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    The Father Involvement Research Alliance (FIRA) has completed a five year program of research and knowledge transfer with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's CURA (Community University Research Alliance) program. This project included qualitative research on seven different socially defined subpopulations of fathers:

    • Fathers of Children with Special Needs
    • Gay/Bi/Queer Fathers
    • Immigrant Fathers
    • Indigenous Fathers
    • New Fathers
    • Separated and Divorced Fathers
    • Young Fathers.

    In addition to the seven research "clusters" FIRA's CURA program also included:

    • a demographic profile of Canadian Fathers,
    • an analysis of policies impacting on father involvement in Canada
    • thematic analysis which will gather insights on more general father involvement issues that pertain to all clusters.

    For information on FIRA, visit the FIRA web site at www.fira.uoguelph.ca, or contact: John Hoffman, Communications Co-ordinator at

     

     

  • Father Involvement Research Alliance
    John Hoffman
    An alliance of Canadian researchers, community agencies and fathers committed to research and knowledge transfer regarding father involvement.
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