The Segmentation of Academic Labour: A Canadian Example

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  • Harald Bauder Department of Geography, University of Guelph

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https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.v4i2.735

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Academia, corporatization, flexibilization, faculty, academic geographers, segmentation

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Academia increasingly faces pressures of corporatization and flexibilization. Of particular concern is the segmentation of academic labour into stable tenured or tenure-track professors and “flexible” sessional and adjunct faculty. In this paper, I review evidence of the segmentation of the Canadian academic labour market, examine the conditions that permit segmentation to exist, discuss why academic geographers in both segments comply with a segmented labour market and, finally, propose potential strategies to address the issue of segmentation.

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Bauder, H. (2005). The Segmentation of Academic Labour: A Canadian Example. ACME: E-Revue Internationale De géographies Critiques, 4(2), 228–239. https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.v4i2.735

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