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carries information concerning the Canada Pension Plan survivor pension benefits
(see also Makin entry, below)
The user should note that no detailed search was conducted for legal case references,
including reports of human rights tribunals, although some such citations will be found in
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introduction to the LAW section for additional guidance.
“Acceptance of Same-Sex Benefits Rises: Companies Are Finding That Costs of
Programs are Minimal.” Financial Post, July 1/3, 1995, p. 11 (1468 words)
Reference made to a number of companies specifically, with special
emphasis on the slow response of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
a tax-supported broadcaster.
“Airlines Offer Same-Sex Benefits – Nolan.” Benefits
(December 1995): 67 (146-word news note)
Air
health, and air travel benefits to gay/lesbian common-law partners –
CBCA electronic index.
Alderson, Kevin G.
“The Corporate Closet: Career Challenges of Gay and Lesbian Individuals.”
Paper presented at the Annual NATCON
Convention (29th,
(8 p.)
“The career development of gay men and lesbian women is complicated
by both internal and external factors….”
Ref.: ERIC document no. ED 481087
Amana, Rue.
“Becoming a Real Dyke: Employment and Housing.” Canadian Woman
Studies 11(2) (1990): 43-45.
Amiel, Barbara.
“Firing a ‘Hooker’ Is an Employer’s Right.” Maclean’s, December 18, 1995,
p. 15.
Opinion piece regarding suspension of a Ryerson Polytechnic
University journalism teacher “who advocates sex between men and
boys and works part-time as a prostitute.” Gerald Hannon was
earlier
one of the principals of
newspaper, The Body Politic.
Andrews, Karen.
“We Are Family.” Healthsharing [
Regarding lesbian family/employment benefits.
Bailey, John.
“On Our Own Terms: Same
Sex Spousal Benefits.” Our Times
[
8(7) (Dec. 1989): 16-17.
“Bank of
p.43.
(47-word news note).
Note also mentions that Toronto-Dominion Bank started coverage
earlier [in 1995] – CBCA electronic index.
“BC Expands Same-Sex Rights: All Couples in Public Sector Can Get Pension
Benefits.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], June 23, 1998, pp. A1, A10.
“Human Rights?: Whose Rights?” Solicitor’s Journal [Canadian Bar Association,
Case: Attis v. New Brunswick District No. 15 Board of Education
[1996] 1 S.C.R. 825
Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature, in which descriptors
Human rights, Discrimination in employment, and Sexual orientation are
applied.
Benedet, Janine.
“Same-Sex Sexual Harassment in Employment.” Queen’s Law Journal 26
(Fall 2000): 101-141.
Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature description indicates
that this deals with both Canada and the United States.
“Benefits Extended to Same-Sex Couples in the Federal Government.”
Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], November 24, 1995, p. A4.
Berg, Bradley E., and Nunnelley, Sophie.
“Working Out There: Same-Sex Employment Benefits in Ontario.”
Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal 9(2002): 209-237.
Bourette, Susan.
“Gay on Bay Street.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], May 1, 1999, pp. D1, D2.
Person as subject: DeWolf Shaw.
Corporation: First Marathon, Inc.
Brown, Cara L.
“Sexual Orientation and Labor Economics.” Feminist Economics 4(2)
(1998): 89-95.
“Unique approach to the study of various impacts on labor market
outcomes with respect to sexual orientation by examining income
data for nonrelatives of the same sex, ages 45 to 64, living together
in Canada” – NISC Gay & Lesbian Abstracts.
Brown, Travor.
“Sexual Orientation Provisions in Canadian Collective Agreements.”
Industrial Relations / Relations industrielles 58(4) (Fall 2003): 644-666.
Ref. : CSA Sociological Abstracts, which provides abstract.
Burnham, Christine, and Diewold, Patricia.
Gender Change
Employability Issues, Including Transitional Employment
Survey Results. Vancouver: Perceptions Press, 1994.
Transsexuals and employment.
Burrell, James.
“A Few Good Queers:
Campbell, Dona L., and Petersen, Cynthia.
Pension Benefits to Same-Sex Partners: Responding to Rosenberg.
Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, c1998.
(ca. 68 p.; ISBN 0459563564)
Canada. Human Rights Tribunal.
