HTHSCI 2RR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Health Care In Canada, Informationweek, Precarious Work
26 Nov 2017
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Week 1 intro, income and health, canadian health care system (lecture only), work. Exam information and health: don"t worry about dates and tiny details, testing on the broad concepts, a figure or table she will tell you about, younger workers are poorer than parents" generation, research says. Work and health: huge gap between 25-29 years olds compared to 50- 60 year olds, seeing a lot of student out of university struggling with money and living out of parents basement. Changing work force: farming and agriculture work out of necessity. Knowledge economy: careers related to the development of projects" (i. e. consultant, project management, coordinator, work in several jobs over the course of a lifetime, creates boundary less careers vs. vertical ladder careers. Represents mobile work, communities of practice, networks and virtual communities of practice. Represent industrial work one stop shop, first job/last job, climbing the vertical ladder.
