Browsing Theses & Dissertations by Subject "Workers' compensation -- Nova Scotia -- History"

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A history of occupational health and safety in Nova Scotia's offshore fishery, 1915-1985

Winsor, Fred (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1987)

This work examines the history of occupational health and safety in the offshore fishing industry in Nova Scotia from 1915 to 1985. The year 1915 is significant as the year in which the second Workmen's Compensation Act ...
Institutionalizing failure : the evolution of the worker's compensation system in Nova Scotia

MacCulloch, Carol (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2000)

This thesis takes a strategic look at the evolution of the compensation system in Nova Scotia placing contemporary policy debates in their historical context. Where did the system come from? How and why has it evolved? The ...

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