Copyright (c) 2013 Ryerson University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/sociology Recent documents in Sociology Publications and Research en-us Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:03:57 PST 3600 http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/sociology/2 http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/sociology/2 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:59:03 PST As public policy issues, mandatory retirement and age discrimination are approached differently in Canada and the United States. TIle legal frameworks, enforcement procedures, and judicial decisions are distinct in the two jurisdictions. The United States, unlike Canada, has specific legislation to protect the rights of older workers, and has a centralized enforcement system. The differences between the two countries are accounted for by the greater emphasis on individual rights in the United States and on communitariarnsm in Canada. The different policy choices of each society highlight the tensions inherent in North American labor markets. The United States seems to be in a better position to shift toward a labor-management policy which encourages older workers to remain in the workforce.

]]> C T. Gillin et al. http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/sociology/1 http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/sociology/1 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:59:35 PST This paper is a study of the pioneer Greek immigrant and the pioneer Greek immigrant family in the United States and Canada from the 1880s to the 1920s. Our thesis is that the pioneer Greek immigrant was the executor of a well-defined family plan to help preserve as much as possible the physiognomy, identity and economic autonomy of the family unit that was left behind in the mother country. The Greek-American and Greek-Canadian family, limited in scope because of the gender composition of the early immigrants, organized itself in a "defensive" manner, i.e. it "closed" itself to the outside world and remained "frozen in time", as a result of the hardships of immigrant life, including the racism of the host countries.

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