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The rapidly accelerating pace of market, economic, and technological change in our increasingly globalized world present many challenges to the contemporary Canadian workplace.  How do we ensure that resources are channeled to their most productive uses, while reducing the impact that such adjustment might have on displaced workers?  How do we enable employers to organize their workplaces to increase efficiency while safeguarding workers from the potential occupational hazards and injuries of production?  How do we ensure that workers are not discriminated against based on immutable characteristics given that the Canadian workplace is more diverse than ever?  This course examines the manners in which employers, employees, and governments seek to resolve or mitigate workplace problems such as those above.  Through the aid of workplace policies and governance, it is hoped that Canadian workplaces maximize their productivity while delivering fairness to its workforce. 

This course involves teamwork, which strengthens sought-after transferable skills, including communication, relationship building, adaptability, conflict resolution, and more. Students will be asked to work with peers on graded assessments and will be expected to collaborate synchronously. Students can expect to be graded individually, as a group, and by peers on individual and group submissions. Queen’s University and the teaching team are committed to supporting students with strategies to succeed in a team-based setting.