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Working Papers

WANE has produced the following working papers as a result of the research completed to date. Many of these can be downloaded for viewing as either PDFs or PowerPoint presentations. To view documents available as PDFs you will need Adobe’s Acrobat Reader software. The reader is available on the Adobe Site.

Following is a list of short publications produced by members of the research team as a result of stage 1 of the research, 2003-2004.

Software Engineering in Canada, the U.S. and the UK: Inter-professional
relations and the emergence of a new profession by Tracey Adams.
WANE Working Paper #9. September 2004.

Professionalization in Computing-Related Occupations: Canada, the
U.S. and Britain by Tracey Adams. WANE Working Paper #8. September 2004.

To be employed or not to be employed?: An examination of employment
incentives and disincentives for older workers in Canada by Julie Ann McMullin and Terri L. Tomchick. WANE Working Paper #7. July 2004.

An Historical Outline of Computing and IT Occupations: Canada and Abroad, 1940s-1980s by Tracey Adams. WANE Working Paper #6. February 2004.

Stereotyping Older Workers and Retirement: The Manager's Point of View by Kène Henkens. WANE Working Paper #5. December 2003.

Population and Labour Force Ageing in Six Countries by Martin Cooke. WANE Working Paper #4. November 2003.

Minorities in the Information Technology Workforce: Aging Issues by Mairead Moloney and Victor Marshall. WANE Working Paper #3. November 2003.

Understanding the “New Economy”: A conceptual journey, by Gillian Ranson, PhD. WANE Working Paper #2. August 2003.

Information Technology (IT) Employment: What is IT? By Tammy Duerden Comeau. WANE Working Paper #1. August 2003.