{"product_id":"training-the-excluded-for-work-access-and-equity-for-women-immigrants-first-nations-youth-and-people-with-low-income-9780774810074","title":"Training the Excluded for Work  Access and Equity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an attempt to redress social inequities in the workplace, the authors examine various kinds of training programs and recommend specific policy initiatives to improve access to these programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFigures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Acronyms\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  1. Who Wins, Who Loses: The Real Story of the Transfer of Training to the Provinces and Its Impact on Women \/ Ursule Critoph\u003cbr\u003e  2. Snakes and Ladders: Coherence in Training for Office Workers \/ Alice de Wolff and Maureen Hynes\u003cbr\u003e  3. The Road to Equity: Training Women and First Nations on the Vancouver Island Highway \/ Marjorie Griffin Cohen and Kate Braid\u003cbr\u003e  4. Women’s Training and Equity on the Hibernia Construction Project \/ Sue Hart and Mark Shrimpton\u003cbr\u003e  5. The Culture of Construction: Or, Etiquette for the Nontraditional \/ Kate Braid\u003cbr\u003e  6. Hammering Their Way through the Barriers: Low-Income Women Retrain to Be Carpenters \/ Margaret Little\u003cbr\u003e  7. Training and Retraining Health Workers amid Health Care Restructuring, Downsizing, and Rationalization: The Case of Health Care Aides \/ Larry Haiven and Liz Quinlan\u003cbr\u003e  8. Community Skills Training by and for Immigrant Women \/ Margaret Manery and Marjorie Griffin Cohen\u003cbr\u003e  9. Life Skills Training: \"Open for Discussion\" \/ Shauna Butterwick\u003cbr\u003e  10. Pathways to Employment for Women: Apprenticeship or College Training? \/ Robert Sweet\u003cbr\u003e  11. Public Policy and Women’s Access to Training in New Brunswick \/ Joan McFarland\u003cbr\u003e  12. Still Shopping for Training: Women, Training, and Livelihoods \/ Karen Lior and Susan Wismer\u003cbr\u003e  13. Youth Employment Programs in British Columbia: Taking the High Road or the Low Road? \/ Linda Wong and Stephen McBride\u003cbr\u003e  14. Training Youth at Risk: A Model Program in Quebec \/ Sylvain Bourdon and Frédéric Deschenaux\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Contributors\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404909420887,"sku":"9780774810074","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774810074.jpg?v=1730488020","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/training-the-excluded-for-work-access-and-equity-for-women-immigrants-first-nations-youth-and-people-with-low-income-9780774810074","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}