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Family
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Canadian families today : new perspectives by David J Cheal (Editor.)Publication Date: 2014
Featuring contributions from some of Canada's leading experts in family sociology, Canadian Families Today: New Perspectives is a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of the family. Seventeen contributors from across Canada examine a wide range of topics to introduce the sociological study of families, provide up-to-date information about various stages and events in the life course, and discuss current issues faced by Canadian families.
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Choices and Constraints in Family Life by Maureen BakerPublication Date: 2014
Themes in Canadian Sociology/aUsing an interdisciplinary approach that draws on the latest research in sociology, anthropology, psychology, and cultural studies, this text expertly traces how families have changed over time and reveals how both personal preferences and social circumstances influence family relationships and society's shared perception of the family.
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Father Involvement in Canada by Jessica Ball (Editor)Publication Date: 2013
Father Involvement in Canada brings together almost two dozen leading scholars of fatherhood issues to examine the roles of Canadian fathers. They look at the experiences of fathers from many angles, considering different ages, ethnicities, marital statuses,gender partnering, and economic brackets, and examining issues such as the impact of poverty, access to paternity leave, and the availability of support from social institutions.
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Caring for Children: social Movements and Public Policy in Canada by Edited by Rachel LangfordPublication Date: 2017
Caring for Children provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of the crisis in care for Canadian children and their caregivers. Couched in the language of choice, government policies on the care of Canadian children over the past decade have favoured professional, nuclear families while doing little to assist children with the greatest needs, including those from low-income, immigrant, and Aboriginal families.
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Interventions with Children and Youth in Canada by Maureen CechPublication Date: 2015
Combining an interdisciplinary approach with discussions of class, cultural analysis, and Aboriginal issues throughout, this text helps students develop the diverse skills required to practice effective helping relationships when working with at-risk children and youth.
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Do Men Mother?: fathering, care, and domestic responsibility by Andrea DoucetPublication Date: 2006
More fathers are deciding to stay at home and care for their children rather than work full-time outside of the home. More Canadian families are lead by single fathers. Shining a spotlight on the lives of stay at home dads and single fathers, Do Men Mother? provides groundbreaking evidence of dramatic changes in mothering and fathering in Canada.
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Canada's Changing Families: implications for individuals and society by Kevin McQuillan (Editor)Publication Date: 2006
In recent years, two significant trends have had a substantial impact on Canadian families. First, Canadian families have been dramatically altered by high rates of separation and divorce, declining fertility, greater popularity of alternative family arrangements such as cohabitation, and increasing involvement of women in paid labour. Second, changes occurring in the economy and the larger society have brought new pressures to bear on families.
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Choices and Constraints in Family Life by 
Father Involvement in Canada by 
Caring for Children: social Movements and Public Policy in Canada by 
Interventions with Children and Youth in Canada by 
Do Men Mother?: fathering, care, and domestic responsibility by 
Canada's Changing Families: implications for individuals and society by