Academic Writing
1985. "The Politics of Perception of Learning", in Learning in Society - Toward a New Paradigm, ed. Mariette Hogue and Carmelia Quinn. Ottawa: Canadian Commission for UNESCO, May.
1987. "Canaries and Cargo Cults: Worker-Oriented Research in the Silicon Age". Paper presented to the Conference of Socialist Scholars. Published in Work and New Technologies: Other Perspectives. Edited by Chris DeBresson, Margaret Lowe Benston and Jesse Vorst. Toronto: Between the Lines.
1989. "Conscious Romantics: A union perspective on the politics of learning". Adult Literacy: New Perspectives. Editors James Draper and Maurice Taylor. Toronto: Culture Concepts.
1993. AHuman Resources Speak for Themselves@. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education.
1994. AThe Joy of Tax@. Paper co-authored with Beverley Burke, presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education.
1995. AA Union Perspective on Skills Training@. Paper presented at AThe Great Training Robbery@, joint session of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Associations.
1998. Co-authored with David A. Wolfe, "Human Resources Think for Themselves: The experience of unions in the Sectoral Skills Council", in Morley Gunderson and Andrew Sharpe eds., Forging Business-Labour Partnerships: The emergence of sector councils in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
2002. "Preparing the next wave of union leadership: The Collège FTQ-Fonds", co-authored with France Laurendeau, in Labour Education in a Globalizing Economy, editor Bruce Spencer (Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing).
2002 (forthcoming). "Researching in the Union Culture", in David Livingstone and Peter Sawchuk eds., Working Class Learning Strategies.
Professional Activity in Adult Education
1978-86 Invited to speak at three conferences of the Institut canadien d=education des adultes in Montreal, in French, on issues of international cooperation, technological change and participatory education, particularly as they affected workers.
1980-90 Invited to speak, and to lead workshops, at the World Assemblies of the International Council for Adult Education, in France and Argentina. Led a seminar for the ICAE executive on worker education in Sri Lanka, and led a tour of Mexican musicians and educators under ICAE sponsorship through the front-line states of southern Africa.
1980-93. Labour representative in successive federal and provincial task forces on vocational training, including ALearning a Living@ (1983), APeople and Skills in the Global Economy@ (1991) and ALocal Board Consultations@ (1992).
1978-2001. Producer and participant in arts and culture initiatives, including documentary film making (AStarting from Nina: The Politics of Learning@, ARe-Connecting@, ABorn on the 28th of November@), eight years in the Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, and twelve years in the Ontario Workers Arts and Heritage Centre.
1994-96 Labour nominee in two working groups of the Canadian Labour Force Development Board, dealing with standards for the purchase of training and with prior learning assessment. Also labour nominee to the Prior Learning Assessment Group, Council of Regents, Ontario community colleges.
1993-97 Elected to the board of the Canadian Association for Adult Education, active in the founding of the North American Alliance for Adult Education, and participant in the Canadian Advisory Group of the International Council for Adult Education.
1990-2002. Occasional involvement in Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, as a volunteer, consultant and co-facilitator of meetings and workshops. In 2002, facilitated the Triennial Orientation Assembly of the organization.
2001-2002. Resource person and facilitator with Barb Thomas with the UCLA Labor Center and the Labor Studies Program, University of Illinois.
1985. "The Politics of Perception of Learning", in Learning in Society - Toward a New Paradigm, ed. Mariette Hogue and Carmelia Quinn. Ottawa: Canadian Commission for UNESCO, May.
1987. "Canaries and Cargo Cults: Worker-Oriented Research in the Silicon Age". Paper presented to the Conference of Socialist Scholars. Published in Work and New Technologies: Other Perspectives. Edited by Chris DeBresson, Margaret Lowe Benston and Jesse Vorst. Toronto: Between the Lines.
1989. "Conscious Romantics: A union perspective on the politics of learning". Adult Literacy: New Perspectives. Editors James Draper and Maurice Taylor. Toronto: Culture Concepts.
1993. AHuman Resources Speak for Themselves@. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education.
1994. AThe Joy of Tax@. Paper co-authored with Beverley Burke, presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education.
1995. AA Union Perspective on Skills Training@. Paper presented at AThe Great Training Robbery@, joint session of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Associations.
1998. Co-authored with David A. Wolfe, "Human Resources Think for Themselves: The experience of unions in the Sectoral Skills Council", in Morley Gunderson and Andrew Sharpe eds., Forging Business-Labour Partnerships: The emergence of sector councils in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
2002. "Preparing the next wave of union leadership: The Collège FTQ-Fonds", co-authored with France Laurendeau, in Labour Education in a Globalizing Economy, editor Bruce Spencer (Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing).
2002 (forthcoming). "Researching in the Union Culture", in David Livingstone and Peter Sawchuk eds., Working Class Learning Strategies.
Professional Activity in Adult Education
1978-86 Invited to speak at three conferences of the Institut canadien d=education des adultes in Montreal, in French, on issues of international cooperation, technological change and participatory education, particularly as they affected workers.
1980-90 Invited to speak, and to lead workshops, at the World Assemblies of the International Council for Adult Education, in France and Argentina. Led a seminar for the ICAE executive on worker education in Sri Lanka, and led a tour of Mexican musicians and educators under ICAE sponsorship through the front-line states of southern Africa.
1980-93. Labour representative in successive federal and provincial task forces on vocational training, including ALearning a Living@ (1983), APeople and Skills in the Global Economy@ (1991) and ALocal Board Consultations@ (1992).
1978-2001. Producer and participant in arts and culture initiatives, including documentary film making (AStarting from Nina: The Politics of Learning@, ARe-Connecting@, ABorn on the 28th of November@), eight years in the Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, and twelve years in the Ontario Workers Arts and Heritage Centre.
1994-96 Labour nominee in two working groups of the Canadian Labour Force Development Board, dealing with standards for the purchase of training and with prior learning assessment. Also labour nominee to the Prior Learning Assessment Group, Council of Regents, Ontario community colleges.
1993-97 Elected to the board of the Canadian Association for Adult Education, active in the founding of the North American Alliance for Adult Education, and participant in the Canadian Advisory Group of the International Council for Adult Education.
1990-2002. Occasional involvement in Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, as a volunteer, consultant and co-facilitator of meetings and workshops. In 2002, facilitated the Triennial Orientation Assembly of the organization.
2001-2002. Resource person and facilitator with Barb Thomas with the UCLA Labor Center and the Labor Studies Program, University of Illinois.