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Congratulations to the awesome Eva Jewell!

A new research paper from the RC/W written by @sylviafuller.bsky.social, Manlin Cai,
@andreadoucet.bsky.social & Siqi Qin is out. They use Canadian survey data to track how Covid interventions like school closures & WFH influenced social reproduction within dual-earner households. buff.ly/gzv1LQB

The Vanier Institute of the Family & RC/W have released a paper addressing attribution in the field of ‘grey literature’, a critical question in open-access scientific communication. Authors Serena Danssen, Jennifer Turner, Margo Hilbrecht & @andreadoucet.bsky.social describe how Vanier & RC/W...

The 2025 Newsletter of the International Network on Leave Policies and Research is out now! Many of our RC/W members, including Andrea Doucet (@andreadoucet.bsky.social), are key members from Canada.

Check it out to learn more about their work!

Many congrats to @lindawhite.bsky.social and team! See our @rcwpolicies.bsky.social website for more excellent, timely contributions on #childcare #parentalleave and more!

Care-thinking. Open-access. Thx @brisunipress.bsky.social

Andrea Doucet - Nothing Exists Alone: Three Lessons About Care from Ecologist Rachel Carson - Work and Family Researchers Network In this Big Ideas Talk, Andrea Doucet tells a story with unparalleled power—a stirring and thought-provoking story that almost literally leaps off the screen. Doucet is a care scholar. “For 30 years,”...

Watch the #BigIdeas Talk, “Nothing Exists Alone: Three Lessons About Care from Ecologist Rachel Carson,” by @andreadoucet.bsky.social, #BrockU Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies and CRC in Gender, Work, and Care.

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Thank you @ellengalinsky.bsky.social for creating the #BigIdeas series; @wfrn.bsky.social team: Jenny Hamblett, Lisa Rinehart, Stephen Sweet; Christine Gagnon for TEDx guidance; @sharigraydon.bsky.social for storytelling ideas; Lyse Doucet for reminding me to pause; and @rcwpolicies.bsky.social.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing clips with key insights from presenters.

Dr. Aisling Gallagher, a social geographer from the University of New Zealand, explains the pitfalls of the private administration of child care.

New research by RC/W Co-Investigator Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Sarah Nogues in Industrial Relations Journal explores work intensification & turnover among Quebec teachers! doi.org/10.1111/irj....

A great opportunity to work with one of our great partner organizations!

RIP Sandra Harding, generous mentor, a giant in feminist epistemologies, standpoint theories, and feminist science studies.

Congrats to our @leavenetwork.bsky.social colleagues Marian Baird and Myra Hamilton!

What should Quebec do with $900 million in parental leave surpluses? Canada’s best parental leave program could follow Sweden’s lead by giving fathers longer leave and allowing grandparents and friends to participate.

Interested in learning more? Read here: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/oc...

What should Quebec do with $900 million in parental leave surpluses? Canada’s best parental leave program could follow Sweden’s lead by giving fathers longer leave and allowing grandparents and friends to participate.

A recent article by Sophie Mathieu in Policy Options explores Quebec's $900M parental leave surplus, and what the province should do with it: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/oc...

Advocacy group welcomes reduction in child-care fees in Ontario, fears far too few families stand to benefit | CBC News Canada's national child care advocacy association, Child Care Now, has welcomed a reduction in child-care fees in Ontario, while expressing concern that far too few families stand to benefit.

Morna Ballantyne, Executive Director of our partner organization Child Care Now, spoke to CBC about Ontario's recent reduction in child-care fees, a welcome development that unfortunately will reach far too few families due to a lack of spaces. Read more here:

How striking postal workers changed maternity leave in Canada YouTube video by CBC News

Our Partnership started in a 2016 event funded partly by @cupw on care work. Our director @andreadoucet.bsky.social comments on the legacy of the 1981 CUPW strike on well-paid inclusive parental leave
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