Just a quick note today. Later this week CBC's DocZone is airing a documentary called Generation Jobless. The documentary covers a lot of ground in addressing youth un(der)employment, the lack of a national labour market strategy, the failure of post-secondary institutions in preparing students for the labour market, and lack concrete action by government to address the youth employment crisis.
Last year I was interviewed by the producers about my research on unpaid internships in Canada and some the footage appears in the documentary; furthermore, Ross Perlin, a fellow intern rights activist, also gets featured. It's great to see that that more and more attention is being paid to the exploitation of young workers via unpaid labour. It remains a massive issue in Canada's labour markets that policy makers are only beginning to come to grips with.
It's airing on Thursday January 31 at 9:00 pm on the main CBC channel, so set your PVRs to record it and watch me in action. There's also a live-chat happening at the same time featuring TalentEgg's Lauren Friese who will be discussing what techniques youths can use to find jobs. Here's a preview of the documentary:
No comments:
Post a Comment