Parental leaveGender equalityCanadaPurposeThis research article explores several questions about assessing the impacts of fathers' parental leave take up and gender equality. We ask: How does the conceptual and contextual specificity of care and equality shape what we focus on, and how, when we ...
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But they also believe these things, because it’s part of how their minds work. Even the ones “at the top”, even the ones in on concocting the lie end up buying it, because it allows them to think of themselves as insightful and brilliant, and also caring. They’re saving the worl...
i currentl live in england and have found that my only option is to “sign on” and try and get work in a town with no jobs. so ive decided its time.… time to pack the bags and make way for a new lifestyle. ive spent a good number of weeks online trying to find someone who...
And by home, I mean the east coast. Right now, southern Ontario. Sure, the decision may have come from days of exhaustion and the fact I have not been able to keep down food since Saturday. But in my sobbing (yet no tears due to dehydrated state), I realized exactly what I wanted...
It isn’t entirely clear why activists’ efforts to shut down theGICand oust Zucker came to a head last year, but it was likely a confluence of factors. In January of 2015, a group from Rainbow Health Ontario, an influential localLGBTorganization, brought their concerns over theGIC’s prac...
and when the sun is still up when you leave work. For much of the winter, you literally will not see the sun unless you’re lucky enough to have a day off that coincides with a clear day. So, in Alaska, those glorious first days of sun on your skin, rather than the first green...
In Australia, recent policies like the Paid Parental Leave scheme, Child Care Subsidy, New South Wales Government’s Return-to-Work Program and Jobs Victoria Employment Network help women return to work (Baird and Williams 2022). However, Australia’s Productivity Commission suggests that more ...
Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic agent that causes sepsis and meningitis in pigs and humans. S. suis infections are responsible for large economic losses in pig production. The lack of effective vaccines to prevent the disease has promoted the extensive
When combined with our more general discussion of preventive policymaking, this work provides a useful cautionary tale in which a government’s commitment to a HiAP strategy does not tell us if it will come to fruition. HiAP proves to be an ambiguous approach, exacerbated by policymaking complexit...