Work, Industry, and Canadian Society, 8th Edition

Harvey J. Krahn

Harvey Krahn is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta. He received his PhD from the University of Alberta and his earlier degrees from Western University. Prior to that, he spent one year as a waiter/bartender, and four years employed as a child-care worker. Along with the sociology of work, Dr. Krahn's research interests include the sociology of education, political sociology, immigration studies, environmental sociology, and life course studies. His most significant research accomplishment is a 32-year longitudinal study (1985–2017) that has tracked hundreds of Edmonton high-school graduates through their transitions from school to work, from youth to adulthood, and into midlife (Dr. Graham Lowe was the co-investigator on this study from 1985 to 1999). In 2009, Dr. Krahn received the Outstanding Contributions Award from the Canadian Sociological Association, and in 2015 he was awarded the University Cup, the University of Alberta's highest honour for academic staff.

Karen D. Hughes

Karen Hughes is a Professor of Sociology, and of Strategic Management and Organization, at the University of Alberta, where she teaches courses in the sociology of work and gender diversity in organizations. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has published widely on work-related issues, focusing on women's entrepreneurship and non-traditional work, paid and family caregiving, and work–family balance. Dr. Hughes is the author of Female Enterprise in the New Economy and co-editor of Global Women's Entrepreneurship. She is a past recipient of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council's Thérèse Casgrain Fellowship for leading research on women and social change, and an Editorial Board Member of the journals, Gender in Management and International Small Business Journal. Before becoming an academic, she held many "good" and "bad" jobs in Canada's economy, the best leading trail rides in the beautiful Rocky Mountains as a university student, and the worst. involving mercifully short stints in retail and accounting.

Graham S. Lowe

Graham Lowe is president of The Graham Lowe Group Inc., a workplace consulting and research firm. He also is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta, where he was a member of the Sociology department from 1979 to 2003, and holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Toronto. He has over three decades of organizational, labour market, and employment policy consulting experience across Canada and internationally. His books include Creating Healthy Organizations: Taking Action to Improve Employee Well-Being (Revised and Expanded Edition, 2020) and (with Frank Graves) Redesigning Work: A Blueprint for Canada's Future Well-Being and Prosperity. He has contributed many articles to publications such as The Globe & Mail, Policy Options, HR Professional, Health & Productivity Management, and Healthcare Quarterly. Dr. Lowe has given hundreds of conference talks and workshops across Canada and internationally. He is a recipient of the Canadian Workplace Wellness Pioneer Award.