This program is offered in English only.
Admission requirements
Ontario secondary schools
- 1 grade 12 4U English
- 5 other grade 12 4U/M courses
See Admissions in front section of Calendar.
General information
Labour Studies at Laurentian University, the only program of its kind in Northern Ontario, is dedicated to developing a critical understanding of the social importance and organization of work, the evolution of workers' social and legal rights and the development of worker organization, and contemporary issues of concern to both blue-collar and white/pink-collar workers and their families. The program also aims to prepare students for employment in areas such as labour organizations, government service, journalism, social work, law, teaching or human resource administration.
As a university program, we uphold the academic independence of our teaching and research and the academic freedom of students as well as faculty. In keeping with Laurentian University's commitment to collaborative outreach programs, the Labour Studies program works in cooperation with the Sudbury and District Labour Council and its affiliates and seeks to make university education more accessible and pertinent to working people. The LBST program supports community involvement and education by providing students real-life learning experiences through field placements with various Sudbury organizations.
The program pays special attention to the past, present, and future role of labour and the union movement in Northern Ontario, from mining and forestry and railways to construction, utilities, retail services, health care, education, and government services. It seeks to stimulate and support research and serious discussion of issues of concern to working people in the region. In our efforts to improve accessibility and equity in the educational system, the Labour Studies program supports lifelong learning and the recognition of working people's informal knowledge.
The scope of Labour Studies includes the conditions of unorganized as well as organized workers, and the poor and sections of the working population marginalized by race, gender, national background, sexual orientation, age, or disability. In this sense, the program takes as its starting point the concerns and issues of the working class in its broadest sense as well as the particular conditions and issues of groups within the working class.
An agreement with Athabasca University enables students living some distance from Sudbury to participate in the program at Laurentian. Both Athabasca and Laurentian universities offer many distance education course in Labour Studies. Note: Admission to upper-level courses for both the B.A. and the Certificate may require satisfactory completion of 1st-year courses, or the permission of the program coordinator..
For more information visit the Labour Studies website at http://labourstudies.laurentian.ca/
Programs
Course descriptions