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Research, reports and resources that cite the Vanier Institute of the Family. The opinions expressed in these publications are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Vanier Institute.
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2020
- Paula Arriagada, The Experiences and Needs of Older Caregivers in Canada, Statistics Canada (November 24, 2020).
- Regina Ding et al., Evaluation of a Caregiver-Friendly Workplace Program Intervention on the Health of Full-Time Caregiver Employees, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (October 2020).
- Nicole Mansell, Yana Berardini and Heather Chalmers, Educational Professionals’ Awareness, Identification, and Support of Young Carers: Implications for Policy (September 30, 2020).
- Herd et al., Canada’s Forgotten Poor? Putting Singles Living in Deep Poverty on the Policy Radar, Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) (September 29, 2020).
- Statistics Canada, Technical Supplement: Production of Demographic Estimates for the Second Quarter of 2020 in the Context of COVID-19, Statistics Canada (September 29, 2020).
- Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health and Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO), Return to School During COVID-19: Considerations for Ontario’s Child and Youth Community Mental Health Service Providers (August 30, 2020) (PDF).
- Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger, CD, PhD, and David Pedlar, PhD, The Changing Face of the Military in Canada, Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 6:2 (August 17, 2020).
- Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, Guiding Youth through COVID-19: A Webinar for Youth Allies (transcript) (PDF) (August 2020).
- Chandni Bhambhani and Anand Inbanathan, Examining a non-conformist choice: The decision-making process toward being childfree couples, International Journal of Sociology (July 28, 2020).
- Christina Catenacci, Privacy and Surveillance in the Workplace: Closing the Electronic Surveillance Gap (doctoral thesis), Western University (July 20, 2020).
- Meagan Auer et al., Invoking the idealized family to assess political leadership and legitimacy: news coverage of Australian and Canadian premiers, Feminist Media Studies (July 7, 2020).
- Yumary Ruiza, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworthb, Cézanne M. Elias et al., Ultra-rapid development and deployment of a family resilience program during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned from Families Tackling Tough Times Together, JMVFH (pre-publication version) (July 2020).
- John Shields and Zainab Abu Alrob, COVID-19, Migration and the Canadian Immigration System: Dimensions, Impact and Resilience, Ryerson University (research report) (July 2020).
- Theresa Southam, 27,000 Sunrises: Everyday Contributions of Grateful and Giving Age 70+ Adults, Fielding Graduate University (doctoral dissertation) (June 2020).
- Heather Prime, Mark Wade and Dillon T. Browne, Risk and Resilience in Family Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic, American Psychological Association (May 21, 2020)
- Association for Canadian Studies, Social Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian Youth (May 21, 2019).
- Shelley Rottenberg, An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Caregiving Essentials Course for Informal Caregivers of Older Adults in Ontario and its Online Delivery (Master’s thesis), McMaster University (April 2020).
- Morinville, Proclamation: Military Child Month (April 2020).
- Patricia Spindel, Working with Families, 2nd Edition, Canadian Scholars’ Press (April 2020).
- CPE Media News, WealthyPlanet secures seed financing led by Mercanti Management, Private Capital Journal (March 18, 2020).
- Mihaela Luminița Sandu, “Psychosocial Factors that Influence Marital Couple Duration,” Technium Social Sciences Journal, Vol. 5 (March 2020).
- Simona Bignami and Sophia Chae, “Editorial,” Canadian Studies in Population (February 27, 2020).
- Myles Leslie, “The care capacity goals of family carers and the role of technology in achieving them,” BMC Geriatrics (February 27, 2020).
- Amanda Grenier, Chris Phillipson and Richard A. Settersten Jr. (eds.), Precarity and Ageing: Understanding Insecurity and Risk in Later Life (Bristol University Press, February 2020).
- Marcello Tonelli, Kwok-Cho Tang and Pierre-Gerlier Forest, Canada needs a “Health in All Policies” action plan now, CMAJ (January 20, 2020).
- Darcy Hango, “Support received by caregivers in Canada,” Statistics Canada (January 8, 2020).
- FRHD 3040 Parenting and Intergenerational Relationships (University of Guelph Course Outline) (Winter 2020).
- Karen Katsademas and Marianne Langille, Mosby’s Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Exam (2020).
- Nicole Mansell, BA, Educational Professionals Awareness, Identification, and Support of Young Caregivers, Brock University (Master’s thesis) (2020).
- Pamela Baer, Queer Isn’t a Choice! Queer Is My Family! Collaborative Performance as Affective Pedagogy, University of Toronto (doctoral thesis) (2020).
