The Centre for Families Work & Well-being is an innovative, interdisciplinary research and educational centre responding to dramatic changes in family patterns, paid work, and broader economic and political structures.
Faculty, staff and graduate students work on projects relevant to individual and family well-being, the interface between work and family, and contextual factors that affect workplace productivity and community supports. Research topics include organizational health, caregiving and work, father involvement, social support and community development.
The Centre's core strengths include strategic research, policy analysis and best practices development.
Thursday, June 13
John Hoffman, Canada's leading fatherhood writer, deconstructs the debate about dads, moms, housework and child care. read more...
Monday, June 10
CFWW is a partner in a research project looking at the challenges of combining paid work with unpaid caregiving. read more...
Wednesday, June 5
Free Public Lecture on Work-Life Balance. read more...
The objective of the proposed research is to examine the relations between work life and personal life over time in order to understand how change and time shape the dynamic interplay among the roles in our daily lives (worker, caregiver, friend,… read more...