Research
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Latest funding
- $58,500
Career progression of minimum wage workers
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
- $61,747
What do unions do in Canada a look at innovation, employment, and profits
SSHRC · 2011 · Co-investigator
- $80,600
Labour's voice in pension governance
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
No publications available.
Career progression of minimum wage workers
Principal investigators: Verma, Anil
Keywords: low wage; minimum wage; skills; service economy; earnings; careers
What do unions do in Canada a look at innovation, employment, and profits
Principal investigators: Walsworth, Scott J.
Keywords: unions; process innovation; employment growth; profits; mixed research methods; Canada; private sector; industrial relations
Labour's voice in pension governance
Principal investigators: Verma, Anil
Keywords: labour; pension governance; labour trustees; union; pension
Recruiting, (re)training and retaining immigrants in the Canadian workforce
Keywords: labour markets; human resources; immigration; economic integration; knowledge mobilization
Unions, jobs and wage developments in Canadian workplaces
Principal investigators: Verma, Anil
Keywords: wages; benefits; employment; unions; employment relations
A community-university research alliance for Southern Ontario's social economy
Keywords: social economy; co-operatives; nonprofits; social enterprises; community economic development
A university-union research alliance on socially responsible investment of pension funds in the new economy
Keywords: socially responsible investment; adult education; labour studies; pension funds
The changing nature of work and lifelong learning in the new economy: national and case study perspectives
Principal investigators: Livingstone, David W.
Keywords: learning and work; informal learning; changing nature of work and learning; paid and unpaid work; lifelong learning profiles
The effectiveness of the Federal Employment Equity Act
Principal investigators: Jain, Harish C.
Keywords: employment equity; diversity; human rights in employment
Trade and Labour Protection: Can the two be made to work together
Principal investigators: Verma, Anil
Keywords: Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA); labour standards; labour protection
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Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.