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Martha Friendly has been honoured with a key to the city of Toronto for her dedication to families and children and for helping to shape a universally available, affordable and high-quality early childhood education program for children in Toronto
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Nouvelles RS/T — 22 mars 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.
Dans les Nouvelles — 8 mars 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 ».
Nouvelles RS/T — 7 février 2024
Andrea Doucet discusses 3 lessons from MP Karina Gould’s parental leave that could help all Canadian families
Andrea Doucet discusses 3 lessons from MP Karina Gould’s parental leave that could help all Canadian families
Dans les Nouvelles — 1 février 2024
Is $10 daycare in trouble?
Martha Friendly discusses the growing pains confronting affordable daycare in this CBC Podcast.
Dans les Nouvelles — 29 janvier 2024
Are people taking enough time away from work?
Karen Foster discusses workload, vacation time, and employee performance.
Dans les Nouvelles — 25 janvier 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.
Dans les Nouvelles — 15 janvier 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.
Nouvelles RS/T — 14 décembre 2023
RS/T Bulletin no 4
Nouvelles RS/T — 12 décembre 2023
Kim de Laat on fathers and parental leave
A new report released by Kim de Laat, Andrea Doucet, and Alyssa Gerhardt has shown how Canadian paternal leave policies discourage fathers from taking time off from work to care for children. The problem can be solved with flexible work arrangements implemented by employers but managerial bias stands in the way.
Nouvelles RS/T — 12 décembre 2023
Kim de Laat, Alyssa Gerhardt and Andrea Doucet discuss employment policies and fathers’ involvement at home
Our research finds that Canadian fathers who worked remotely during the pandemic reported higher levels of involvement in household work and child care. Remote work and other flexible work policies may play a crucial role in encouraging a more equitable distribution of household and care work within families.