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Restrictions implemented around the world to contain the spread of COVID-19 have had various consequences for workers. Emotional distress, maladaptive behaviours, and issues such as sleep disorders, irritability, and loss of motivation are expected, particularly among employees not used to telework. We wished to find out whether previous telework experience helped workers maintain their quality of life during the lockdown. Data were collected through an anonymous online survey of adult workers ≥ 18 years old in Canada, between May 25, 2020, and June 26, 2020. The survey was completed by 604 teleworkers, 66.8% of whom had not teleworked before the lockdown. The respondents provided self-reported data on sociodemographics, mental health issues, and quality of life. We assessed changes in quality of life by using paired t-tests and linear regression to identify significant determinants. Our analysis shows a decline during the lockdown in all quality of life indicators: stress, irritability, sleep quality, motivation, ability to undertake projects, and surfing the Internet without a specific goal (p < 0.001). The decline was mainly driven not by lack of previous telework experience but rather by a combination of three factors: having young children at home, having a high frequency of telework, and being a man.

The article reviews the book, "« C'est le Québec qui est né dans mon pays! » : Carnet de rencontres, d'Ani Kuni à Kiuna," by Emanuelle Dufour.

The article reviews the book, "No Wood, No Kingdom: Political Ecology in the English Atlantic," by Keith Pluymers.

Provides background and discusses the proposals of the 1970 Royal Commission on the Status of Women with regard to education, including Indigenous women's education. Discusses responses to the report, which was mostly focused on improvements to state education of girls and women. Concludes with a consideration of the women's movement as a pedagogical site.

The article reviews the book, "L’innovation et l’économie sociale au coeur du modèle québécois. Entretiens avec Benoît Lévesque:," by Marie J. Bouchard.

L’objectif de cette recherche est de comprendre comment l’entreprise peut mettre en place une stratégie de downsizing socialement responsable en temps de COVID-19. Les résultats de l’étude qualitative, de nature exploratoire, menée au sein d’un établissement hôtelier en Tunisie révèlent une série de pratiques socialement responsables qui confère un caractère distinctif à la stratégie de downsizing déployée. Les conclusions soulignent que la mise en oeuvre d’un ensemble de mesures avant, au cours et après le downsizing permet de limiter ses dégâts psychologiques et ses effets pervers. Aussi, elles révèlent que la mobilisation de pratiques managériales bienveillantes, équitables et respectueuses de la dignité humaine, ainsi que l’adoption d’un agir éthique et juste rendent le downsizing socialement toléré.

Cet article vise à exposer la persistance d'un discours romantique associé à l'agriculture et l'impact de cette image idéalisée de la terre sur la protection des travailleurs agricoles. Le portrait romantique de l'agriculture présente ce secteur économique comme étant fragile, capricieux, essentiel à la survivance humaine et intimement lié à la fois à la vie familiale et à la souveraineté nationale. Nous verrons que le mythe agricole est favorisé par la répétition d'un certain discours d'exceptionnalisme adopté tout au long de l'histoire occidentale dans la théorie et la pratique juridique et économique ainsi que dans la culture populaire et qu'il met l'accent sur la primauté de la propriété privée et la nécessité de protéger l'agriculture contre toute ingérence. Ce mythe cache toutefois la réalité des salariés agricoles tout en justifiant un traitement dérogatoire aux lois du travail. L'analyse du contexte législatif canadien contemporain en matière de protection des salariés agricoles démontrera la persistance du discours romantique en agriculture, véhiculé par de puissants lobbys agricoles et repris par les instances politiques, et son impact négatif sur les droits fondamentaux des travailleurs de la terre.

This article reviews the book, "La régulation sociale du risque émotionnel au travail," by Thomas Bonnet, preface by Arnaud Mias.

