MP Andrew Cash joins the fight against unpaid internships
In today’s Question Period the Honourable Andrew Cash (MP for Davenport, ON) raised the issue of precarious employment and unpaid internships. Cash noted that there are many reputable internship...
View ArticleOur Response to a Letter from Ontario Minister of Labour Yasir Naqvi
Yesterday the Canadian Intern Association received a letter from Ontario’s Minister of Labour Yasir Naqvi. Our sources tell us that a few other individuals and groups with aligned interests received...
View ArticleOntario Labour Minister Tables Bill To Protect Precarious Workers, Including...
Today Ontario Labour Minister Yasir Naqvi tabled the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2013 (full document at the end of this post), which amends five statutes relating to employment and...
View ArticleWe are fighting Bell Media and need your help
Have you done an internship with Bell Media? Do you know someone who has? We are calling on all former and present Bell interns to e-mail us at info@internassociation.ca. You can ask to remain...
View ArticleOntario Ministry of Labour Cracks Down On Unpaid Internships at Two Canadian...
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has begun a crack down on unpaid internships in magazines, beginning with two high-profile Canadian publications – the Walrus and Toronto Life. Following numerous...
View ArticleOn the magazine internship crackdowns & a response to Coyne
If you are reading this you probably know that last week the Ontario Ministry of Labour has cracked down on internships in the magazine industry (more here). I have been doing a lot of interviews on...
View ArticleOntario bill introduced that would protect unpaid interns
Today a press conference introduced MPP Peggy Stattler’s Bill 22, Employment Standards Amendment Act (Greater Protection for Interns and Vulnerable Workers), 2014. The bill was first introduced by...
View ArticleCo-Op Student’s Death Highlights Gaps in Workplace Protections for Young Workers
PRESS RELEASE September 29, 2014 Co-Op Student’s Death Highlights Gaps in Workplace Protections for Young Workers Toronto – Last Friday, high school co-op student Adam Keunen died in a workplace...
View ArticleNDP Petition to Protect Unpaid Interns
The NDP have come out with a petition in support of Bill C-636 that would amend federal legislation to provide better protections for interns working for federally regulated organizations. sign the...
View ArticleToronto Star Op Ed: Budget Bill Exposes Interns to Exploitation
Today our op ed was published in the Toronto Star! Budget Bill Exposes Interns to Exploitation The federal government’s budget implementation bill is bad news for interns. The proposed amendments to...
View ArticleToronto Star Op Ed: Budget Bill Exposes Interns to Exploitation
Today our op ed was published in the Toronto Star! Budget Bill Exposes Interns to Exploitation The federal government’s budget implementation bill is bad news for interns. The proposed amendments to...
View ArticleCanadian Intern Association Submits Its Recommendations to Ontario’s Changing...
Last week, the Canadian Intern Association submitted its recommendations to the Changing Workplaces Review, the Ontario government’s ongoing review of labour and employment law. The Canadian Intern...
View ArticleInternships, Youth Unemployment, and the 2015 Federal Election: An Analysis...
The Canadian Intern Association is a not-for-profit organization that advocates for the workplace rights of interns and young workers. In advance of the October 19, 2015 general election, we developed...
View ArticleLes Stages, l’emploi jeunesse, et les élections fédérales 2015 : Une analyse...
En prévision des élections fédérales 2015, l’Association canadienne des stagiaires a développé un questionnaire sur les enjeux reliés aux stages non rémunérés, incluant la réforme du Code canadien du...
View ArticleCanadian Intern Association urges Minister Mihychuk not to follow through on...
Earlier today, the Canadian Intern Association wrote Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour MaryAnn Mihychuk urging her government to halt the Canada Labour Program’s unpaid...
View ArticleShocking Results from Ontario Blitz
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has announced that they have collected nearly $140,000 in wages for interns in workplaces across the province. These are the results from the Ministry’s recent inspection...
View ArticlePM Trudeau announces Youth Council & call for applications
Prime Minsiter Justin Trudeau, in his role as Minister of Youth, has announced the creation of the first ever “PM Youth Council”. The council will be comprised of 30 Canadians ages 16-24 and the first...
View ArticleNew paper on Work-Integrated Learning by the new paper by the Higher...
As experiential education and work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities expand across Ontario and the rest of Canada, a new paper by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) cautions...
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