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In the News — May 15, 2024
Sylvia Fuller on daylong childcare in BC
Sylvia Fuller talks to BC Today about daylong childcare in BC and the importance of after-school care to women in the workforce.
In the News — April 29, 2024
Susan Prentice on work-life balance and fertility rates
“Women increasingly are choosing to have fewer children. Canada is not the only country — this is a pattern that we see all around the world as women’s education rates rise, employment rates rise and live births fall,” she says.
“In general, we know from decades of social science research that it’s women who change their life patterns much more than men to accommodate work and family strains.”
In the News — April 4, 2024
Karen Foster awarded SSHRC Sustainable Agriculture Grant
Karen Foster has been selected to lead a $1.9-million initiative supported by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to develop a new national research network that supports an equitable transition to net-zero in Canadian agriculture and its periphery industries.
In the News — March 8, 2024
Kim de Laat on the “dual devotion” approach to work life balance
Kim de Laat discusses the rise in remote and hybrid work which is enabling workers to devote equal amounts of time and energy to their jobs and families and the associated consequences of this “dual devotion”.
In the News — February 1, 2024
Is $10 daycare in trouble?
Martha Friendly discusses the growing pains confronting affordable daycare in this CBC Podcast.
In the News — January 29, 2024
Are people taking enough time away from work?
Karen Foster discusses workload, vacation time, and employee performance.
In the News — January 25, 2024
The effects of working multiple jobs on mental health and family life
Sylvia Fuller tells BC Today host Michelle Eliot about how the constant juggling of multiple jobs can lead to negative consequences.
In the News — January 15, 2024
Martha Friendly on the working conditions of ECEs
Martha Friendly is featured on CBC News to discuss the importance of better wages and working conditions to recruit and retain workers needed to expand the child-care system.
In the News — December 6, 2023
Canada’s use of child care increasing, but many parents still face issues
Susan Prentice is featured on Global News on the realities of child care in Canada
In the News — December 5, 2023
Gordon Cleveland and Susan Prentice on the shortage of child care spaces in Canada
A new report from Statistics Canada says child care was more affordable across the country in 2023, but parents are having a harder time finding it. Meanwhile, the proportion of parents who reported having difficulty finding available child care increased to 62 per cent in 2023 from 53 per cent in 2019.