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RC/W News — June 26, 2025
RC/W Newsletter 7
RC/W News — June 9, 2025
Andrea Doucet has received the Distinguished Professor Designation
The lifetime appointment is the highest honorary designation at Brock, recognizing full professors who have demonstrated exceptional research, scholarship or creative activity by the standards of their discipline.
RC/W News — May 16, 2025
Manlin Cai, Donna Lero, and Sylvia Fuller have published a Policy Brief with The Vanier Institute of the Family
This policy brief on Care/Work Policies for Managing Routine and Unpredictable Caregiving, reviews the current regulations for key employment rights in relation to routine caregiving responsibilities under the Canada Labour Code and provincial/territorial employment standards. It also uses data from the 2023 Canadian Survey on Early Learning and Child Care to shed light on parents’ access to provisions that support caregiving.
RC/W News — May 15, 2025
Andrea Doucet receives the 2025 Mirabelli-Glossop Award
The Vanier Institute of the Family has recognized Andrea Doucet with this year’s Mirabelli-Glossop Award for Distinguished Contribution to the national understanding of families and family wellbeing in Canada.
RC/W News — April 21, 2025
RC/W paper among the top 10% most viewed papers published by the Canadian Review of Sociology in 2023
Sadie Goddard-Durant, Andrea Doucet, Helena Tizaa, and Jane-Ann Sieunarine’s paper on racial stress, young black motherhood, and Canadian social policies is among the top 10% most viewed papers published by the Canadian Review of Sociology in 2023.
RC/W News — April 14, 2025
8 things to know about $10-a-day child care
Written by Martha Friendly and Gordon Cleveland
RC/W News — April 8, 2025
RC/W paper among the top 10 most-cited papers published by the Canadian Review of Sociology in 2023
Sophie Mathieu, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Christina Treleaven, and Sylvia Fuller’s paper on determinants of work-family balance satisfaction in Quebec during the pandemic is among the top 10 most-cited papers published by the Canadian Review of Sociology in 2023
RC/W News — February 6, 2025
Andrea Doucet recognized for high number of citations in 2023
Stanford University has updated its list of the world’s top two percent of scientists with the most citations in 2023 and Andrea Doucet is among them.
RC/W News — December 11, 2024
RC/W Newsletter 6
RC/W News — November 28, 2024
Andrea Doucet on the CUPW Strike
Andrea Doucet speaks with CBC on the legacy of the 1981 Canadian Union of Postal Workers strike and the impact on well-paid inclusive parental leave in Canada