Leah Vosko

[1] Her dissertation from York University was titled "No jobs, lots of work: the gendered rise of the temporary employment relationship in Canada, 1897-1997.

[8] That year she published "Self-Employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy, and Unions" through the McGill-Queen's University Press with Cynthia Cranford, Judy Fudge, and Eric Tucker.

In the book, the authors argue that precarious employment was the result of social, economic, and political inequality at the national and regional level.

[12] Four years later, Vosko collaborated with Valerie Preston and Robert Latham to create "Liberating Temporariness: Imagining Alternatives to Permanence as a Pathway to Social Inclusion."

[17] The following year, Vosko received $131,793 from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation for her research project "Canada Labour Code Data Analysis Infrastructure."

Due to her research in precarious work, Vosko had been approached by two government advisors to help create their study on the Ontario Employment Standards Act.

[24] On September 10, 2019, Vosko became the first York faculty member to be the recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Impact Award.