Between
Stanley Moore & Dale Akerstrom and Canadian Human Rights
Commission,
and Treasury Board, Department of Foreign Affairs &
International
Trade, Canada Employment and Immigration Commission,
Public
Service Alliance of Canada, Professional Association of Foreign
Service
Officers, and Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada:
Tribunal Decision. Chairperson: Keith C. Norton. Ottawa, Ont.: The Tribunal,
1996.
(39 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 15455693, in which descriptors
“Employee fringe benefits” and “Gay couples” are assigned.
AMICUS catalogue record no. 15455697 gives
French entry as:
Canada.
Tribunal des droits de la personne. Entre
Stanley Moore et
Dale Akerstrom….
Canada. Public Service Staff Relations Board.
Before
the Public Service Staff Relations Board between David M. Hewens,
Grievor, and Treasury Board (Public Works), Employer. Ottawa, Ont.: The
Board, 1992.
(9 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 13843688.
Heard October 19, 1992 in Ottawa before P. Chodos, Deputy Chairman.
File no. 166-2-22732
Concerns discrimination against gays in employment.
Canada. Public Service Staff Relations Board.
Public
Service Staff Relations Act before the Public Service Staff Relations Board
between
David Francis Lorenzen, Grievor and Treasury Board (Environment
Canada), Employer. Ottawa, Ont.: The Board, 1993.
(33 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 13851963.
Files: 166-2-23963 and 166-2-24000
Heard at Ottawa, June 11, 1993.
“Ottawa, September 24, 1993” –from p.29.
Concerns gay couples, leave regulations, discrimination in employment,
according to assigned cataloguing descriptors.
Canadian Labour Congress.
Recommendations
and Follow-Up from the CLC on the Solidarity and Pride
Conference,
Ottawa, October 1997 and Solidarity & Pride Prairie Conference –
Working
Out! West, Edmonton, October 1998. Ottawa, Ont.: CLC, 1998.
(24 p.)
Canadian Labour Congress.
Sexual Orientation Policy Paper. Ottawa, Ont.: CLC, 1994.
Ref.: Canadian Woman Studies 18(1) (Spring 1998): 97-99.
Carter, Donald D.
“Employment Benefits for Same Sex Couples: The Expanding Entitlements.”
Canadian Public Policy 24(1) (1998): 107-117.
“CBC Union Wins Same-Sex Benefit.” Financial Post Daily, February 17, 1995, p.51.
(100-word news note)
Reports that CBC “found guilty of discrimination…and has been ordered
to take steps to implement a benefit plan…[for] same-sex partners” –
CBCA electronic index.
Chamberland,
Line, et Paquin, Johanne.
Le
défi d’occuper un métier traditionnellement masculin : l’expérience des
travailleuses
lesbiennes. Montréal :
ARIR : UQAM : F.R.O.N.T., [2005?].
(97 p.)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 32937909.
“The Changing Face of Equality: The Much-Publicized Supreme Court Ruling in the
Discrimination Case of Brian Mossop Did Not Close the Door on Rights for
Gay Couples.” Benefits Canada 17(5) (May 1993): 23, 25+ (1612 words).
Employment discrimination case.
“Chrysler to Provide Same-Sex Benefits.” Plant [Toronto] 57(5) (April 6, 1998): 4.
(153-word news note)
Arbitrator ordered Chrysler Canada Ltd. to provide same-sex spousal
benefits. Benefits in place at General Motors of Canada Ltd. since 1996,
but Ford Motor Co. “does not provide such benefits and also faces a
grievance over the matter” – CBCA electronic index.
Church, Robin L.
“The Effects of Perceived Workplace Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual
Orientation on the Mentoring Relationships of Gay and Lesbian Proteges.”
Ph.D. dissertation,
(101 p.; ISBN 9780494219409)
“…examined in a sample of 479 employed gay men and lesbians in
Dissertations & Theses, ProQuest document ID 1273114101;
Publication no. AAT NR21940
“Conjoints
de même sexe et avantages sociaux: font-ils bon ménage?”
Assurances
64(1) (avril 1996): 157-164.
“Les
règles fiscales canadiennes relatives à la reconnaissance des
conjoints
du même sexe; l’impact de ces règles sur le coût des régimes
privés
de retraite et d’assurance collective pour les employeurs” –
Repère
résumé.
Conrod,
Monique.
“Don’t Ask – Don’t Tell?” Lawyers Weekly 17, no. 9 (July 1997): 1 (2).
Concerning gay law students and prospective employers.
Douglas, Paul.
