The Labour of Sport

Undergraduate

Critical approach to sport as labour and professional athletes as workers. Topics may include the history of labour organizing and labour relations in professional sports, collective bargaining, strikes and lockouts, and how axes of inequality, including race, gender and sexuality, shape athletes’ experiences of work. Course Format: Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Cross-Listing(s): SPMA 2P90 Course Notes: One of one LABR credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, SPMA 1P91. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term.