In recent years the attention of sociology has been increasingly focused on the world of work and with one aspect of this in particular - that of the professions. The study of the problems of one such institutional system would, therefore, throw sociological light on the strains and stresses to which the human being is subject in the whole work world. As Professor Parsons observes:- "The analysis of modern medical practice has not only given us a 'case study' of a type of social structure which is interesting and significant in itself … more than that, it has opened a 'window' which can be used for the observation of balancing processes within the social system, which have generalized significance far beyond the 'room' within the larger edifice of society into which this particular window opens … ".

Selling and salesmanship are now among the universals of culture on this continent. Although much is known about the mass effects of salesmanship, relatively little knowledge exists on the nature of the face-to-face selling situation. It is an interpersonal situation, involving the interaction of two or more actors: salesman and customer(s). The specific purpose of this interaction is the transfer of a commodity. These facts seem familiar and taken for granted.

The large concern of this thesis is to examine, analyse and describe the development of the self-conception of the metropolitan taxi-driver. Crucial for this undertaking is the examination of his occupational role. Here we endeavour to study those occupational experiences and relationships of the taxi-driver where a premium is placed upon the activity of the self - those areas where the formation of the self has its occupational roots.

Historically, the research scientist did not require a supporting organization for the pursuit of his scientific interests. There appears to have been a pattern followed by scientists until the early 18th century; many scientists were “gentlemen of leisure” and scientists by hobby. As well, the necessary equipment for scientific investigation in its rudimentary stages was inexpensive enough so that individuals could afford to purchase or construct their own. However the increasing complexity and cost of equipment and supplies used in scientific research has now made it practical and necessary for centralization and corporate ownership of research facilities.

The subject of this study is social mobility as presented in one sector of the Canadian economy - in the home-building industry. The research was centered upon intra-generational change within the lower end of the stratification scale, particularly upon mobility of wage-earning labourers who became self employed workers and small businessmen. A sample of contractors engaged in the home-building industry was investigated and detailed information concerning individual career histories was sought with the view to answering the following questions.

The cover of a recent issue of a leading Canadian magazine drew a comic parallel between the children of today and the children of' the parental generation. The children of the past were depicted as happy carefree lads and lassies engaging in such active games as hoop rolling, skipping, scrub baseball, apple stealing and the like. The modern child appeared in a darkened room blankly staring at a television screen. This idea appears too common now that television has become a part of life and it is not always expressed in a humourous vein. In fact many people are concerned about this new medium and the attraction it has for children.

One recent trend in medicine has been a redefinition of chronic illness. Whereas formerly chronic illness referred to a disease “which is progressive, steadily or with remissions, towards severe crippling or death,” it is now defined as a “long-term disease which might be cured if given adequate prolonged treatment or which might remit for long periods after treatment, enabling the patient to return to worth while living.” Coupled with this new perspective has been the development of the therapeutic community which calls for the treatment of the patient as a 'total individual' and not simply as a personified diagnosis.

We are interested in this thesis in certain effects which a bilingual and bicultural setting has on department store advertising. The central problem is to compare the content of department store advertising in English and French newspapers and to examine certain factors which affect the selection of this content. This is a problem in Montreal because of the bilingual and bicultural setting of this city and the fact that the stores seek customers from both groups. The advertising could be handled in two general ways: (1) by conducting two seperate advertising campaigns (one in each language) with seperate departments for each; or (2) by setting up one advertising department which would employ translators to translate directly from one language to another.

A recent study of the local union-management relationship in forty-one plants in the United States stated in its conclusions that a number of challenging questions remained to be answered. One of these was identified as the problem of the effect of different collective bargaining structures upon the relationship.

The basic aim of this study is to describe the existing formal associations of West Indian immigrants in Montreal. This involves presenting first, information on the types of West Indian associations present in Montreal in terms of their ideology and goals, plus information on their organizational structure, hierarchy of offices end roles, formalization of authority and activities, membership base and recruitment policies. Secondly this involves describing the activities of these associations in terms of how these activities meet the needs of West Indian immigrants in Montreal, on the individual and the group level; and how these associations are the expression of divisive or cohesive forces in the West Indian immigrant group itself.