“Diversity and the Gay and Lesbian Community: More than Chasing the Pink
Dollar.” Ivey Business Journal Online, Sept./Oct. 2007 (2621 words)
Concerns TD Bank corporate culture.
Author of article is Executive VP of Commerical Banking, TD Financial
Group, and chairs TD’s Diversity Leadership Council.
Eaton, Jonathan.
“Transitions at Work: Industrial Relations Responses to the Emerging Rights
of Transgender Workers.” Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal
11(2) (Spring 2004): 175-203.
“Extending Spousal Pensions and Benefits to Employees’ Same-Sex Partners Used to
Be Considered the Decent Thing to Do…Now It’s the Law.” Workplace News
6(2) (February 2000): 1-2.
“Fear of Flying: Despite a Brewing Battle with Employees, the Airline Industry Isn’t
about to Voluntarily Take Off on the Issue of Providing Same-Sex Spousal
Benefits.” Benefits Canada 17(8) (September 1993): 21-25 (2193 words).
Airlines and labour relations; good general discussion of benefits issue.
Fehr, Charles Peter.
“The Effect of Perceived Gender Role Congruence and Perceived Sexual
Orientation on the Selection Interview Process.” M.A. thesis, University of
Windsor, 2000.
(109 p.)
“The Fight to Change the Law Is Not Over.” Maclean’s [Toronto ed.],
May 16, 1994, p. 43 (440 words).
Delwin Vriend case, Alberta.
Fisher, John.
“Index on Same-Sex Rights.” Canadian Forum 73(836) [74(836)]
(Jan./Feb. 1995): 48.
Indexing descriptors: family; employee benefit plans; homosexuals
and homosexuality.
“Gay Civil Servants Get Spousal Benefits [Nova Scotia].” Globe and Mail
[Metro ed.], October 27, 1995, p. A11.
“Gay Partners Win Survivor Benefits.” National Post, May 30, 2002, p. A8.
Concerns Alberta Union of Provincial Employees and pension lawsuit.
“Gays Seek $400m in CPP Suit: 300 Nova Scotians Are among 10,000 after Survivor
Benefits.” Halifax Chronicle Herald, November 28, 2001, pp. A1, A2.
Gear, Chris.
“The Evolution of Same-Sex Benefits Entitlement.” Employment and
Labour Reporter 8 (July 1998): 37-41.
Genge, Sue.
“Solidarity and Pride.” Canadian Woman Studies 18(1) (Spring 1998):
97-99 (2440 words).
Gay rights/discrimination in employment; trade unions; Canadian
Labour Congress and its activities on these fronts.
Article with same author/title in Briarpatch 27(1) (Feb. 1998): 25.
Gordon, Shelly.
“Inside Out Inside: Pride and Solidarity at the CLC’s Lesbian, Gay and
Bisexual Conference.” Our Times [Toronto] 17(2) (March/April 1998): 18-22
(2926 words)
CLC is Canadian Labour Congress.
Gupta, P. A. Neena, and McEachern, Katherine.
“Same-Sex Pension Benefits: The Dilemma for Employers.”
Canadian Corporate Counsel 6 (Jan. 1997): 49 (3).
Hornsby, Eunice Ellen.
“Using Policy to Drive Organizational Change.” New Directions for Adult and
Continuing Education 112 (Winter 2006): 73-83.
“…addresses recent changes in public policy and organizational practices
that affect LGBTQ individuals and the role that organizational policy can
play in establishing and maintaining respectful and inclusive workplaces.”
--from ERIC database no.
EJ 760436, which gives
several geographic identifiers.
Hunt, Gerald Callan.
“The Continuing Challenge of Sexual Diversity at Work.” In Understanding
and Managing Diversity:
Edited by Carol P. Harvey and M.
June Allard. 2nd ed.;
Prentice Hall, 2002.
Hunt, Gerald Callan.
“Contradictions and Mixed Messages: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Issues in the Workplace.” In Understanding and Managing Diversity:
Cases, and Exercises, pp.
146-157. 3rd ed.;
Prentice Hall, c2005.
Hunt, Gerald.
“Organised Labour, Sexual Diversity,
and Union Activism in
In Gender, Diversity and Trade Unions: International Perspectives, pp. 257-274.
Edited by Fiona Colgan and Sue
Ledwith.
Hunt, Gerald.
“Sexual Orientation and the Canadian Labour Movement.”