- Hamida Narijo, Muhammad Abdullah Avais and Hajra Naz, Divorce Trends in Women: A Study of Sukkur City, International Research Journal of Arts and Humanities (IRJAH) Vol.48, No. 48 (2020).
- White, M.I., Williams-Whitt. K., Wagner, S.L., Schultz, I.Z., Dionne, C.E., Pomaki. G., Loughlin, C., Tjulin, Å., Runte, M., Gilbert, M., Nellutla, M., Szymanski, T., Horvath, S., Brown, L., Hansen, N., During, D., Sprague, S., Riml, S., Nagy, L., Skeath, K., Spinks, N. (2020) Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Successful Workplace Interventions for Psychologically Healthy and Productive
Workplaces: A Pattern Analysis of 57 Systematic Reviews (PDF). Published by Work Wellness and Disability Prevention Institute, Vancouver, BC. ISBN: 978-1-988875-02-6
2019
- Amy Andrada, “‘Woman’ and (un) partnered mother,” Intersections of Mothering: Feminist Accounts (December 20, 2019).
- Donna S. Lero et al., Non-Standard Work and Child Care in Canada: A Challenge for Parents, Policy Makers, and Child Care Provision, Childcare Resource and Research Unit (December 2019).
- Angela Hinkle, “Dine In for Better Health,” Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and University of Florida Blog (November 22, 2019).
- Heidi Cramm et al., Navigating health care systems for military-connected children with autism spectrum disorder: A qualitative study of military families experiencing mandatory relocation, Paediatrics & Child Health (November 2019).
- “Family Functioning,” Encylopedia.com (November 1, 2019).
- Maria Cabas, Understanding Some of the Challenges Families with SCI Experience, Spinal Cord Injury Manitoba Inc. (October 30, 2019).
- Jennifer N. Kennedy et al., Making connections between school and home: Exploring therapists’ perceptions of their relationships with families in partnering for change, Sage Journals (October 16, 2019).
- Erika Arseneau, Samantha Landry and Elizabeth K. Darling, The Polyamorous Childbearing and Birth Experiences Study (POLYBABES): a qualitative study of the health care experiences of polyamorous families during pregnancy and birth (October 15, 2019).
- Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Sarah Nogues, The Importance and Challenges of Caregiving in an Aging Society, E-Journal of International and Comparative LABOUR STUDIES (September–October 2019).
- Katherine Lynch, “Hong Kong’s Children’s Proceedings (Parental Responsibility) Bill: Comparative Family Law Reform and Multidisciplinary Collaboration” (thesis) (September 2019).
- National Institute on Ageing, Enabling the Future Provision of Long-Term Care in Canada (September 2019).
- The Change Foundation, Organizations Advocating for and Supporting Family Caregivers (Summer 2019).
- Melissa Moyser, Measuring and Analyzing the Gender Pay Gap: A Conceptual and Methodological Overview, Statistics Canada (August 30, 2019).
- Statistics Canada, Measuring and Analyzing the Gender Pay Gap: A Conceptual and Methodological Overview (August 30, 2019).
- Chloe Shindruk, Expert nursing care: perinatal palliative care during labor, delivery, and the recovery period, University of Manitoba (August 18, 2019).
- Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, Delphine Nakache, Laurence Matte Guilmain, “Travel Time as Work Time? Nature and Scope of Canadian Labor Law’s Protections for Mobile Workers,” Sage Journals (August 12, 2019).
- Ralph Garber, “Sectoral Approaches to Prevention in Social Work: Private.” How to Organize Prevention: Political, Organizational, and Professional Challenges to Social Services, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG (August 12, 2019) 12:113.
- Haley Watson, Creating Visibility: Considering LGBT Older Adults in the Canadian Caregiving Context, University of Guelph (thesis) (August 2019).
- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, Return to Work and Ripple Effects on Family of Precariously Employed Injured Workers (July 15, 2019).
- Nausica Palazzo, “Equality in Canada: A Tale of Non-Normative Groups Struggling with Grounds of Discrimination,” Oñati Socio-Legal Series 10(1) – The Policy of Cultural Rights: State Regulation, Social Contestation and Cultural Diversity (July 15, 2019).
- Abstracts of the 24th Meeting of the International Society of the History of the Neurosciences, Vilnius University (July 8–11, 2019).
- Kerri Claire Neil, Families on the Move, Families in Canada 2019: Satellite Event Report, Memorial University (July 2019).
- Randy Boswell, “Statcan’s Century: A National Institution, a Family Tradition and a Challenging Future,” Canadian Issues, Association for Canadian Studies (Spring/Summer 2019).
