News from the Vanier Institute

We are pleased to announce that Jane Francis, PhD, RD, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fed Family Lab, at Acadia University, in Nova Scotia, is the 2025 recipient of the Early Career Scholar Award at the Vanier Institute of the Family.  The Fed Family Lab is a space for training and collaborative multi-disciplinary research to…

We are pleased to announce that the Vanier Institute of the Family will be recognizing two outstanding scholars, Andrea Doucet and Marie-Christine Saint-Jacques, with this year’s Mirabelli-Glossop Award for Distinguished Contribution. The Vanier Institute acknowledges those who have made significant contributions to the national understanding of families and family wellbeing in Canada through their work,…

Join us at the Vanier Institute of the Family on May 15, 2025 to explore recent research and policy implications on mothers’ return to work.

The Vanier Institute of the Family is now accepting funding applications for secondary data analysis of Statistics Canada and other national-level datasets with potential to advance understanding of family diversities and family wellbeing in Canada.

The Vanier Institute is deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr. Janet Fast. A longstanding project partner, leading researcher, and “friend of the Vanier family,” she was instrumental in our understanding of families and work. The Institute recognized her contributions in 2012 with the Mirabelli-Glossop award. She continued to work tirelessly to support the wellbeing of families reconciling employment and care,…