Relations industrielles = Industrial Relations [Québec] 52(4)
(automne/Autumn 1997): 787-811.
Hunt, Gerald, ed.
Laboring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity across Nations.
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1999.
(302 p.; ISBN 1566397170; 1566397189)
Broader, with information on Canadian, American, Australian, and
South African labor issues in period of 1960s to 1990s. See ch. 2:
“No Longer Outsiders: Labor’s Response to Sexual Diversity in Canada,”
pp. 10-36, and ch. 3: “Fighting It Out in the Canadian Courts,” pp. 37-57.
Hunt, Gerald, and Chamberland, Line.
“Is Sex Work? : Re-assessing Feminist Debates about Sex, Work and Money.”
Labour / Le Travail no. 58 (Fall 2006): 203-216.
See article online
(viewed
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/llt/58/hunt.html
“Reviews three books
about sex workers in
Dorais’s Rent Boys, Namaste’s C’était du spectacle!, and Chris Bruckert’s
Taking It Off, Putting It On – from abstract, America : History & Life
index.
Hunt, Gerald, and Eaton, Jonathan.
“We Are Family: Labour Responds to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Workers.” In Equity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour. Edited by Gerald Hunt
and David Rayside.
Hunt, Gerald, and Haiven, Judy.
“Building Democracy for Women and Sexual Minorities: Union Embrace of
Diversity.” Industrial Relations [Université Laval] 61 (Fall 2006): 666-683.
Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature.
Hunt, Gerald, and Rayside, David.
“The
Geo-Politics of Sexual Diversity: Measuring Progress in the
and the
“Labor
unions in the
addressing
sexual diversity issues; however…
Dutch experiences have opened the way to future US progress” –
from Sociological Abstracts summary.
Hunt, Gerald, and Rayside, David.
“Labor Union Response to Diversity
in
Industrial Relations 39(3) (July 2000): 401-444.
“Imperial Gives In on Same-Sex Benefits.” Toronto Star, April 8, 2000, pagination not
known.
Concerns Imperial Oil Ltd.
Ref.: CBCA electronic index. See accession no. 4870652.
See also earlier article: “Imperial Oil Won’t Provide Benefits for Gay
Partners: Employee Charges Discrimination at Shareholders Meeting,”
Toronto Star, April 27, 1999, pp.D1, D6, where persons as subjects are
David Mitges and Mike Daniels.
Intersyndicale
des femmes.
La
violence faite aux femmes dans les milieux de travail: la discrimination
faite
aux lesbiennes: mémoire présenté par l’Intersyndicale des femmes
du
Québec à la Commission des droits de la personne du Québec.
Recherche et rédaction, Monique Gauvin. [S.l., s.n.], 1993.
(32 p.)
“It’s Not That Bad! Same Sex Benefits [at Canada Post and Northern Telecom].”
Briarpatch 23(5) (June 1994): 30.
Joyce, Rob.
“Lovers Win Health Benefits: Vancouver Municipal Union Successfully
Negotiates Spousal Benefits for Lovers of Gay Employees.” The Body
Politic 131 (Oct. 1986): 7.
Leblanc, Daniel.
“Pension Bill Slips Through: Benefits for Federal Employees Extended to
Same-Sex Couples.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], May 26, 1999, p. A2.
“Lesbian, Gay Partners Sue Ottawa for Pension Benefits: Two Class Actions Seek
Survivor
Payouts for Same-Sex Couples.” Vancouver Sun, November 28, 2001,
p. B4
Lewis, Deborah.
“Delving into the Structure of the Income Tax Act: How the Tax Unit and Tax
Base Impact on Women and Same-Sex Couples.” LL.M. thesis, University of
Toronto, 2000.
(ca. 114 p.)
Linklater, Liza.
“Sexual Orientation and the Public Service: The Changing Workplace.”
Bout de papier [Ottawa] 15(2) (Summer 1998): 26-27.
This periodical is the journal of the Professional Association of
Foreign Service Officers.
Lloyd, Julie.
“Employment Benefits for Gay and Lesbian Employees.” Law Now 26(4)
(February-March 2002): 29-32 (2536 words)
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
Macfie, Lynn.
“OHIP [Ontario Health Insurance Plan] Under Fire: Lesbians Continue to
Fight for Family Benefits.” The Body Politic 131 (Oct. 1986): 8.
Madan, Richard.
“Commons Board Approves Benefits Package for Staffers.” Hill Times
480 (Mar. 15, 1999): 9 (253 words).