- Rahim Mohamed, A Curious Case of “Negative” Policy Diffusion? The Legacy of Quebec’s “$5-a-day” daycare, Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference Panel (June 5, 2019).
- Fitsum Areguy et al., “Communal Orientation, Benefit-finding, and Coping among Young Carers,” Child & Youth Services (May 30, 2019).
- Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz, Joanne Filippelli and Barbara Fallon, “Does a Co-Resident Grandparent Matter? Characteristics of Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving Lone-Parent Families,” The British Journal of Social Work (May 20, 2019).
- David Lamb, Taking it day-by-day: an exploratory study of adult perspectives on slow living in an urban setting, Annals of Leisure Research (April 28, 2019).
- Ellen Christine Stephenson, “Coping with chronic stress: an investigation of the social context” (dissertation) University of British Columbia (April 25, 2019).
- Stephanie McCabe, “Parent and Early Childhood Educators Role in Supporting Sleep Hygiene in Preschool-Aged Children” (Master’s Thesis) (April 25, 2019).
- The Family Story Project, The Case Against Marriage Fundamentalism (April 23, 2019).
- Stacey McLeod, “Will Our Data Lead Us to the Virtual Afterlife?” THIS Magazine (April 5, 2019).
- Michael Saini et al., “A pilot study to assess Coparenting Across Family Structures (CoPAFS),” Journal of Child and Family Studies (March 9, 2019).
- Andrew Magnaye, Visions for Change Policy Challenge Final Report, Age Well National Innovation Hub (March 1, 2019).
- Rajalin Sharifa, Saj Thomas, Ajit A. Pawar, “A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Child Rearing Practices Among Working And Non Working Mothers in Selected Urban Area of Bangalore…, ” International Journal of Scientific Research (March 2019).
- Maria Cabas, “Understanding Some of the Challenges Families with SCI Experience,” Paratracks, p. 8 (March 2019).
- Kelvin Chi-Kin Cheun et al., “Material Deprivation and Working Poor in Hong Kong,” Social Indicators Research (February 21, 2019).
- Ministry of Health and Long-term Care, “Connected Communities, Healthier Together,” 2017 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (February 2019).
- Christina R. Victor et al., “Exploring intergenerational, intra-generational and transnational patterns of family caring in minority ethnic communities: the example of England and Wales,” International Journal of Care and Caring 3:1 (February 1, 2019).
- Heidi Cramm, Alyson Mahar, Cathy MacLean and Richard Birtwhistle, “Caring for Canadian military families,” Canadian Family Physician (January 2019).
- Jane Bailey et al., “Getting at Equality: Research Methods Informed by the Lessons of Intersectionality,” International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Volume 18: 1–13 (2019).
- The National Academies of Sciences, Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society (2019).
- DT MacLeod, HO Leduc , Treated Like a Liability: Veterans Running Battles with the Government of Canada (2019).
- Jennifer Brant, Indigenous Mothering: Birthing the Nation from Resistance to Revolution (2019).
- Federal Court, Proposed Class Proceedings, Court File No. T-2111-16 (2019).
- Lucy Gao, There’s No Place Like the Connected Home, Submitted to OCAD University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation, Toronto (2019).
- Jacqueline Avanthay Strus, Manitoban Consensual Non-monogamous Couples’ Conciliation of their Parenting Role and their Sexual Lifestyle during the Transition to Parenthood. University of Ottawa (thesis) (2019).
- Tymeshia L. Gadson, “Teachers’ Perspectives of their Engagement of Fathers in Early Childhood Classrooms,” Walden University (doctoral dissertation) (2019).
- Divorce the Smartway (website), How much does a divorce cost in Ontario? (2019).
- Tymeshia L. Gadson, Teachers’ Perspectives of their Engagement of Fathers in Early Childhood Classrooms (doctoral dissertation), Walden University (2019).
- Janis Marie M. MacLellan-Peters, Othering Homelessness: How Lone Mothers Manage Housing Insecurity in Prince Edward Island, Canada, doctoral thesis, University of Alberta (2019).
- Myles Leslie et al., Seeking Resilience: The Care Capacity Goals of Family Carers and the Role of Technology in Achieving Them, Research Square (2019).
- Jodi Lazare, The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, Soft Law, and the Procedural Rule of Law, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law (2019).
- Kelvin Chi-Kin Cheung, Wai-Sum Chan and Kee-Lee Chou, Material Deprivation and Working Poor in Hong Kong, Social Indicators Researchers (2019).
