Abstracts
Abstract
Since the 1980s, research on employment conditions in post-secondary institutions has focused on the growth of contingent academic workers, or what the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) has labelled “non-full-time instructors” (Field, Jones, Stephenson, & Khoyetsyan, 2014). Very little attention, however, has been paid to administrative, physical plant, and other operational staff employed within universities and colleges. Using data from a study of University of Regina students and employees, academic and support staff, this paper confronts the broader conditions of labour around the ivory tower. Employment at a post-secondary institution is analyzed through the lens of living wage research advanced by the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives (CCPA) (Ivanova & Klein, 2015). The study reframes the notion of a living wage in a post-secondary institution to include work-life balance, job security, and the realities of dignity and respect in the university workplace.
Résumé
Depuis les années 1980, la recherche sur les conditions d’emploi dans les établissements postsecondaires a porté sur l’accroissement du nombre de travailleurs et travailleuses universitaires occasionnels ou de ceux que le Conseil ontarien de la qualité de l’enseignement supérieur (COQES) a qualifiés d’« enseignants non à temps plein » (Field, Jones, Stephenson, & Khoyetsyan, 2014). Très peu d’attention a, toutefois, été accordée au personnel des services administratifs, du service des bâtiments et terrains et autres employés opérationnels dans les universités et collèges. S’appuyant sur les données d’une étude des étudiants et des employés, du personnel enseignant et de soutien de l’Université de Regina, l’article confronte les conditions générales de travail dans la tour d’ivoire. Il analyse l’emploi dans un établissement postsecondaire dans l’optique de la recherche sur le salaire vital avancée par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) (Ivanova & Klein, 2015). L’étude reformule la notion de salaire vital dans un établissement postsecondaire pour inclure l’équilibre travail-vie personnelle, la garantie d’emploi et les réalités de la dignité et du respect au milieu universitaire.
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