Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses the employment prospects of university graduates. Among some of the applicable data addressed are overall employment figures related to unemployment rates, characteristics of the labor force and employment by sector. The conclusion is that while technology is one of the most promising prospects to take university training in, it is also one of the most susceptible to the global employment strategies of offshoring and outsourcing. However, the writer points out that the majority of industries in the Canadian economy rely on sectors that typically require university training or graduation. The writer concludes that while there are certainly other avenues towards developing valuable skills applicable in the marketplace, increasingly, one of the best places to acquire those skills is in the university setting and certainly through graduation from a structured academic program in a given field or industry.

Outline:
Overview
Employment Trends
Prospects by Industry
Employment Outlook
Conclusion

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"Recent trends in the Canadian employment sector reveal an active employment market for university graduates who are graduating from certain fields and concentrations. The inverse of these observations is that university graduates who graduate in fields or concentrations that have little relevance to the economic activity driving the overall market, are at a disadvantage and quickly develop a detachment from the workforce as research at the University of Alberta has indicated. However, simply having completed a university program through graduation does seem to imply that the employment prospects for the individual doing so are more promising than those who have not."

Tags:labour, force, training, global, economy

Abstract
This document discusses the employment prospects of university graduates. Among some of the applicable data addressed are overall employment figures related to unemployment rates, characteristics of the labor force and employment by sector. The conclusion is that while technology is one of the most promising prospects to take university training in, it is also one of the most susceptible to the global employment strategies of offshoring and outsourcing. However, the writer maintains that the majority of industries in the Canadian economy rely on sectors that typically require university training or graduation.

Tags:employment, Canada, statistics

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The first of the two companies up for discussion is Molson Canadian, a subsidiary of Molson Coors. Presently, Molson has 6 breweries operating across Canada and employs more than 3000 people in those facilities. It invests in the surrounding community via sports sponsorships and via charitable activities (Molson Canadian, 2008). Additionally, Molson-Coors, the parent company of Molson Canadian, earned just over $8.3 billion in sales in 2007 - a slight increase from the previous year's totals (Molson Coors, 2008). In summation, the company appears to be one that gives generously to local sporting activities - and it is certainly financially viable, thereby offering the prospect of long-term stability for local residents.

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Which of Two Companies (Molson Canadian or Acmepharma) Is Best-Suited to Locate Plant Sites in Moncton, New Brunswick Part I: Why AcmePharma is a better "fit" for the city of Moncton The first of the two companies up for discussion is Molson Canadian, a subsidiary of Molson Coors. Presently, Molson has 6 breweries operating across Canada and employs more than 3000 people in those facilities. It invests in the surrounding community via sports sponsorships and via charitable activities (Molson Canadian, 2008). Additionally, Molson-Coors, the parent company of Molson Canadian, earned just over $8.3 billion in sales in 2007 - a slight increase from the previous year's totals (Molson

Tags:moncton, new, brunwick

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This paper recounts the chronological history of the Canadian Pension System and the social and political trends affecting its evolution. It then contextualizes these developments in light of any discernible correlations between this evolution and the rise in women's employment levels.

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"Historian James Struthers is of the opinion that "gender played an important role in limiting and constraining the entitlement of women in their old age." ("Limits" 63) Nonetheless the scope of Canadian women's enfranchisement in the successive public pensions schemes instituted between 1928 and 1985 did gradually widen and more and more women did receive pensions. The working premise of this paper is that this progress was foremost the fruits of their own labors, literally as well as figuratively. Women in effect earned the right to a pension by earning a living in..."

Tags:women, pensions, employment

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The agricultural industry represents a significant fraction of the overall Canadian economy in terms of both employment and most economic measures. However, as this essay shows, this is a sector of the economy that feels under considerable pressure and is in need of government assistance. The paper also demonstrates that government assistance can be supported by the ideology of capitalism and, in particular, the type of capitalism known as mercantilism that advocates government assistance to business to compete more strongly in the international marketplace.

