The gender pay gap is a complex global issue that has attracted attention in the academic world for decades. In 2018, it made headlines in Hollywood, thereby entering public consciousness in a new and profound way. In Ontario, three decades after pay equity legislation was introduced, the gender pay gap is still wider for […]
Jelena Zikic is an associate professor at the School of Human Resource Management. Afraid to disconnect from work? Why you should get over it We are taking fewer and fewer paid vacation days per year. Are we less in need of rest, or is the work culture taking over our lives? While North Americans in […]
91ÑÇɫ’s School of Human Resource Management (HRM) took home top place in the Education categories in the 2018 Canadian HR Reporter Reader’s Choice Awards. About 3,000 readers representing a wide swathe of the HRM profession cast votes. All four of the School of HRM’s programs were selected as winners in their respective categories, […]
Twin sisters Lorelei and Rosalind Silverman arrived in Canada from Romania 22 years ago in search of an opportunity to study. Since launching their careers as a neuroscientist and cell biologist, the sisters have been recipients of several awards for their professional achievements and their success settling in Canada. Lorelei and Rosalind Silverman Yet when […]
The Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) has bestowed 91ÑÇÉ« Professor Parbudyal Singh with its inaugural Distinguished Human Resources Professional (DHRP) Award. Singh teaches in the School of Human Resource Management (HRM), where he previously served as director. The school, in 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, is the largest university […]
A Forbes’ top-five coach and renowned management guru, Professor Dave Ulrich of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business headlined this year’s HR Talks: Monica Belcourt Speakers Forum. Above: From left, left to right: Professor Dave Ulrich with 91ÑÇÉ« HR Professors Monica Belcourt, Parbudyal Singh and David Doorey, chair of the School of HRM […]
Congratulations to SHRM's Professor Soosan Latham on the publication by Routledge of her new book The Boarding School Girls: Developmental and Cultural Narratives. Please see the full Press Release for a description of this great new work of scholarship. Relevant to academic and casual readers alike, The Boarding School Girls offers a pragmatic perspective on the psychological […]
Professor David Doorey has published a new book entitled The Law of Work: The Complete Edition. Already the book has been adopted for courses in employment law, labour law, and industrial relations in universities across the country. Professor Emeritus Harry Arthurs, former Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School and President of 91ÑÇÉ« […]
Jelena Zikic is an associate professor at the School of Human Resource Management. The keys to successful formal mentoring Formal mentoring programs – organization-assisted matching between a mentor and a protégé, usually short term – are a way of helping newcomers learn the ropes and/or assisting more junior employees to advance their careers. What is […]
<!--Notes ACF --> One of our very own Bachelor of Human Resources Management students - Kevin Cao has been awarded the 2017 Outstanding Global Engagement Award from 91ÑÇÉ« International, celebrating his exemplary contributions to the 91ÑÇÉ« International community! The award includes a $500 prize, as well as a certificate signed by the Associate Vice-President International […]