INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS/WORKPLACE INJURY
Assignment 2: Short Essay
—
The Political Economy of Asbestos
Due:
Assignment 2 should be submitted no later than the end of Week 6 of the Suggested Study
Schedule, following completion of Unit 2.
Weight:
Assignment 2 is worth 15% of your final course grade.
Length:
Assignmen
t 2 should be approximately 1500 words, which is approximately 6 double
–
spaced keyed pages, excluding the title page and the bibliography page(s).
Instructions:
1.
This essay requires you to identify, retrieve, and use seven to twelve academic articles,
book
chapters, or books to construct your answer. You may use the course readings but
you
must use at least four sources that were not required reading for the course
.
2.
Ensure that you adequately cite the source of materials you paraphrase or directly
quote.
Write a 1500
–
word essay addressing the following question:
•
What factors explain the protracted fight for recognition and compensation of
asbestos
–
related diseases in Canada during the twentieth century?

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS/WORKPLACE INJURY
Assignment 2: Short Essay
—
The Political Economy of Asbestos
Due:
Assignment 2 should be submitted no later than the end of Week 6 of the Suggested Study
Schedule, following completion of Unit 2.
Weight:
Assignment 2 is worth 15% of your final course grade.
Length:
Assignmen
t 2 should be approximately 1500 words, which is approximately 6 double
–
spaced keyed pages, excluding the title page and the bibliography page(s).
Instructions:
1.
This essay requires you to identify, retrieve, and use seven to twelve academic articles,
book
chapters, or books to construct your answer. You may use the course readings but
you
must use at least four sources that were not required reading for the course
.
2.
Ensure that you adequately cite the source of materials you paraphrase or directly
quote.
Write a 1500
–
word essay addressing the following question:
•
What factors explain the protracted fight for recognition and compensation of
asbestos
–
related diseases in Canada during the twentieth century?