Faculty
Social Science
Supervisor Name
Dr. Godwin Arku and Jesse Sutton
Keywords
plant closures, lay-offs
Description
Manufacturing is an important part of Ontario's economy, and the closure of manufacturing plants has a very large impact on the economy and society. This research project is done by conducting primary research through news articles gathering method to find out the news articles that related to plant closures, production cuts, and layoffs in Ontario. By going though the news from 60 different local news publishers in Ontario, there are about 1156 news articles related to plant closures happened in Ontario over the last twenty years. After that, I undertook a content analysis for each related news article to examine the key points and code them to form frequency tables to make the conclusion.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Dr, Godwin Arku, and Jesse Sutton for supervising and supporting my USRI research project, and Western University, Faculty of Social Science - Department of Geography and Environment for the opportunity to successfully complete the Undergraduate Summer Research Internship program.
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Plant Closures In Ontario Over The Last Twenty Years
Manufacturing is an important part of Ontario's economy, and the closure of manufacturing plants has a very large impact on the economy and society. This research project is done by conducting primary research through news articles gathering method to find out the news articles that related to plant closures, production cuts, and layoffs in Ontario. By going though the news from 60 different local news publishers in Ontario, there are about 1156 news articles related to plant closures happened in Ontario over the last twenty years. After that, I undertook a content analysis for each related news article to examine the key points and code them to form frequency tables to make the conclusion.