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The Long Arm of the Job...Rocking the Cradle – January 6, 2010

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This paper, based on interviews with first-time parents, explores how the employment positions of women and men affect how they handle the challenges of life with a baby. I argue that the material and social resources associated with people’s…

Author(s): Bonnie J Fox. University of Toronto
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- January 6, 2010

Reshaping Gender and the Labour Force: A Comparison of social and industrial policy impacts in the Australian and Canadian community sectors. – November 23, 2009

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Data from a recent study comparing the rapidly restructuring community sectors in Australia and Canada shows that despite a lack of flexibility in workplace benefits and social entitlements, the predominantly female workforce employ a number of strategies…

Author(s): Donna Baines, McMaster University
- 168KB
- November 2009

What's a Family-Friendly Schedule Anymore? – November 20, 2009

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This presentation looks at the relationships between various non-standard work schedules, age, and scheduling preferences of educated workers in Canada. Since relatively educated workers will, all else equal, have more power and control in their…

Author(s): Gordon Cooke, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador Isik Zeytinoglu, McMaster University Sara Mann, University of Guelph James Chowhan, McMaster University
- 465KB
- November 2009

Are Flexible Work Schedules Created for Business Reasons or to Assist Workers? Evidence from WES. – November 17, 2009

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This paper examines whether flexible work schedules in Canada are created by employers for business reasons or to assist their workers achieve work-life balance. We focus on long workweek, flextime, compressed workweek, variable workweek length and/or…

Author(s): Isik Zeytinoglu, McMaster University; Gordon Cooke, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador; Sara Mann, University of Guelph
- 923KB
- November 2009

Parenting Practices and Flexible Schedules: The Everyday Lives of Teleworking Mothers and Fathers – November 17, 2009

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Home-based work provides enhanced flexibility for parents in their management of work and family responsibilities. Drawing on the findings from two separate data sets, this paper examines parents' experiences of and responses to work flexibility in their…

Author(s): Susan M. Shaw, University of Waterloo; Margo Hilbrecht, University of Guelph; Laura C. Johnson, University of Waterloo; Jean Andrey, University of Waterloo
- 78KB
- November 2009

Redrawing the Boundaries between Home and Work Selves: An Affirmative Postmodern Approach to Understanding Flexwork – November 17, 2009

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Flexwork, like telework, creates a situation where 'work comes home' and is, therefore, characterized by the meeting of two previously distinct meaning worlds" (Tietze & Musson,2003, p, 442). Employees' personal and private lives and identities may…

Author(s): Julia Richardson, York University
- 478KB
- November 2009

The Increased Invisibility of Mothers – November 17, 2009

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Historically in Canada poor single mothers were recognized for their caring work, receiving some state support, however minimal. In the last two decades, neo-liberal governments are no longer willing to recognize poor single mothers' caring work. Instead,…

Author(s): Margaret Hillyard Little, Queen's University
- 96KB
- November 2009

Conference Program: Whose Flexibility. October 30, 2009 – September 25, 2009

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This file contains the program for the Whose Flexibility? conference to be hosted by the Centre for Families Work and Well-Being on Friday, October 30, 2009

Author(s): Anne Bergen
- 1.8MB
- September 2009

All Dads Matter. Executive Summary – April 29, 2009

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Executive summary of David Long's policy paper commissioned by the Father Involvement Research Alliance.

Author(s): David Long
- 60KB
- December 2008

What Supports Engaged Fathering. Executive Summary – April 9, 2009

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Executive summary of FIRA policy paper by Lea Caragata and Wayne Miller.

Author(s): Lea Caragata and Wayne Miller
- 75KB
- December 2008

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