{"id":1549,"date":"2013-06-11T16:11:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T23:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/?page_id=1549"},"modified":"2015-08-11T10:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T17:25:58","slug":"glst-490","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/courses\/past-courses\/glst-490\/","title":{"rendered":"GLST 490"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Special Topics in Global Studies:<br \/>\nLabour: Local to Global Connections<\/h2>\n<p>Labour is part of our lives no matter where we live. We purchase the products of other people&#8217;s labour, as well as produce things from our own labour.<br \/>\nPrerequisite: GLST 390 or GLST 391, or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"GLST 490: Syllabus\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/courses\/current-courses\/glst-490\/glst490-syllabus\/\">Syllabus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"GLST 490 Evaluation &amp; Assignments\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/courses\/current-courses\/glst-490\/glst490-evaluation\/\">Evaluation<\/a> and assignments<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Learn VIU\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.viu.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">D2L<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Websites related to the course materials:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"GLST homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.viu.ca\/globalstudies\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Global Studies Program<\/a><\/strong> at Vancouver Island University. Includes information about the program and internships.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Canadian Labour Congress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianlabour.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Canadian Labour Congress<\/strong><\/a> &#8220;is the umbrella organization for dozens of affiliated Canadian and international unions, as well as provincial federations of labour and regional labour councils.&#8221;\u00a0 CLC advocates on behalf of all working people, including the following issues: social and economic, environmental, workplace, and international.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Institute for Global Labour &amp; Human Rights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globallabourrights.org\" target=\"_blank\">Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights<\/a><\/strong> &#8220;is a non-profit 501(c)(3) human rights organization dedicated to the promotion and defense of internationally recognized worker rights in the global economy. &#8221;\u00a0 Based in Pittsburgh, PA, it has &#8220;regional offices in Dhaka and San Salvador and research\/advocacy partnerships in China, Jordan, Central America and South Asia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"International Labour Organization\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/global\/lang--en\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>International Labour Organization <\/strong><\/a> &#8220;promotes rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues.&#8221;\u00a0 Of interest are its Publications, Research, Labour Standards and Statistics and Databases.\u00a0 A range of Topics are identified.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><br \/>\n<em>All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n&#8211;Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-68)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>Created 2013-06-11; last updated<\/em> 2014-09-01<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Topics in Global Studies: Labour: Local to Global Connections Labour is part of our lives no matter where we live. We purchase the products of other people&#8217;s labour, as well as produce things from our own labour. Prerequisite: GLST 390 or GLST 391, or permission of instructor. 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