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The article reviews the book, "Making Their Way: Education, Training and the Labour Market in Canada and Britain," by D. Ashton and G. Lowe.

In both Canada and Australia, a modern rights movement dedicated to the preservation of individual rights irrespective of creed, class, beliefs, race or ethnicity emerged in the 1930s. One of the central themes in the early years of both movements was the treatment of communists and organised labour amid concerns over state abuse of freedoms of speech, association and due process. The Australian Council for Civil Liberties and the Canadian Civil Liberties Union were founded in the 1930s to counter increasing tendencies of the state to suppress political rights, most often directed against the radical left. However, divisions within the political left, most notably between social democrats and communists, as well as weaknesses in the legal system created significant obstacles to the civil liberties movement in both countries. The following article explores the key themes in the early Australian and Canadian civil liberties movement by comparing two separate national social movements operating within a similar legal, political and social context. Debates over the Communist Party Dissolution Bill (1950) and subsequent referendum (1951) in Australia and the espionage commission (1946) in Canada represented high profile post-war debates on civil liberties issues in both countries, arising out of attempts by the federal government to suppress communism.

The article reviews the book, "Toward the Charter: Canadians and the Demand for a National Bill of Rights, 1929-1960," by Christopher MacLennan.

The article reviews the book, "Jobs and Justice: Fighting Discrimination in Wartime Canada, 1939-1945," by Carmela Patrias.

The article reviews the book, "Renegade Lawyer: The Life of J. L. Cohen. MacDowell," by Laurel Sefton.

The article reviews the book, "More with Less: Work Reorganization in the Canadian Mining Industry," by Bob Russell.

The article reviews the book, "Alternatives to Lean Production: Work Organization in the Swedish Auto Industry," by Christian Berggren.

The article reviews the book, "Corporate Canada: An Historical Outline," by Gerry van Houten.

Discusses the problems faced by historical researchers in placing freedom-of-information requests. Although FOI legislation is on the books both federally and provincially, researchers must navigate significant barriers in obtaining information from government agencies and ministries, including censorship of documents, delays in responding, costly processing fees, and institutional cultures of secrecy. The author describes his variable experiences and makes suggestions for the submission of requests. A 2012 federal court ruling on FOI [Canada (Canadian Heritage) v. Bronskill] is also discussed. The conclusions lists recommendations for legislative reform and notes that the FOI debate has impacted on archival work and researchers' relationship with archives.

The article reviews the book, "People, Resources and Power: Critical Perspectives on Underdevelopment and Primary Industries in the Atlantic Region," edited by Gary Burrill and Ian McKay.

This article reviews the book, "Work Transformed: Automation and Labor in the Computer Age," by Harley Shaiken.

This article reviews the book, "The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities" by Frances Henry, et al.

[This book] traces the history of sex discrimination in Canadian law and the origins of human rights legislation, demonstrating how governments inhibit the application of their own laws, and how it falls to social movements to create, promote, and enforce these laws. Focusing on British Columbia – the first jurisdiction to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex – Clément documents a variety of absurd, almost unbelievable, acts of discrimination. The province was at the forefront of the women’s movement, which produced the country’s first rape crisis centres, first feminist newspaper, and first battered women’s shelters. And yet nowhere else in the country was human rights law more contested. For an entire generation, the province’s two dominant political parties fought to impose their respective vision of the human rights state. This history of human rights law, based on previously undisclosed records of British Columbia’s human rights commission, begins with the province’s first equal pay legislation in 1953 and ends with the collapse of the country’s most progressive human rights legal regime in 1984. This book is not only a testament to the revolutionary impact of human rights on Canadian law but also a reminder that it takes more than laws to effect transformative social change. --Publisher's description. Contents: Introduction -- "No Jews or dogs allowed": anti-discrimination law -- Gender and Canada's human rights state -- Women and anti-discrimination law in British Columbia, 1953-69 -- Jack Sherlock and the failed Human Rights Act, 1969-73 -- Kathleen Ruff and the Human Rights Code, 1973-79 -- Struggling to innovate, 1979-83 -- Making new law under the Human Rights Code -- The politics of (undermining) human rights : the Human Rights Act, 1983-84 -- Conclusion.

Here is a hard-hitting look at Canada's wealthiest and most powerful mining company - the International Nickel Company of Canada. "Hardrock Mining" is the first in-depth study of both Inco Limited and the Canadian mining industry as a whole, an incisive look at both the effects of the technological revolution on a corporation and an industry which affects the lives of millions of Canadians. Respected sociologist Wallace Clement has interviewed hundreds of working men and women, and utilized unprecedented access to all facets of Inco's operations to build a fascinating and colourful portrait of a corporate giant. Clement documents the effect of the unions on the workers' welfare, the strikes and layoffs that are a fixture in the mining industry, and the effects of technological changes on health, safety, and the demand for specific skills. --Publisher's description

The article reviews the book, "The Riddle of Human Rights," by Gary Teeple.

This article reviews the book, "The Militancy of British Miners," by V.L. Allen.

Class Relations in Canadian mining are explored as changes occur first as a result of the formal subordination of labour through capitalist penetration of petty commodity production then through the real subordination of labour within capitalism. It is argued that the once autonomous position of craftsmen and tradesmen in the surface and underground operations of hardrock mines are being subjected to de-skilling as capital uses technology and the division of labour to maximize its control. Parallel with the mechanization of mines and the automation of surface operations is the introduction of "people technology" in the form of modular training schemes, also designed to maximize capital's control and ease its ability to replace workers.

The article reviews the book, "C.B. Macpherson: Dilemmas of Liberalism and Socialism," by William Leiss.