Makin, Kirk.
“
Globe & Mail [
Concerning appeal decision re Canada Pension Plan survivor benefits.
See also the entry for Court’s decision, under LAW – YEAR 2007 in this
list.
McSweeney, Lucy K.
“Sexual Orientation Discrimination and Employee Benefits Plans: A Comment
on Clinton v. Ontario
Blue Cross.” Canadian Journal of
Women & the Law
7(2) (1994): 583-592.
“Meeting to Consider Reports of Mr. Don Wall and Dr. F.R. Wake on the Problem
of Character Weaknesses in the Government Service ; Security Cases involving
Homosexuality ; Report on Special Project, by Dr. F.R. Wake.”
Ottawa, Ont.: Security Panel, Privy Council Office, 1959-1965.
(17 parts)
Declassified by Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
Processed under the provisions of the Privacy Access to Information
Acts.
D.F. Wall, Secretary of the Security Panel.
Issues as presented by catalogue entry descriptors: gays/employment/
civil service.
Ref. for the above entry: AMICUS catalogue record no. 13851983.
Michor, David.
“Workers Out! A Trade Unionist’s Solidarity and Pride.” Our Times:
(2 pages)
Moulton, Donalee.
“Nova Scotia Blazes Trail by Providing Pension Benefits to Same-Sex Couples.”
Lawyers Weekly 18(8) (June 1998): 1 (2).
Munroe,
Donald R.
Between
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Canadian Media Guild (Local
213
of the Newspaper Guild): Grievance of Denis-Martin Chabot: Grievance
Arbitration. [Edmonton, Alta.: D. Munroe?], 1995.
(11 leaves)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 14889918.
Indexed as: Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Canadian Media Guild
(Local 213 of the Newspaper Guild).
Heard December 12, 1994; judgment: February 1, 1995.
Descriptors assigned in catalogue record concern employee fringe
benefits and gay couples.
Namaste, Viviane.
“Beyond Leisure Studies: A Labour History of Male to Female Transsexual and
Transvestite Artists in
See also the Namaste’s monograph, C’était du spectacle!, in this list.
“A Narrow Victory for Gays.” Maclean’s [Toronto ed.], May 30, 1994, p. 14
(309 words).
Proposal of Ontario government to extend employee benefits to
gays and lesbians.
Nemeth, Mary.
“The Fight to Change the Law Is Not Over.” Maclean’s, May 16, 1994, p. 43.
About the personal and legal struggle of Delwin Vriend, an Edmonton
teacher fired because he was gay.
“New Economy Thinks Pink: Recruiting High-Tech Workers Can Depend on a City’s
‘Gay Index’.” Toronto Star, January 6, 2001, pp. E1, E10.
“NS [Nova Scotia] Extends Same-Sex Rights: Decision Giving Pension Benefits
to Survivors Puts Heat on Ottawa, Provinces, Industry.” Globe and Mail
[Metro ed.], May 26, 1998, pp. A1, A3.
Wilson Hodder and Paul Boulais cases.
“The Oft’ Forgotten T: Transgendered Employees in Canada.” CAUT Legal Review
3(1)(May 2002): 19-24.
CAUT is Canadian Association of University Teachers.
Ogilvie, M. H.
“Gender Discrimination Forbidden: From the Glens of Angus to a Church near
You.” Canadian Bar Review 86(2) (Dec. 2007): pagination not known.
Article broader in scope that that of this bibliography.
CBCA index notes that this is a literature review. Concerns clergy
and their employment status in law. “Sexual orientation” is only one
of six descriptors applied by the indexing service.
“One Foreign Service Officer’s Experience.” Bout de papier
[Ottawa] 15(2)
(Summer
1998): 29.
Concerns gays, employment, and the civil service. This is the
journal of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers.
“Ontario Extends Employees’ Benefits to Gay Couples.” Globe and Mail,
December 21, 1990, p. A1.
Ontario Federation of Labour.
Labour
behind the Rainbow Conference, Oakham House, Toronto, Ontario,
September 24-26, 1999. North York, Ont.: OFL, 1999.
(1 vol., various pagings)
Ontario Human Rights Commission.
