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Read about the behind the scenes work, and get to know all our amazing team as we share some of their stories, news, and work with you.

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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 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

RC/W News — November 12, 2024

Several of our team members have joined the Vanier Institute of the Family’s Affiliate Network

The Vanier Institute of the Family’s Affiliates Network brings together people committed to advancing knowledge and understanding of families in Canada, in all their diversities. Several of our team members have joined, including Kim de Laat, Andrea Doucet, Eva Jewell, Donna Lero, Lindsey McKay, Susan Prentice, Yue Qian, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, and Lisa Wolff.

RC/W News — August 6, 2024

RC/W Newsletter 5

RC/W News — April 2, 2024

Allyship in Community Research Podcast Part 2

In the spirit of Black History and African Heritage Month at Brock, Masters student Isabelle Hill and recent graduate Christabel Oghinan take the mic to explore what Black allyship looks like in research. They spoke with Dr. Andrea Doucet, Professor in Brock’s Department of Sociology and Canadian Research Chair in Gender, Work and Care, and recent PhD grad Dr. Sadie Goddard-Durant, Director of the Office of Equity Diversity & Inclusion at Durham College about how they negotiated the supervisor-student relationship and what allyship means to them.

RC/W News — April 1, 2024

Allyship in Community Research Podcast Part 1

In the spirit of Black History and African Heritage Month at Brock, Masters student Isabelle Hill and recent graduate Christabel Oghinan take the mic to explore what Black allyship looks like in research. They spoke with Dr. Andrea Doucet, Professor in Brock’s Department of Sociology and Canadian Research Chair in Gender, Work and Care, and recent PhD grad Dr. Sadie Goddard-Durant, Director of the Office of Equity Diversity & Inclusion at Durham College about how they negotiated the supervisor-student relationship and what allyship means to them.

RC/W News — March 22, 2024

Laura Fisher publishes first-author paper!

Laura Fisher, RC/W Research Assistant and Doctoral Student at Dalhousie University, has published her first first-author paper in the Journal of Rural and Community Development.

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