- Bridget A. Walsh and Jennifer A. Mortensen, Transforming Early Head Start home visiting: A family life education approach (book) (2019).
- Milaine Alarie, “I am not a cougar!” When ageism and sexism complicate the expression of women’s sexual desire, Feminist Research (2019).
- Grant Charles, General Profile, Social and Health Comparisons of High School Age Young Carers to Their Non-Caregiving Peers, Relational Child & Youth Care (2019).
- Gloria Leifer and Lisa Keenan-Lindsday, Leifer’s Introduction to Maternity & Pediatric Nursing in Canada E-Book (book) (2019).
- Suzanne Le Menestrel and Kenneth W. Kizer, Family Well-Being, Readiness, and Resilience, Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society (book) (July 19, 2019).
- Jessica Butler, Psychological well-being and academic adjustment of young adult children of divorce (YACOD): a systematic review and meta-analysis, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2019).
- Marla Smith, Adverse Childhood Experiences: Early Childhood Educators Awareness and Perceived Support, Mount Saint Vincent University (2019).
- David P. Snyder, The Family in Postindustrial America: Some Fundamental Perceptions for Public Policy Development (book) (2019).
- Brittaney Blocka, Supporting grieving patients and their families within the intensive care and palliative care units, University of Regina (July 2019).
- Cyndy Baskin, Aboriginal Youth Talk About Structural Determinants as the Causes of Their Homelessness, First Peoples Child & Family Review (March 24, 2019).
- Randy Boswell et al., Made to measure: Statistics Canada @100, CITC Canadian Issues (Spring–Summer 2019).
- Carla Mitchell, Phenomenological exploration of death doulas in Saskatchewan, University of Regina (July 2019).
- Sebrina Patton, Parents’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of Parental Involvement, Walden University (2019).
2018
- Michelle Ogrodnik et al., “Women and Girls in Hamilton,” Hamilton Community Foundation Report (December 2018).
- Terry Lynn Gall and Cynthia Bilodeau, “The role of relationship with God in couples’ adjustment to the threat of breast cancer,” Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Vol 10(4), 375-385 (November 2018).
- Magnus Mfoafo-M’Carthy and Bree Akesson, “Family Is Everyone Who Comes Through the Doors of Our Home’: West African Concepts of Family Bridging the North-South Divide in the Diaspora,” Global Childhoods beyond the North-South Divide (October 30, 2018).
- Rhonda Breitkreuz and Kerryn Colen, Who cares? Motivations for unregulated child care use, Journal of Family Issues (October 10, 2018).
- Ingrid Arnet Connidis and Amanda E. Barnett, Family Ties and Aging, SAGE Publications (October 23, 2018).
- Christopher McCabe, Expanding the Scope of Costs and Benefits for Economic Evaluations in Health: Some Words of Caution, C. PharmacoEconomics (October 17, 2018).
- Barbara Neis and Katherine Lippel, Occupational Health and Safety and the Mobile Workforce: Insights From a Canadian Research Program, Sage Journals (October 13, 2019).
- Donna Lero and Janet Fast, The Availability and Use of Flexible Work Arrangements and Caregiving Leaves: Lessons Learned about Policies and Practice, Journal of Law and Equality (October 12, 2018).
- “The Aging Economy: Improving with Age,” Insight, BMO Wealth Management (October 2018).
- Mohd Ramlan Mohd Arshad et al., Survivability of Single Mother: A Study in Sepang, Selangor, Academic Journal of Business and Social Sciences (October 2018).
- Christine Persson Osowsk and Ylva Mattsson Sydner. The family meal as an ideal: Children’s perceptions of foodwork and commensality in everyday life and feasts, International Journal of Consumer Studies 43 (2018).
- Eunice Gorman, 8 Children and Death in the Canadian Context, Springer Link (September 30, 2018).
- Andrea M. Stelnicki, Children in Canadian Military-Connected Families: Developmental Assets, Parent Mental Health, and Social-Behavioural Outcomes, University of Calgary (September 19, 2018).
- Rasoul Sadeghi, Nasibe Zanjari and Serajeddin Mahmoudiani, “Marriage Patterns, Marital Satisfaction, and Tendency to Divorce in Tehran City,” Women and Family’s Socio-Cultural Council Quarterly, 21:81 (Autumn 2018).
- Jennifer Lewington, “Under One Roof: Multi-generational Housing Is on the Rise,” Renaissance (Fall 2018).
- Access to Palliative Care in Canada, Canadian Institute for Health Information (September 2018).
- All Together Now, Backgrounder: Pay Equity (September 2018).
- Vivian Stamatopoulos, “