Canada as a Post-Industrial Country

In 1919, World War I had finally come to an end, leaving most of the world in a post war depression. However, in countries like Canada, the decade ahead would be filled with amazing growth and change in many ways. The 1920s were an exciting time in Canada because of the economic prosperity, technological, social and cultural revolutions and growing political responsibility and change in policy that country experienced. These economic, social and political changes really made the 1920s in Canada “roar”.

After the war, Canadian factories that manufactured war supplies were permanently closed. This produced a lot of unemployment and bankruptcy. The cost to live was increasing dramatically and many people (who were still employed) could not compete with the inflation.(CBC, N/A, 1). WW1 veterans who had returned home after the war found that the wages were far too low.(School Work Helpers, 2016, 1). Some people wished to be employed, while others wished for better working conditions.(CBC, N/A, 2). On May 15, 1919, metal and building workers and the trades and labor council declared a strike. In a few hours, 30,000 left their jobs to participate in the strike.(Reilly, 2006, 3). One Big Union (OBG) was designed to speak for the workers.(School Work Helpers, 2016, 1). The House Of Commons had modified the Immigration Act so that any individual who was not born in Canada would be deported.(School Work Helpers, 2016, 2). The government feared that this strike would create a revolution, so they interfered. Workers were told to either go back to work or be fired.(Reilly, 2006, 6). On June 21, 1919, otherwise known as Bloody Saturday many people engaged in a silent protest. 2 people were killed that day and many sustained injuries. Several of the union leaders were arrested.(School Work Helpers, 2016, 2). Strike leaders were afraid that more people would be killed so on June 25, they went back to work.(Reilly, 2006, 3).

As in much of the world, the period 1929-1939 proved to be an extreme social and economic low for Canadians. As a result of

Canada faced dramatic changes through the decades of the 1960’s and 1970’s, but in particular the province of Quebec. In 1959, Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis died, this marked the beginning of the Quiet Revolution. Duplessis was the Union Nationale leader and the party had controlled Quebec for decades until shortly after Duplessis’ death, a provincial election was held where the Liberals, led by Jean Lesage, had won the vote. The Liberals started moving away from the Catholic ideologies, traditions were being shifted and a transformed society was taking over the province of Quebec. Lesage was famously quoted in 1962 “There is no doubt in my mind; it’s now or never that we must become masters in our own home.” which became the Liberals

At the beginning of the twentieth century, many Canadians were still adjusting to its new ways and ideas. Then the Greatest War the world had ever seen transformed the map of Europe and changed the nations, and the people, who fought in it forever. In Canada, for example, during the war the government faced great challenges such as the conscription crisis when the Country was divided by politics. In addition Canada was accepting the new, untraditional, roles of women, who during the war were allowed to work for the first time in ‘men’s professions”; such as

Canada's economy changed greatly due to WW1. It caused an unpredictable drain on Canada's finances which resulted in a need for freedom. Before the war, drought caused a loss in wheat crops causing farmers to lose more money than debt. Between 1914 and 1915, 50,000 railway workers lost their jobs due to Canada’s railway debt. Thankfully in 1916, Canada, along with the British government introduced the Imperial Munitions Shell Crisis in 1915. Canada started building ships, airplanes, and shells. Resources such as lumber, nickel, copper, and lead were needed as well as military gear, ammo, guns, and food. Over 66 million shells were produced in Canadian factories. This created lots of job factories, it was especially good for women because at that time women were unemployed because they were able to take over men's jobs when they were away working in the trenches.The demand for war supplies helped strengthen Canada’s economy during the

In Wayne Roberts and John Bullen’s A Heritage of Hope and Struggle: Workers, Unions and Politics of Canada 1930-1982, Roberts and Bullen’s outline the struggles and hardships Canadians endure post WWII on their path to prosperity with their employers. The journey begins late 1940s; conflicts emerge regarding union security which results in strikes, the 1945 Ford Windsor strike occurs as the organization’s employees demand the stability of the union. In an attempt to resolve the issues, Justice Ivan Rand urges a formula to “check-off dues” from employee paycheques to invest in the union, regarding finances and its activities. The fifties include the creation of the Canadian Labor Congress 1956 and the New Democratic Party. The sixties introduce

