A new research paper from the RC/W written by @sylviafuller.bsky.social, Manlin Cai, @andreadoucet.bsky.social & Siqi Qin is out. They use Canadian survey data to track how Covid interventions like school closures & WFH influenced social reproduction within dual-earner households. buff.ly/gzv1LQB

The Vanier Institute of the Family & RC/W have released a paper addressing attribution in the field of ‘grey literature’, a critical question in open-access scientific communication. Authors Serena Danssen, Jennifer Turner, Margo Hilbrecht & @andreadoucet.bsky.social describe how Vanier & RC/W...

The 2025 Newsletter of the International Network on Leave Policies and Research is out now! Many of our RC/W members, including Andrea Doucet (@andreadoucet.bsky.social), are key members from Canada. Check it out to learn more about their work!

Many congrats to @lindawhite.bsky.social and team! See our @rcwpolicies.bsky.social website for more excellent, timely contributions on #childcare #parentalleave and more!

Care-thinking. Open-access. Thx @brisunipress.bsky.social

Watch the #BigIdeas Talk, “Nothing Exists Alone: Three Lessons About Care from Ecologist Rachel Carson,” by @andreadoucet.bsky.social, #BrockU Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies and CRC in Gender, Work, and Care. @wfrn.bsky.social wfrn.org/video/andrea...

Thank you @ellengalinsky.bsky.social for creating the #BigIdeas series; @wfrn.bsky.social team: Jenny Hamblett, Lisa Rinehart, Stephen Sweet; Christine Gagnon for TEDx guidance; @sharigraydon.bsky.social for storytelling ideas; Lyse Doucet for reminding me to pause; and @rcwpolicies.bsky.social.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing clips with key insights from presenters. Dr. Aisling Gallagher, a social geographer from the University of New Zealand, explains the pitfalls of the private administration of child care.

New research by RC/W Co-Investigator Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Sarah Nogues in Industrial Relations Journal explores work intensification & turnover among Quebec teachers! doi.org/10.1111/irj....

A great opportunity to work with one of our great partner organizations!

RIP Sandra Harding, generous mentor, a giant in feminist epistemologies, standpoint theories, and feminist science studies.

Congrats to our @leavenetwork.bsky.social colleagues Marian Baird and Myra Hamilton!

Interested in learning more? Read here: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/oc...

A recent article by Sophie Mathieu in Policy Options explores Quebec's $900M parental leave surplus, and what the province should do with it: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/oc...

Morna Ballantyne, Executive Director of our partner organization Child Care Now, spoke to CBC about Ontario's recent reduction in child-care fees, a welcome development that unfortunately will reach far too few families due to a lack of spaces. Read more here:

Our Partnership started in a 2016 event funded partly by @cupw on care work. Our director @andreadoucet.bsky.social comments on the legacy of the 1981 CUPW strike on well-paid inclusive parental leave @brockuniversity.bsky.social youtu.be/bJut1CgsHz0?...