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Title	Health, occupation and community : social-ecological restructuring and Prince Rupert fish processing workers
Author	Knott, Christine.
Description	Thesis (M.W.S.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Women's Studies
Date	2009.
Pagination	ix, 205 leaves : col. maps
Subject	Fish trade--British Columbia--Prince Rupert--Employees; Fisheries--British Columbia--Prince Rupert--History; Fishery processing industries--British Columbia--Prince Rupert--History
Degree	M.W.S.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Arts
Discipline	Women's Studies
Language	Eng
Spatial Coverage	Canada--British Columbia--Prince Rupert
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-181)
Abstract	This thesis is an exploratory study based on 16 in-depth interviews with fish processing workers and key informants, as well as statistical information from Statistics Canada and Work Safe BC, that examines how restructuring of the British Columbia fishery has affected fish processing workers in Prince Rupert. Using a feminist social-ecological framework, it traces the history of the fishery including the fish processing industry from its conception until 2008. The historical overview since 1980 focuses on the political, industrial, environmental, and social restructuring of the industry and the ramifications of this interactive restructuring for the occupational, personal, and community health of fish processing workers in Prince Rupert. Special attention is paid to the ways that gender, race, class, and ethnicity interact and overlap, resulting in harsh ramifications for most workers but particularly those who are female, aboriginal, and fighting to stay above the poverty line.
Type	Text
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	a3295661
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(26.27 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Knott_Christine.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	129596.cpd