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The author — a former doctoral student of Bradbury's — reflects on a recent telephone conversation with Bradbury regarding graduate supervision as well as the processes and practices of learning and apprenticeship. Also considers how the experience influenced the author's teaching and research.

The Division of Labor in Economics: A History, by Guang-Zhen Sun, is reviewed.

The article reviews the book, "Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada," edited by Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage.

The article explores labor relations and the environmental movement in New Brunswick. Emphasis is given to alliances and cooperation between entities such as the New Brunswick Federation of Labor, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, and the New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees. The author offers information on conferences that detail the relations between labor leaders and environmentalists on topics such as the construction of nuclear power plants, forestry management, and climate change.

The article reviews the book, "Working People in Alberta: A History," by Alvin Finkel et al.

The article reviews the book, "Speaking Up: A History of Language and Politics in Canada and Quebec," by Marcel Martel and Martin Pâquet.

The article reviews the book, "Contesting Bodies and Nation in Canadian History," edited by Patrizia Gentile and Jane Nicholas.

This article reviews the book, "The Breakthrough: Human Rights in the 1970s," edited by Jan Eckel and Samuel Moyn.

In October 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision much-anticipated by Canadian employers. In R. v. Cole,' it affirmed an Ontario Court of Appeal holding that a schoolteacher had a reasonable expectation of privacy in a work-issued laptop. Some hailed the ruling as a landmark. But does Cole signal a significant shift in workplace rights and obligations? This short essay - written from the perspective of counsel to employers - explains why the answer to this question is "no." Cole recognizes a significant new pri- vacy interest, but also establishes a strong foundation for continued employer access to information stored on work systems.

This article considers the effect of recent statutory amendments that recognized the legal status of the collective agreement as a binding source of rights and obligations during the employer's insolvency. The author reviews the law prior to, and after, the amendments along with interview responses of leading insolvency practitioners in determining whether those amendments unduly interfered with or prevented the successful restructuring of distressed businesses, In his view, most of the early jurisprudence setting aside collective agreements to which the debtor company was a party distorted the development of the law in this area, weakened the legitimacy of the insolvency process, and generated unnecessary conflict in the midst of restructuring efforts. By contrast, the amended provisions, by recognizing that collective agreements remain in force during an employer insolvency, have restored proper balance to the law, fostered voluntary negotiations among the parties, and reduced unnecessary liti- gation between debtors and unions. Importantly, the reforms have transformed court-centered conflict over the status of the collective agreement into product- ive negotiations focused on the rescue of distressed businesses. As a result, the paper maintains, the reforms have brought positive change to the restructuring process, by facilitating the efforts of stakeholders trying to salvage the company.

The article reviews the book, "Whose Streets? The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest," edited by Tom Malleson and David Wachsmuth.

When “workplace violence” was identified as a pressing social problem in the 1980s and 1990s, experts and policymakers focused on the violence of individuals and the psychological causes of that violence, instead of considering the structural factors associated with the dynamics of class relations and the workplace that produced violence. Yet, workplace violence existed long before the 1980s. This paper investigates three high-profile incidents of workplace violence in the automotive industry of Detroit and Windsor in the 1970s. It explores how these incidents were understood and how such understandings were created and contested, highlighting the pivotal role played by radical legal practice in these contests. It demonstrates that workplace violence often stemmed from factors such as the labour process, racism, and union conflict, and that the success of radical legal practice in raising these issues depended on both the specifics of the crime itself and the political and historical context in which it took place.

Discusses how feminist historian Bettina Bradbury influenced the author's scholarship in women's and gender studies. Describes approaches to newspaper and archival research as well as patriarchy as a key organizing concept for teaching, research, and writing.

In her analysis of the purpose of the Ontario Human Rights Code, the author draws on Nancy Fraser's distinction between the two main strategies that have been used to combat inequality. Strategies of redistribution, which prevailed among equality activists in the early twentieth century, see inequality as arising from unequal access to economic resources. Strategies of recognition, which have come into prominence more recently, see inequality as arising from sociocultural prejudices that deny equal recognition to disadvantaged groups. Although the Ontario Human Rights Code is often seen as focusing on rec- ognitional issues, the author argues that through the market relationships the Code regulates and the remedial powers it grants, it also adopts a redistribution strategy designed to address the economic impact of prohibited discrimination: that is, the Code aims to change how resources and opportunities are to be allocated for those with protected identity traits. An understanding of the inter- action between the Code's recognitional and redistributive functions sheds light on its purpose and method of operation, as well as on its relationship to other equality-seeking legal mechanisms such as collective bargaining and the equal- ity rights provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Thus, the need for a range of legal tools to counter inequality in different contexts comes more clearly into focus.

Argues that the short-lived Ontario Labour Court of 1943-44 set the stage for Canada's collective bargaining regime since the Second World War. Contrasts Canadian labour relations at the time with that in the US under the Wagner Act. Analyzes landmark cases and administration of the Ontario collective bargaining act under which the court was created, as well as providing brief bios of prominent lawyers and judges. Emphasizes that the court arose from common-law precepts of the primacy of property rights. Takes note of the strong opposition to unions and collective bargaining, especially among employers. Concludes that while labour made gains in some areas, the court's mixed record of achievement also included constraints on legal striking and fragmentation of the union movement. An appendix of court decisions on union certification is included.

The article reviews the book, "Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People's Encounters with the Police," by Elizabeth Comack.

This article reviews the book, "Making the World Safe for Workers: Labor, the Left, and Wilsonian Internationalism," by Elizabeth McKillen.

This article reviews the book, "Showcasing the Great Experiment: Cultural Diplomacy and Western Visitors to the Soviet Union, 1921–1941," by Michael David-Fox.

Analyzes Governor General David Johnston's October 16, 2013 Throne Speech for what it did and did not say about aspects of national history and identity. Argues that this is concomitant with the Conservative government's shutdown of the National Council of Welfare, the removal of public documents from the web, and the lack of recognition of Quebec's contemporary culture, including its distinct social institutions and practices. Concludes that historians and political scientists are obligated not only to keep a critical eye on "history under Harper," but to put forward or help to promote more appropriate versions of history and peoplehood.

This article reviews the book, "Critical Inquiries: A Reader in Studies of Canada," ed. by Lynne Caldwell, Carrianne Leung, and Darryl Leroux.