy of the World System Section of the American Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of Massachusetts , Amherst , April 2005.

"Working Time and Labour Control in the Toyota Production System", Workers and Social Cohesion Conference, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, January 2005.

"Re-regulating Working Time", Labour Studies Speakers Series, Labour Studies Programme, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, February 2004.

"Flexibility and Insecurity: Employment Standards in the New Economy", Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 2003.

"Regulating Flexibility: The Case of Employment Standards Legislation in Ontario", Canadian Industrial Relations Association Annual Meeting, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, May 2001.

"Transnational Organizing and Labour Standards: The Case of the Maquila Solidarity Network", International Sociological Association, RC 47 Annual Conference - Social Movements and New Social Communities: North/South Globalizations, New York University, New York, NY, April 2001.