GLRC Graduate Student Symposium (in person)

The GLRC is pleased to announce its upcoming 9th annual Graduate Student Symposium: Critical Conversations in Work and Labour. This conference is designed to showcase the scholarship of new voices in labour studies across a diverse range of disciplines. It is our hope that the workshop will provide an interdisciplinary venue for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to share their research in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Highlights

• John Eleen Lecture: What is Antiracism? And Why it means Anticapitalism, by Arun Kundnani.
• On February 20:
  • The John Eleen Lecture will be held in Room 519 (Kaneff Tower).
  • Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks will also be held at Room 519.
  • Parallel panel sessions will be held in Room 519 (Kaneff Tower) and Room 305 (York Lanes).
  • The Social Event will be held at the Break Room (Underground).
  • You can find the detailed symposium program (including room number for each panel session) here.
• On February 21:
  • Parallel panel sessions will be held virtually, via Zoom.
  • A Professional workshop will be held virtually, via Zoom. Invited panelists will talk about (i) key aspects of academic life and (ii) career paths beyond academia.
  • You can find the detailed symposium program (including Zoom links) here.
• Social/networking opportunities.
• After the conference, presenters will be invited to submit their papers to Workplace: a Journal for Academic Labor.

Organizing Committee

• Alaa Abdelhamid, PhD student in Sociology
• Nicole Jokinen-Hurl, MA student in Sociology
• Tinu Koithara Mathew, PhD student in the School of Human Resource Management
• Julie Wilson, Undergraduate student in Political Science and Work and Labour Studies