In
the Matter of the Ontario Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c.H. 19,
As
Amended; and in the Matter of the Complaints by William Dwyer and
Mary-Woo
Sims Dated January 9, 1990 and June 20, 1991 Respectively,
Alleging
Discrimination in Employment on the Basis of Sexual Orientation:
Between
Ontario Human Rights Commission and William Dwyer and
Mary-Woo
Sims, Complainants and Municipality of Metropolitan
Toronto…[et al.], Respondents: Decision. Adjudicator: Susan Tacon.
Toronto: The Commission, 1996.
(86 p.)
Ref. AMICUS catalogue record no. 15859762
“Ontario Plans Must Now Provide Same-Sex Survivor Benefits.” Benefits Canada
23(5)(May 1999): 73.
(177-word news note)
“The Financial Services Commission of Ontario…now requires pension
plans registered in…Ontario to provide survivor benefits to same-sex
spouses” or be considered to be in contravention of the Pension Benefits
Act -- CBCA electronic index.
“Ontario Told to Expand Gay Employees’ Benefits: Including Same-Sex Spouses
in Pension Plan Greeted as ‘Precedent-Setting’.” Globe and Mail,
September 2, 1992, pp. A1, A2.
Out and About: Towards a Better
Understanding of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and
Transgendered Persons in the Workplace. [Sylvie Giasson…[et al.]].
(28, 32 p.; ISBN 0662693388)
There is an electronic English-language document of this title, viewed
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32688154.
Text printed with English and French together, according to catalogue
note; however, Web site above is for English-language version only.
French title, listed separately in this section: Sortir des sentiers battus.
“Out of the Closet and into the Fire?: When a Lesbian Goes Public at Work, She
May Jeopardize Her Job and Alienate Colleagues.” Chatelaine 68(10)
(Oct. 1995): 113-116+.
Pearlman, Lynne.
“Theorizing Lesbian Oppression and the Politics of Outness in the Case
of Waterman v. National Life Assurance: A Beginning in Lesbian
Human Rights/Equality Jurisprudence.” Canadian Journal of Women and
the Law 7 (1994): 454-508.
Ray, Soma.
“Recent Developments in Same-Sex Spousal Benefits: A Dichotomy
between Survivor Pension Benefits and Other Employment Benefits.”
Employment Labour Law Reporter 6 (Dec. 1996): 107-111.
Relevant statute: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15.
Rayside, David.
“Equity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour: A Comparative Perspective.”
In Equity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour. Edited by Gerald Hunt and David
Rayside.
Sexuality is one of several issues discussed in the collection.
Rayside, David.
“Social Democracy, Labour Unions, and Same-Sex Relationship Recognition
in British Columbia.” [Paper presented at?] Annual Meeting of the
American Pol. Sci. Assoc., Sept. 3-6, 1998.
Copy in Gerstein Library, University of Toronto, call no. 3344,
as listed in University of Toronto Library catalogue. Not seen.
Ricci-Stiles, Nicole.
“Predictors of Job Satisfaction for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Employees.”
Ph.D. dissertation,
(123 p.; ISBN 9780549229704)
“The purpose…was to understand the impact of costs, rewards, workplace
climate, and the presence of a human rights policy on job satisfaction….
Participants (aged 19-65) included 101 GLB employees and
60 heterosexual employees from four organizations in Western
document ID 1436381531; Publication no. AAT 3278317
Rostad, Faith, 1956-
“Striving for Holistic Integration: How Lesbians Come Out on Top.”
Ph.D. thesis,
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 28577792 (for three microfiche).
The catalogue record notes that “[t]he purpose of this study was to
investigate the process of lesbians becoming successful in their occupations
by utilizing a grounded theory approach. Fifteen women…who were
identified as successful in their occupations…were interviewed….”
Sagmeister, Nancy.
“In Sickness and in Health: Spousal Benefits for Gays and Lesbians.”
Our Times [Toronto] 6(6) (Sept. 1987): 33-34.
“Same-Sex Benefit a ‘Breakthrough’.” Toronto Star, February 27, 1994, p. A3.
About Northern Telecom Ltd. and employees’ union.
“Same Sex Couples: Making Progress, Step by Step.” Bout de papier
[Ottawa]
15(2)
(Summer 1998): 27-28.
Civil service and gay rights in employment.
Journal of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers.
“Same-Sex Health Benefits.” Canadian Healthcare Manager 4(1) (Dec. 1996/Jan.
1997): 10-13 (2805 words)
Provides a list of major companies providing same-sex employee benefits.