This article showcases a few main points of the theoretical frame in organizational communication I have been working on for my doctoral research on the aesthetic notion of “style”. Maxwell (2013) in his book on qualitative research methodology proposes to initiate a research design by considering the personal motivations that push us to work in the direction we designate ourselves. For my part, the moment that triggered my scientific interest in style is concretely certain experiences that I had in the restaurant business where I worked for several years, those of a form of selection of workers that seemed to be operated on the level of aesthetics. I present a brief autoethnographic overview of those experiences, then turn to theoretical approaches potentially helpful in making sense of them.

The article reviews the book, "Du diesel dans les veines, la saga des camionneurs du Nord." by Serge Bouchard and Mark Fortier.

This article reviews the book, "Comment travailler ensemble? Défis de l’intergénération," edited by Henri Savall and Véronique Zardet.

The article reviews the book, "Working Class History: Everyday Acts of Resistance and Rebellion," edited by Working Class History.

Le développement des outils numériques dans le secteur médico-social pose la question de leur impact sur les activités relationnelles, essentielles dans ce domaine. Cet article repose sur une enquête qualitative menée auprès de salariées travaillant dans l’aide aux personnes âgées, à domicile ou en établissement. Si ces travailleuses mentionnent plutôt des aspects positifs, elles estiment pourtant ambivalents les effets des outils numériques sur leurs conditions de travail, selon s’ils leur permettent ou non d’effectuer ce qu’elles considèrent comme un « bon travail ». Le contexte d’introduction de ces outils semble alors déterminant : lorsqu’il s’agit de rationaliser, voire d’industrialiser l’activité, ils contribuent à une dégradation concomitante de la qualité du travail et du service ; à l’inverse, mis au service de la relation d’aide, ils permettent d’améliorer les conditions de travail.

The article reviews the book, "Purchasing Power: Women and the Rise of Canadian Consumer Culture," by Donica Belisle.

The article reviews the book, "Demanding Equality: One Hundred Years of Canadian Feminism," by Joan Sangster.

The global COVID-19 pandemic acted as an exogenous shock that forced organizations to adopt homeworking as a common form of work for many occupations. Drawing on a real-time cross-occupational qualitative survey, we first examined how compulsory homeworking affected workers’ freedom to define and perform their tasks. Second, we analyzed how different forms of control developed under the new organization of work. Specifically, we studied how the outcomes varied by occupation and along the vertical division of labour. Our findings agree with those of labour process theorists who argue that personal, bureaucratic and technical forms of control complement each other, rather than being stages of a linear succession.

Pays homage to the life and work of Walter Hildebrandt (1951-2021), who published historical studies of Indigenous communities in the Canadian West and Indigenous relations with the Canadian state. A historian for Parks Canada, Hildebrandt later became publishing director of the University of Calgary and Athabasca University presses. Includes an appreciation of Hildebrandt's poetry, with selections from three long poems — "Let Them Eat Grass / The Dakota Wars 1862" and "Winnipeg 1919" — that were originally published in the 2016 collection, "Documentaries: Poems." Also introduces three poems by Tom Wayman — "Reply," "When the Future Wore a Mask: My Parents at War" and "Ars Poetica: Nail" — intended as tributes. A photo of Hildebrandt is also included.

This article argues that while work-places are safer today than they were 50 years ago, the degree to which this change is due to Canada's occupational health and safety (ohs) system is unclear. Examining the literature and reflecting upon the authors' own experiences with work-place safety, the article suggests that fundamental flaws embedded in the principles of the system undermine its effectiveness at keeping workers safe. Specifically, the premise of joint responsibility – which is given life in the internal responsibility system (irs) – appears to ignore the conflicting interests and unequal power relations that exist in Canadian work-places. The circumstances that contributed to the historical effectiveness of the irs no longer exist, undermining the ability of workers to realize safe and healthy work-places.

The article reviews the book, "Life in Stalin's Soviet Union," edited by Kees Boterbloem.

The article reviews the book, "People, State, and War Under the French Regime in Canada," by Louise Dechêne.