> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 19:51:33 -0400 > Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Sam Lanfranco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: BC EVENT: Jeremy Rifkin on What is the Future of Work? > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 15:05:32 -0500 > From: Vaune Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: EVENT: Jeremy Rifkin on What is the Future of Work? > > Information is available at the website: > http://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies/CAPPs/Events/ting.htm > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Jeremy Rifkin > What is the future of work for BC? > > "We are entering a new age of global markets and automated production. > The road to a near-workerless economy is within sight. Whether that > road leads to a safe haven or a terrible abyss will depend on how well > [BC] prepares for the post-market era that will follow ... The end of > work could spell a death sentence for civilization ... The end of work > could also signal the beginning of a great social transformation ... > The future lies in our hands." - Jeremy Rifkin > > > The information age has arrived in British Columbia where a booming > economy exists, profits are up and opportunities on a global scale are > unlimited. > > At the same time, thousands of people are losing their jobs in British > Columbia's traditional sectors of resource extraction, government and > service. > > Noted economist Jeremy Rifkin, The Foundation on Economic Trends, and > author of The End of Work, will analyse the prospects for British > Columbia and how the economic proceeds from the knowledge sector must > be applied to re-engage the swelling numbers of > technologically-displaced workers ... before it is too late. > > JEREMY RIFKIN will be joined by TOM GUNTON, Deputy Minister, Cabinet > Policy and Communication Secretariat, Government of BC; BRIAN > CANFIELD, Chairman and CEO, B.C. Tel, Managing Director, and BARBARA > BRINK, former Science World Board of Governors member and 1996 > Volunteer Vancouver Award recipient, to work with forum participants > to begin charting a course for the future of British Columbia. > > Co-sponsored by the David and Cecilia Ting Forum on Advanced Public > Affairs, Simon Fraser University, Centre for Labour Studies, Simon > Fraser University, VanCity, VanCity Community Foundation, Credit Union > Central of BC, BC Labour Force Development Board. > > > Venue: > Hotel Vancouver > > Fees: > Forum (October 17) $225 + GST > Evening Public Lecture (October 16) $18 + GST > > Contact: > Public Policy Programs > Continuing Studies, > Simon Fraser University > Telephone (604) 291-4565 or 291-3792 > Fax (604) 291-3851 > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
