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I am a Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies at Brock University and I hold the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Gender, Work and Care. Most of my research and writing has travelled along three paths: ethnographic research on meanings and daily practices of caregiving responsibilities, especially for fathers; methodological, epistemological, ethical, and ontological issues in knowing with and from narrative accounts; and an attentiveness to genealogies of concept formation, especially concepts of responsibility, embodiment, time, care and work. My book Do Men Mother? which traversed, or began to, all three of these pathways, was awarded the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award from the Canadian Sociological Association. Read more...
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Load More...Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says this is a recession "like no other we have faced" as she highlights how women, young people, new Canadians and Black and racialized Canadians have been disproportionately affected by it. #cdnpoli
New research by @JimboStanford released today by @CntrFutureWork spells out economic benefits of #cdncildcare including massive job creation and GDP growth of up to $107 billion after ten years https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/11/24/national-child-care-system-would-boost-womens-job-numbers-and-economy-report-says.html
Germany agrees 'historic' mandatory boardroom quota for women https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/22/germany-agrees-historic-mandatory-boardroom-quota-for-women?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
So pleased to see this research published by my @SSHRC_CRSH Partnership colleagues.
Mon texte, publié avec Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay ce matin.
Les employeurs: des partenaires essentiels de la conciliation famille-travail https://tout-petits.org/publications/sur-le-radar/covid-19/les-employeurs-des-partenaires-essentiels-de-la-conciliation-famille-travail/ via @Tout_petitsThe #G20 leader who pulled his country out of the #ParisClimateAccord addresses the session on “Safeguarding the Planet “ #G20SaudiArabia #G20Summit
