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Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Doucet, the RC/W’s fearless leader, on being named Distinguished Professor at Brock University! This lifetime appointment recognizes her outstanding contributions to research on work, care, and family policy. Dr. Doucet joins four other exceptional.
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On Mother’s Day, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Katherine Scott addressed rising pronatalist sentiments in Canada and highlighted three significant but often overlooked barriers to parenthood and the policies that could address them. Scott emphasizes the importance.
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Listen to Andrea Doucet speak on the enduring legacy and lessons of ecologist Rachel Carson and her seminal work Silent Spring. In her Big Ideas talk for the Work and Family Researchers Network "Nothing Exists Alone" Doucet outlines three enduring lessons that we can derive from.
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The RCW’s own Andrea Doucet, Eva Jewell and Jessica Falk have published a new article in the Sociological Review. In “Deep listening, slow relationships, world-making: Indigenous and feminist ecological reflections on the Listening Guide and the Live Methods Manifesto” the.
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The Vanier Institute has published a policy brief on Care/Work policies written by Manlin Cai, Donna Lero & Sylvia Fuller on the challenges facing employed parents of young children, who face a range of caregiving responsibilities that can be both predictable, like school.
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In this Big Ideas Talk, Andrea Doucet, our Project Director and Principal Investigator, emphasizes the need to rethink our understanding of care and explore innovative solutions. In this insightful talk, she draws inspiration from ecologist Rachel Carson,.
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RT @susanprentice: Childcare is much more affordable for most Canadian families, thanks to federal leadership. The $10/day childcare plan i….
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Two Saskatchewan mothers who benefit from $10-a-day child care want federal leaders to commit to growing and improving the program.
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We are pleased to announce that RCW members Sylvia Fuller, Sophie Mathieu, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Christina Treleaven have contributed one of the top 10 most-cited papers published by the Canadian Sociological Association/la Société Canadienne De Sociologie in 2023. In.
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Andrea Doucet, the RC/W's fearless leader, was among the top 2% of scientists with the most citations in 2023! . Congratulations to Andrea for this impressive accomplishment, and contribution to care/work research!.
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Stanford University has updated its list of the world’s top two per cent of scientists with the most citations — and Brock University is holding its own. Released late last summer, the 2024 update...
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Work is central to family life, including paid jobs, household tasks, and caregiving. The Family Diversities and Wellbeing Framework highlights the roles involved in both paid and unpaid family duties. Factors such as social, economic, cultural, and environmental influences.
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RT @rachel_e_samson: One of the most surprising things to me was that – accounting for inflation – child care workers were not making much….
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Morna Ballantyne, Executive Director of our partner organization Child Care Now, spoke to CBC about Ontario's recent reduction in child-care fees, a welcome development that unfortunately will reach far too few families due to a lack of spaces. Read more here:.
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Quebec could strengthen its system by taking inspiration from Sweden while adapting to local realities, achieving greater parental equality and more flexible benefits.
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Sweden is promoting parental equality and allowing benefits to be transferred to grandparents and relatives. Mathieu asks: Could this work for Quebec?.
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Some suggest extending benefits for families without childcare, though this could reinforce traditional gender roles. Sweden offers an innovative alternative to this approach.
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With birth rates at a 20-year low, Quebec's parental insurance fund surplus is expected to exceed $900M over the next 4 years—presenting an opportunity to rethink how to support its families.
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A recent article by Sophie Mathieu in Policy Options explores Quebec's $900M parental leave surplus, and what the province should do with it:
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Canada’s best parental leave program could follow Sweden’s lead by giving fathers longer leave and allowing grandparents and friends to participate.
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RT @CCPANS: New 2024 NS Child & Family Poverty Report Card records a historic single-year increase in child poverty, explores intersectiona….
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