Decolonizing Employment

“MacKinnon’s work presents the arcane world of labour policy in highly readable prose without sacrificing intellectual rigour. It is also a blend of empirical analysis embedded in an approach rooted in political economy, which leads her to formulate a series of well-crafted and relevant policy proposals.”

– Anne Lagace Dowson, Candace Fertile, and Raymond M. Hebert, judges, Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction, Manitoba Book Awards

“Decolonizing Employment bounds its arguments clearly within both the contexts of neo-colonialism and neoliberalism. Its insights are applicable across a number of contexts and regions in Canada and beyond. Well researched and clearly argued this timely, well-articulated study makes an important, original contribution to its field and to larger policy and practice debates. Those concerned with Indigenous issues and labour market policies will find it an invaluable source of high quality data and solid, well-evidenced arguments.”

– Donna Baines, Professor, School of Labour Studies & School of Social Work, McMaster University

“A cogent, well-documented critique of neoliberal labour market policy and how it impacts Indigenous peoples in Canada. This book points out the implications of ideologically motivated policy which ignores the impacts of colonization. MacKinnon challenges some of the accepted norms of neoliberal policy, with well-researched and compelling arguments for substantial policy reform.”

– Gayle Broad, Associate Professor, Department of Community Development and Social Work, Algoma University

“An extremely informative and well researched book, which provides a nuanced discussion of the barriers surrounding Aboriginal employment under contemporary Canadian colonialism and neo-liberal policy.”

– James Michael FitzGerald, York University, Canadian Review of Social Policy/ Revue Canadienne de Politique Sociale