Writer gives also a brief province-by-province summary of advances in this
area. Some other references in this section of the bibliography concern
specific companies. Ref.: CBCA electronic index.
“Same-Sex Health Benefits Ordered: Ruling Directed at Federal Employers
Doesn’t Touch
Legislation on Pension Coverage.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],
June 14, 1996, pp. A1, A5.
“Same Sex Spousal Benefits.” Broadside: A Feminist Review 8(10)
(Aug./Sept. 1987): 6.
Concerns gays and health insurance.
“Same-Sex Spousal Benefits: Employers’ Obligations.” Worklife Report [Kingston,
Ont.] 10(4) (October 1997): 13-15 (1219 words).
Schneider, Margaret, and O’Neill, Brian.
“Eligibility of Lesbians and Gay Men for Spousal Benefits: A Social Policy
Perspective.” Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 2(1) (1993): 23-31.
“Scotiabank to Pay Same-Sex Pensions.” Financial Post Daily, May 29, 1996, p. 44.
(106-word news note)
“…bank agreed to change its policy as part of the settlement of two
complaints.” Mention also that benefits extended to same-sex partners in
1995 had not included pension benefits and that similar settlement [in
1995] by Bank of Montreal led to that bank’s provision of pension benefits
– CBCA electronic index.
Silva, Christine, and Warren, Anika K.
“Building LGBT-inclusive Workplaces: Engaging Organizations and Individuals
in Change.” Study available online at Catalyst.org in downloadable form
(viewed August 10, 2009)
Smithies, Roger, and Désy, Suzanne.
“Same-Sex Survivor Pensions: Where Are We Now?” Money and Family Law 13
(Nov. 1998): 85-87.
Sortir
des sentiers battus: pour mieux comprendre la réalité des personnes gaies,
lesbiennes, bisexuelles et transgenres en
milieu de travail. [Sylvie Giasson…[et al.]].
Ottawa : Patrimoine canadien, 2005, c2004.
(32, 28 p.; ISBN 0662693388)
There is an electronic French-language document of this title,
viewed
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pdp-hrp/canada/outandabout/outandabout_f.pdf
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 32693060.
Text printed in English and French together, according to catalogue
record; however, Web address here is for French-language title only.
English title, listed separately in this section: Out and About.
Soujourner, Tomee.
“From Periphery to Centre: An Exploratory Study of One Black Lesbian’s
Intersecting Identitites and Experiences of Discrimination in the Workplace.”
Major research paper,
Ref.:
Student Research, Completed Theses and Major Research
Papers,” at http://www.brocku.ca/socialjustice/student_research/
(viewed
Stein, Marc.
“Crossing Borders: Memories, Dreams, Fantasies, and Nightmares of the History
Job Market.” Left History 9(2) (2004): 119-139.
“Shortly after US-born Marc Stein began a professorship in history at
required him to undergo a nonconfidential HIV test before granting him
permanent residency….” – from abstract, America: History & Life index
Tomilson, Ken.
“Big Brother, Little Brother: Gays and Lesbians Still Face Hurdles in
Volunteering to Work with Children.” Xtra! West 113 (1997): 23.
Vilches, Silvia Leonor, 1962-
“Managing Visibility: The Process of Managing Equity Issues for Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, Two-Spirited, and Transgender People in an Academic Environment.”
M.A. thesis,
(155 leaves)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 28584153, from the note in which the
following is taken: “In this thesis study I explored the experiences of …
(GLBTTQ) people in the work and study context at the University of
Wagner, Pamela.
“Coming Out: Homophobia
as a Union Issue.” Our Times [
(March 1993): 26-30 (2181 words).
We Count! Lesbians, Gay Men, and Employment Equity.
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accessed
January 7, 2003. “CLGRO political brief
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legislature, 1991.” Also on line through the publications Web page.
What Works: Career-building Strategies for People from Diverse Groups.
[3rd ed.;]
(1 v. (various pagings); ISBN 0773217436, 9780773217430)
Much broader than scope of this bibliography, but OCLC catalogue note
to the microform format mentions that this publication provides “best
practices and strategies for working with diverse groups,” including
“persons belonging to sexual minorities.” Reference to the 1999 edition
[1st ed.?] is given in Canadian Research Index.
AMICUS catalogue record no. 32892445 for 2006 ed.
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“The Yukon Government [agreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada
to redefine spouse in the collective agreement].” Canadian Human Rights
Advocate 6(5) (June 1990): 13.