Canadian Journal of Sociology  

Stephanie Sodero, Nicholas Scott

This special issue of Canadian Journal of Sociology on ‘Contentious Mobilities’ showcases Canadian scholarship that investigates mobilities in the context of unequal power relations. Mobilities become contentious when they confront the systematic exclusio... see more

Amie McLean

This article explores arenas of contention in which long haul truckers’ workplace mobilities are enmeshed. I critically analyze the grounded implications of Hours of Service (HoS) regulations, a primary regulatory mechanism for addressing the dangers pose... see more

Katherine A Morton

Whether too much or the wrong kind, constraining Indigenous mobility is a preoccupation of the province of British Columbia. The province remains focused on controlling Indigenous mobility and constructing forms of contentious mobility, such as hitchhik... see more

Susan Cake

The fluctuating expansion of oil sands development in northern Alberta, Canada has led to employers hiring a large number of mobile workers. The working conditions for some of these mobile workers are modulated in part by unions through their role in nego... see more

Max Chewinski

This article presents Canadian mining abroad as an imperial, nation-building practice that can be traced to state discourses. In analyzing state discourses, it is argued that an ideal citizenship regime is constructed, in part, due to a specific set of va... see more

Christine Knott

Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) is highly contentious. Particularly contentious are those parts of the program that have allowed for exploitative labour practices and the replacement of Canadian workers. Mobility for employment has been i... see more

Jim Conley, Ole B. Jensen

This case study of a dispute over a project to construct a road through green space in a small Canadian city brings together two hitherto separate theoretical approaches to mobility disputes: "culture stories" and "regimes of engagement". The stories oppo... see more

Jim Cosgrave

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Carmen Michael Grillo

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Lisa Thomson

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Morgan LeFay Holmes, Janik Bastien-Charlebois

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Christopher Powell

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Anne E. McGuire

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Patricia Colleen Cormack

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Tanya Titchkosky

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Justin Everett Cobain Tetrault

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Tara Milbrandt

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