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Political Science Labor & Industrial Relations

Working Bodies

Chronic Illness in the Canadian Workplace

edited by Sharon-Dale Stone & Valorie A. Crooks

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2014
Category
Labor & Industrial Relations
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773591820
    Publish Date
    Jun 2014
    List Price
    $100.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773543782
    Publish Date
    May 2014
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773543775
    Publish Date
    May 2014
    List Price
    $110.00

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Description

While significant research has been produced in the field of disability studies, little attention has been paid to experiences of chronic illness. Working Bodies emphasizes the workplace as an important site for understanding such experiences, as employment status has an enormous impact on social and economic standing in Canadian society.

The essays in this collection examine the perspectives of both workers and employers, painting a disturbing picture of the challenges that people with chronic illness face in an already demanding labour market. The focus on the Canadian workplace allows for an in-depth understanding of this context and for meaningful comparisons between populations and across workplace environments. Contributors include scholars and practitioners in disability studies, health sciences, geography, occupational therapy, sociology, and labour relations, their expert knowledge ranging from the imperatives of employers, to lived experiences of chronic illness, to the application of workplace policy.

By combining research-based chapters with personal reflections on work and chronic illness, Working Bodies grounds itself in existing scholarship while opening up new avenues of discussion.

Contributors include Terri Aversa, Andrea Black, Keri Cameron (McMaster University), Nicolette Carlan (University of Waterloo), Vera Chouinard (McMaster University), Valorie A, Crooks (Simon Fraser University), Julie Devaney, Le-Ann Dolan, Adam Gilgoff, Nancy Hutchinson (Queen's University), Vicki Kristman (Lakehead University), Terry Krupa (Queen's University), Rosemary Lysaght (Queen's University), Margaret Oldfield (University of Toronto), Michelle Owen (University of Winnipeg), Melissa Popiel, Wendy Porch, William S. Shaw (University of Massachusetts), Corinne Stevens, Iffath Syed (York University), Joan Versnel (Dalhousie University), and Kelly Williams-Whitt (University of Lethbridge).

About the authors

Sharon-Dale Stone is professor and chair of sociology at Lakehead University.

Sharon-Dale Stone's profile page

Valorie A. Crooks is associate professor in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University.

Valorie A. Crooks' profile page

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