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Open Mind #15 (Spring 2007)

• Boom Towns
• The Bids That Bind
• On the Fast Track
• The Boot Camp Advantage
• Give Us Realistic Ratios
• Beyond Borders
• Tricks & Tools of the Trade
• Breaking the Mould
• The Straight Goods About Merit

Open Mind #14 (Spring 2006)

• The Oilsands Challenge
• Somewhere in Time
• The First 20 Years
• A Matter of Policy
• Diversity in the Workplace
• The Kids are All Right
• 10 Ways to Reduce Construction Costs
• For Tender
• Tools of the Trade

Open Mind #13 (Spring 2005)

• Best Practices
• Cash and Capital
• Foreign Legion
• Future Work Force
• Getting Green
• Going the Distance
• Trading Sectors
• Tyranny of the Status Quo

Open Mind #12 (Spring 2004)

• A Matter of Safety
• The Seals of Approval
• The Crisis in Insurance
• Seven Categories of Innovation
• Black Gold Rush
• Caught in a Time Warp
• A Shakespearean Tale

Open Mind #11 (Spring 2003)

• Everybodys Business
• Post-Kyoto Thoughts from Inside
• The Problem with MERFing
• Why Open Shop Flourishes in Western Canada
• A Contractors Survival Guide
• The Hiring Games
• The Productivity Gap

Open Mind #10 (Spring 2002)

• The Apprenticeship Puzzle
• The Road to Recovery: WCB Modified Work Duties
• Best Offer: Selling Your Business
• Building a Labour Relations Code for the 21st Century
• Hammering Away at Injustice: Quebec Supreme Court Decision
• Open Shop Project Profile: Williams Energy
• Industrial Projects and the Open Shop Advantage

Open Mind #9 (Spring 2001)

• E-Commerce and Construction
• Strategic Planning
• The Fairness Myth: Fair Wage Laws
• The Open Shop Construction Workforce
• Trade Up CD-ROM Promotes Construction Careers
• Industrial Construction: A look at Open Shop Construction Projects
• Labourwatch.com

Open Mind #8 (Spring 2000)

• Attracting and Retaining Workers for the Construction Industry
• Why Unions Lose Certification Votes
• Profiles of Open Shop Construction
• Measuring Productivity
• The Quebec Construction Travesty
• Improving the Construction Industry Image

Open Mind #7 (Spring 1999)

• Multiskilling: New Manpower Strategies for a New Millennium
• Diamond Mining: The Challenge of Building Canadas First Diamond Mine
• Canadian Labour Laws: Whose Interests are Being Served?
• Prime Contractor: Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
• Labour Shortages
• The Precarious State of Craft Unions

Open Mind #6 (Spring 1998)

• Being the Best Employer
• Benefits for Open Shop Workers
• Turning Youth onto the Trades
• Drug Screening
• Federal Fair Wage Laws
• Canadians Views on Unions
• Union Violence

Open Mind #5 (Spring 1997)

• Trends in the Construction Industry
• Apprenticeship in Canada
• Workers Compensation: Understanding Your Rights
• Building with Multimedia Training
• Open Shop Organizations linked Across North America
• Labourers Occupation

Open Mind #4 (Spring 1996)

• Open Shop Across Canada
• The Decline of Building Trade Unions
• Construction Best Practices
• Saskatchewan NDP: Rewarding their Friends
• Steeling Back the Metal Building Industry
• Construction Workers in the 90s
• Wrongful Dismissal
• Building Trade Monopoly Ends in BC

Open Mind #3 (Spring 1995)

• Supervisor Training
• Revoking Union Bargaining Rights in 3 Western Provinces
• What Supervisors Say About Open Shop Construction
• What an Owner Wants from a Contractor
• Industrial Maintenance
• Separating Fact from Fiction
• Due Diligence
• Unions Legal Brutality is Destroying Lives

Open Mind #2 (Spring 1994)

• Grant MacEwan Community College
• Open Shop Construction: An Owners Perspective
• Partnering in Construction
• Alternative Unions
• Millar Western Pulp Ltd
• Certification in Western Canada
• The Looming Crisis for Workers Compensation
• Interactive Video: The 90s Training Alternative
• British Columbias Fair Wage Policy

Open Mind #1 (Spring 1993)

• On Time and On Budget
• Its Not Easy Being Green
• Canadas Open Shop Movement
• Do Closed Sites Really Make Sense?
• Alberta Construction Safety Association