Dr. Andie Noack
Who counts? Who is countable? The answers to these questions shape what we know.
Areas of Expertise
research methodologies; survey design; statistical analysis; labour & employment
Research
Dr. Noack is a research methodologist and social statistician. She is interested in the history and politics of knowledge production, and particularly, how practices of survey design and data collection constrain what and who we know about. She is committed to community-engaged, social-justice research, and participates in research teams investigating precarious work and employment standards enforcement.
Websites
Courses
- SOC 411: Intro to Quantitative Data Analysis
- SOC 481: Survey Design and Analysis
- PD 9004: Foundations of Quantitative Research
Graduate Program Membership
Community & Professional Service
- Toronto Research Data Centre (RDC) (external link, opens in new window) steering committee
Recent Publications
Spring, C., N. Toomey, A.M. Noack & L.F. Vosko. 2025. Understanding Temporary Labour Migration through a Settler Colonial Lens: A Critical Analysis of Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program and International Education Strategy. (external link, opens in new window) Studies in Social Justice 19(2): 276–99.
Noack, A.M., E. Tucker and L. Vosko. 2025. "Precarious Employment in Labor Law and Policy." (external link, opens in new window) In The Oxford Handbook of Social Policy in Canada, edited by D. Béland, R. Mahon and A. Smith. Oxford Academic.
Noack, A.M., L.F. Vosko, E. Tucker and R. Casey. 2024. "Surveys and Administrative Data." In Research Methods in Labour Law: A Handbook (external link, opens in new window) (pp. 381-97), edited by A. Blackham and S. Cooney. London, UK: Edward Elgar.
Vosko, L.F., A.D.K. King, A.M. Noack, E. Tucker, M.P. Thomas, T. Gadanidis, and R. Casey. 2024. When Education Isn’t Enough: The Compliance Model of Labour Standards Enforcement in Canada’s Federally Regulated Private Sector. (external link, opens in new window) Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal 25 (2): 279–318.
Noack, A.M., M. Siemiatycki, M. Agard, A. Bhutani & S. Melanson Ricciardone. 2024. (PDF file) Work Quality Experiences and Engagement Among Young Workers. (external link, opens in new window) Toronto: Future Skills Centre.
King, A.D.K., O. Lyubchenko, L.F. Vosko, A.M. Noack, V. Coburn & R.J. Hall. 2023. The Origins and Application of the ‘Core of Indianness’ in Indigenous Labour Relations: Returning to Four B Manufacturing v. United Garment Workers of America. (external link, opens in new window) Labour / Le Travail 92: 123–48.
King, A., V. Coburn, L.F. Vosko, R. Hall, O. Lyubchenko and A.M. Noack. 2022. Determining the ‘Core of Indianness:’ A Feminist Political Economy of NIL/TU,O v. BCGEU. (external link) Aboriginal Policy Studies 10(1).
Vosko, L.F., A.M. Noack, A. King and R. Hii. 2022. “Precarious Employment in the Federally Regulated Private Sector.” In Canadian Labour Policy and Politics (external link, opens in new window) (pp. 107-21), edited by J. Peters and D. Wells. Toronto: UBC Press.
Vosko, L.F., A.M. Noack, A.D.K. King, V. Osten, E. Clare. 2021. A Model Regulator? Investigating Reactive and Proactive Labour Standards Enforcement in Canada’s Federally Regulated Private Sector. (external link, opens in new window) International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 37(2): 161-182.
King, A.D.K., V. Coburn, L.F. Vosko, O. Lyubchenko, R.J. Hall, A.M. Noack and T. Chartrand. 2020. What’s at the “Core of Indianness”? Bill-C92, Labour and Indigenous Social Services. (external link, opens in new window) Yellowhead Institute, 10 Nov.
Easton, M.D., A.M. Noack and L.F. Vosko. 2020. Are franchisees more prone to employment standards violations than other businesses? Evidence from Ontario, Canada. (external link, opens in new window) The Economic and Labour Relations Review, OnlineFirst.
Noack, A.M., A. Hoe and L.F. Vosko. 2020. Who to Inspect? Using Employee Complaint Data to Inform Workplace Inspections in Ontario. (external link, opens in new window) Canadian Public Policy, e2018065.
Vosko, L.F., A.M. Noack and the Closing the Enforcement Gap Research Group. 2020. Closing the Enforcement Gap: Improving Employment Standards Protections for People in Precarious Jobs. (external link, opens in new window) Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Tucker, E., L.F. Vosko, R. Casey, M. Thomas, J. Grundy and A.M. Noack. 2019. Carrying Little Sticks: Is There a ‘Deterrence Gap’ in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario, Canada? (external link, opens in new window) International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 35(1): 1–30.
Thomas, M.P., L.F. Vosko, E. Tucker, M. Steedman, A.M. Noack, J. Grundy, M. Gellatly, and L. Leinveer. 2019. The Employment Standards Enforcement Gap and the Overtime Pay Exemption in Ontario. (external link, opens in new window) Labour/Le Travail 84(1): 25–51.
Noack, A.M. and A.E. Martin. 2019. “Assembling Our Toolkit: Interrogating Representations and Discourses.” In Power and Everyday Practices, 2nd ed. (external link, opens in new window) (pp. 53-74), edited by D.R. Brock, A.E. Martin, R. Raby and M.P. Thomas. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Noack, A.M. 2018. Social Statistics in Action. (external link, opens in new window) Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.
K. Mirchandani, L.F. Vosko, U. Soni-Sinha, J.A. Perry, A.M. Noack, R. Hall and M. Gellatly. 2018. Methodological K/nots: Designing Research on the Enforcement of Labour Standards. (external link, opens in new window) Journal of Mixed Methods Research 12(2): 133-147.