Partnership with the CRIMT
Over the years, the LLDRL has carried out some of its research and activities in collaboration with the CRIMT, Montreal's Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work.
CRIMT is a Canadian-based interuniversity research centre with a focus on the theoretical and practical challenges of institutional renewal for work and employment in a global era. Physically located at the University of Montreal, Universit茅 Laval (in Qu茅bec City) and HEC Montreal, CRIMT is a centre of excellence in research and a fertile training ground for graduate students in industrial relations, human resources management, sociology, economics, management and labour law. It is made up of roughly sixty university co-researchers and more than one hundred and fifty graduate students work on projects related to the CRIMT's main axes of research.
Collaborative research efforts
Many of our members are actively involved with the research activities of the CRIMT, either as coordinators or research- collaborators on projects related to the CRIMT' second and third research themes: " The New Frontiers of Citizenship at Work" and "The Restructuring of the State and of its Modes of Regulation." A list of CRIMT鈥檚 extensive support of graduate and post-graduate students, including those supervised by Professor Blackett, is available .
Joint initiatives
In addition to collaborating on important research projects, the LLDRL and the CRIMT have co-organized several seminars, conferences, and videoconference since the LLDRL's foundation. CRIMT has also contributed significant logistical support, notably through the use of videoconferencing equipment.
Past LLDRL-CRIMT events
Regulating Employment: Between Universality and Selectivity
March 28, 2012 - McGill University, Faculty of Law
In March 2012, the LLDRL, in collaboration with听CRIMT and the McGill University Legal Theory Workshop, hosted a research workshop with leading Labour Law Professor Guy Davidov. Professor Davidod is the听Elias Lieberman Chair in Labour Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the听Founding Chair of听the听Labour Law Research Network听and the Editor-In-Chief听of the听International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations.
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ILO...Whys and Wherefores: Luncheon with听Patrick Carri猫re
March 30, 2011 - McGill University, Faculty of Law
The LLDRL hosted a luncheon with听Patrick Carri猫re, distinguished consultant on labour law and former Senior Legal Officer of the Freedom of Association branch at the International Labour Office in Geneva. The luncheon provided students, practitioners, and academics with听a听rare opportunity to dialogue with a former leading ILO official about the organization's evolution, its current politics, and future prospects. The conference,听organized in partnership with CRIMT and McGill University's Faculty of Law,听was highlighted by M. Carri猫re's rich anecdotal experience on a range of critical labour issues such as the freedom of association and child labour.
Regulating Decent Work for Domestic Workers
March 29, 2010 - McGill University, Faculty of Law
The LLDRL, in collaboration with CRIMT and McGill University's Faculty of Law, organized听an international seminar entitled "Regulating Decent Work for Domestic Workers."听The conference brought together international and interdisciplinary researchers and specialists in the area of听domestic labour to reflect听on aspects of the domestic economy and the governance of paid labour. It addressed questions related to the regulation of domestic labour in family settings, labour inspections in family settings, unpaid labour, domestic worker agencies and informal labour.听The participants also discussed legislation, legal provisions, and their impacts in various countries (India, Brazil, Southeast Asia), as well as the Canadian experience.听
The event's听programme is available .
Labour Law and Economic Crisis
December 2, 2009 - McGill University, Faculty of Law
Organized in collaboration with the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT), the Law 77' Project Fund, and the Faculty of Law at McGill University, this lecture by the late Sir Bob Hepple focused on the European financial crisis and labour law.听The extraordinary life of听Sir Bob Hepple, including his role in defending Nelson Mandela, his activism, and important legacy for labour law and human rights, was summarized in obituary by Catherine Barnard听and Simon Deakin in The Guardian.听
A recording of the conference can be found听.