Tags:canadian, agriculture, industry

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This paper examines the history of the entitlement of women in the Canadian old-age pension system. The paper points out that, although at first limited, the scope of Canadian women's enfranchisement in the successive public pensions schemes instituted between 1928 and 1985 did gradually widen, allowing more and more women to receive pensions. The working premise of the paper is that this progress was foremost the fruits of women's own labors, literally as well as figuratively.
Women in effect earned the right to a pension by earning a living in increasing numbers. The paper concludes that, in order to do this, women had to overcome the prevailing social mores, prejudices, institutional resistance and male-dominated cultural stereotypes.

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"Data from the 1901 Canadian Census records a total male population of 2,066,000 and a total female population of 1,957,000. Out of this 1,618,000 men but only 215,000 women were gainfully employed; in other words, 78.3 percent of Canadian males earned their living by working whereas only 14.4 percent of Canadian women did. (Series D107) Some thirty years later, on the heels of Canada's first full-fledged public pension, 78.5 percent of Canada's 4,206,000 men and 19.4 percent of its women were gainfully employed. The raw numbers are particularly revealing: 3,296,000 men but only 752,000 women reported having a job. Yet, even if these results are skewered by the Great Depression, there were still over three times as many women working in 1931 than 1901."

Tags:feminism, workers, rights, employment, conditions, Canada

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This paper closely examines how the scope of Canadian women's enfranchisement in the public old age pensions schemes instituted between 1928 and 1985 did gradually widen and more and more women did receive pensions. Now, the working premise of this paper is that this progress was foremost the fruits of their own labors, literally as well as figuratively.

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"Canadian social historian James Struthers is of the opinion that "gender played an important role in limiting and constrain- ing the entitlement of women in their old age." ("Limits" 63) Nonetheless, the scope of Canadian women's enfranchisement in the successive public pensions schemes instituted between 1928 and 1985 did gradually widen and more and more women did receive pensions. Now, the working premise of this paper is that this progress was foremost the fruits of their own labors, literally as well as figuratively. Women in effect earned the right to a pension by earning a living. If they..."

Tags:women, pensions, employment

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The following paper will look briefly at what strategies can be employed by Canadian workers and by the labor movement to secure decent remuneration and workplace quality in an age when globalization seems eager to tear those things asunder. Certainly, in an age of rampant privatization and with governments less interested than ever before in protecting workers, diversifying its constituency, establishing cross-border linkages and demanding workplace democracy and appropriate quality-of-work are things which should be at the forefront of any labor movement's plans and priorities. With this in mind, it is to a discussion of these issues that we now turn.

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"Canadian workers and the Canadian labour movement: What strategies should Canadian workers and the Canadian labour movement develop in order to face the challenges of the twenty-first century? The following paper will look briefly at what strategies can be employed by Canadian workers and by the labour movement to secure decent remuneration and workplace quality in an age when globalization seems eager to tear those things asunder. Certainly, in an age of rampant privatization and with governments less interested than ever before in protecting workers, diversifying its constituency, establishing cross-border linkages and demanding workplace democracy and appropriate..."

Tags:canadian, labour, movement

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In recent months, the furor over the release of Karla Homolka has sparked heated debate and calls for a review of the Canadian justice system. The following paper examines three contentious areas of the Canadian legal system that seem in desperate need of a reassessment. The first of these revolves around the growing perception that the Canadian judiciary is arrogant, perhaps even irresponsible, and simply unresponsive to the concerns of ordinary Canadians. The second area revolves around the treatment of aboriginal peoples within the Canadian justice system and the third and last area revolves around the difficulty that Canadian law-makers and justices are having in reconciling the somewhat amorphous multiculturalism they embrace in theory with the fundamental liberal democratic tenets that under-gird the Canadian justice system.

Tags:canadian, justice, system

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Privatization of Ontario Hydro is most often discussed as a provincial issue that is rooted in the capital of Toronto. However, the selling off of Ontario Hydro plants in smaller communities of the province is an important aspect of the privatization. The leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, Howard Hampton, represents Rainy River, a community in which hundreds of Ontario Hydro workers and others stand to be affected by the changeover. In these areas that have by tradition had significant poverty, the prospect of higher hydro costs as well as lost employment should plants and existing services be closed or reorganized has particular importance. 5 pgs. 5 sources.

Tags:CANADIAN STUDIES AND ISSUES / GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT POLICY, opposition to privatization