Industrial Relations / Industrial Relations Centre

As Canada became an increasingly urban and industrial nation in the early 1920s, the need for a new profession arose. Corporations sought to maximize the output of their labour force and workers fought for fair treatment and compensation, often leading to conflict between the two sides. The discipline of 카지노 게임 컬렉션�industrial relations카지노 게임 컬렉션� was thus born, and Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s became the first university in the country to respond to the need for trained industrial relations negotiators.

The roots of the Industrial Relations Centre stretch back to 1936, when future Principal W.A. Mackintosh, then head of Queen's Department of Political and Economic Science, organized a conference on industrial relations at Queen's for academics, government, and industry leaders. This was the first conference of its kind ever held in Canada.

Inspired by its success, Mackintosh lobbied for the creation of an "Industrial Relations Section" to be linked to the Commerce program in his department (see School of Business). Backed by prominent businessmen such as Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s chancellor James Richardson and former professor-turned-federal-deputy-minister of finance Clifford Clark, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s launched its own Industrial Relations (IR) Section in 1937.

The IR Section was dedicated to gathering labour market data, providing training in the skills of negotiation, sponsoring relevant research and disseminating findings through publications and conferences. More than 700 companies and unions contributed labour market information to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, which in turn discerned trends that were shared through statistical reports and hands-on seminars.

In 1944, the IR Section became the fully-fledged Department of Industrial Relations and a year later, as the national economy entered into peace, began offering a one-year diploma course in industrial relations. Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s IR graduates, well versed in such topics as labour law and personnel administration, soon worked their way into the ranks of corporate and governmental management.

In 1960, as the immediate post-war demand for IR specialists diminished, the renamed Industrial Relations Centre refocused its energies on research, the building up of a comprehensive library on industrial relations, maintaining policy-oriented relationships with industry, government and labour.

The 1960s saw a blossoming of interest in managing the national economy through applied economics and management science. Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s business school, for instance, launched its MBA program. This pressure for more focused graduate degrees often encompassed the study of labour law and labour negotiation. Ultimately, this resulted in the Senate카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 1982 approval of a multi-disciplinary master카지노 게임 컬렉션�s program in industrial relations (MIR) and the creation of a School of Industrial Relations. This now operates under the the Faculty of Arts and Science as Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Industrial Relations Centre. 

Today's Centre has since achieved an international reputation for its policy-oriented research, extensive publication program, and the continuous learning programs it offers professionals in the field. 

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