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Gendered Jobs and Gendered Workers: Barriers to Gender Equity in Gendered Organizations – February 2, 2009

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This paper, which received honorable mention in the 2002 award for Excellence in Canadian Work-Family Research, argues that workplace gender equality is no longer just a women's issue, but also a men's issue, and a business issue as well. A campaign…

Author(s): Lindsay Payne
- 269KB
- 2002

Inventory of Policies and Policy Areas Influencing Father Involvement – February 4, 2009

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The purpose of this inventory is to identify how public policies, institutional practices, and community services construct or shape Canadian fathers’ rights, responsibilities, and opportunities for involvement with their children. Given the length…

Author(s): Donna Lero, Lynda Ashbourne, Denise Whitehead
- 2.4MB
- 2006

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

Part-time Work and Family Friendly Practices in Canadian Workplaces. – February 2, 2009

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Based on data from the 1999 Workplace and Employee Survey, this report examines how part-time work and other "family-friendly" human resource practices can make it easier for employees to harmonize life work and family responsibilities.

Author(s): Derrick Comfort, Karen Johnson, David Wallace, Statistics Canada, Human Resources Development Canada
- 321KB
- 2000

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

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

The Impact of Patient Classification Systems on Women Front-Line Care Workers in Rural Nursing Homes – March 27, 2009

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This report argues that patient classification systems in rural long-term care homes in Ontario and Manitoba organize women’s work in ways that have detrimental consequences for rural long-term care facilities and the communities they serve. …

Author(s): Belinda Leach, Bonnie Hallman, Gillian Joseph, Nichola Martin and Anita Marcotte
- 1.2MB
- August 2006

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

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
- 121KB
- January 6, 2010

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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