When the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) first started they hired thousands of Chinese workers to build their railways. They treated these workers terribly but by the pre Second World War period the railway industry was one of the most unionized industries in North America. In Canada most skilled and semi-skilled railway workers were covered by union contracts in the 1920s and 1930s. During this time the Canadian railway work force was comprised of long term employees to a much greater extent than before the First World War. In this essay I hope to convey how unions increased job stability for railway workers. It is hard to pinpoint how exactly unions increased job stability because there were many other factors that could have helped. However,

Follow WW1 soldiers would return home to a lack of jobs, high prices on basic necessities, and low minimum wage. This struck a fire within the people which started the movement for modern labour, along with the birth of the union. With no sign of change within the horrendous conditions following the war,the people rose up in search of a resolution. One of the driving factors was the Winnipeg General Strike which brought over 30,000 workers to leave the workplace, leaving Winnipeg in a standstill, sending an abrupt wake up call to the government to take action. Following these events is what shaped Canada into the working environment that it is today, with unions being put into place and a higher workplace standard being set, this one event brings change to the social, political and economic stature of

During the era of Pre-Confederation Canada, Upper Canadians and Lower Canadians showed very different views on the state of Canada. Notably, Upper Canadians struggled to hold fast to social class, down-right refusing to remove barriers of social class in order to remain within the jurisdiction of the privileges of Britain. Consequently, a common view on the country at the time wasn’t that of Canada – an individual colony on its own, but as a wasteland to be conquered. Hence, Upper Canada was focused on construction and urban development, rather than industry.

Bell argued that postindustrial societies would engage most workers in the production and dissemination of knowledge, rather than in goods produc- tion as in industrial capitalism. While industrialization had brought increased productivity and higher living standards, postindustrial society would usher in an era of reduced

There are many factors impacting work and learning specifically in Canada. How workers are involved or participate can affect outcomes for the employee and employer. Social and economic are two factors that influence education, learning, training and work. In this essay, I will provide examples of why social and economic context must be considered when understanding work and learning. I will also examine assumptions frequently made by Human Resources Management (HRM) and their perspective on the purpose and outcomes of learning and the critiques that challenge these perspectives.

An industrial society has many unique and definitive characteristics that separate it from a post-industrial one. Some of these characteristics include the heavy use of machinery in large factories; the use of fossil fuels to power the machinery; the specialization of jobs allowing for increased productivity, which led to urban expansion. In regards to class dynamics, there are/were few people at the” top”, who own the factors of production, and many front-line, blue-collar

     Besides a relatively non-competitive business environment, Canada?s labour force also lacks the competitive mindset. Structural employment remains high, which is partly due to the existence of social assistance and unemployment insurance systems. Work incentives are low under the protection of the employment insurance program, which indirectly contributes in a higher than the desirable unemployment rate. Furthermore, unions and other similar groups do not promote many incentives for workers to stay competitive in the workplace by continuously learning and improving productivity. Countries that have been most successful in cutting unemployment are those that have improved

Society holds many structures that mould human performance and produce opportunities for some, but inequalities for others (Morrall, 2009). These structures in society are organized by the hierarchies of class, ethnicity and gender (Crossman, 2016). Due to having a society based on hierarchies, social inequalities are inevitable. Social inequality refers to the ways in which a group or individual of a certain social position may receive unequal opportunities or distribution of ‘goods’ such as education, income, living conditions and healthcare (Walker, 2009). These unequal opportunities may be given to someone because of their ethnicity, gender, income, religion or social class (Walker, 2009). For example, people in a high social class will be able to pay for their children to go to a good private school for a good education, whereas lower-class or working class people will struggle to afford the same education.