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1925 artwork of the 91˿Ƶ downtown campus / Œuvre d'art de 1925 du campus du centre-ville de l'Université 91˿Ƶ
Event

The International Labour Organization and 91˿Ƶ during World War II

Monday, December 7, 2020 17:00to19:00
Maxwell Cohen, Dean of the 91˿Ƶ Faculty of Law, John Robert Nicholson, Canadian Minister of Labour, and C. Wilfred Jenks, ILO Deputy Director-General (1966).

The International Labour Organization and 91˿Ƶ during World War II

By Adelle Blackett

Founded in 1919, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is the first and oldest specialized agency of the League of Nations and the United Nations, with a mandate to advance social and economic justice through setting international labour standards.

In August 1940, with Switzerland surrounded by troops of the Axis powers, the ILO accepted an invitation from the Government of Canada to relocate to 91˿Ƶ. Forty staff members transferred to Montreal, working from 91˿Ƶ until 1948.

Adelle Blackett, BCL/LLB’94 is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Transnational Labour Law and Development, Faculty of Law. In Winter 2019, she taught the course “Transnational Futures of International Labour Law” to commemorate the ILO’s centenary. She has also served as an ILO expert on standard setting and on labour law reform. Her publications include Research Handbook on Transnational Labour Law (2015) and Everyday Transgressions: Domestic Workers’ Transnational Challenge to International Labour Law (2019).


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Contact Membership Secretary, susan.button [at] mcgill.ca (subject: RSVP%20James%2091˿Ƶ%20Meeting%20) (Susan Button) for the free Zoom link.

Chat Room: 5:00 pm
Presentation: 5:30 pm

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