Research and Program Development

Research in labour- and training-related issues for policy and advocacy

With Alice deWolff, Maureen Hynes wrote a paper summarizing Alice’s research on training for clerical workers: “Snakes and Ladders: Coherence in Training for Office Workers.” In Training the Excluded for Work: Access and Equity for Women, Immigrants, First Nations, Youth, and People with Low Income. Ed. Marjorie Griffin Cohen. 2003. Vancouver: UBC Press.

With Ian Burns from GBC’s Carpentry Department, Maureen developed and co-wrote two curriculum manuals for NABET 700 CEP, Scenic Construction Technician Training Program and Scenic Paint Technician Training Program in 2004
With Anna Larsen at the Labour Education Centre, Maureen developed a 2-weekend course in Canadian Labour History, and then trained OPSEU members to teach the course in 2003-2004.
The School of Labour’s Kathryn Payne and Maureen Hynes developed and delivered a 14-week credit course in 2003, Steeled for Struggle, in Canadian Labour History for the United Steel Workers of America, District 6
With Brian Burnie and Gail Carrozzino, Maureen co-wrote a curriculum on Portfolio Development for Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition: Getting the Credit You Deserve: Portfolio Development for ESL Speakers. Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training. 1994. Toronto: Metro Labour Education Centre and George Brown College.

With Audrey de Rozario, Maureen Hynes developed and produced a 30-minute video preparing older workers to handle difficult job interviews: Never Too Late: Job Interview Strategies for Older Workers 1996
Maureen Hynes developed and wrote Mapping Your Way through Workplace Change: A Facilitator’s Manual for Helping Workers Cope with the Aftermath of Downsizing 1997
Maureen Hynes organized and assembled the counselling experiences of her colleagues in the Labour Adjustment Project (LAP) to create Back to Work: Counselling Strategies for Labour Adjustment Services in 1995