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It's not what families look like that matters, it's what they do that counts. But what do families do? How do they function? How do they affect society today? And what is the future of the family? With up-to-date statistics, insightful ideas and stories told from the heart, Betty Jane Wylie addresses these and other questions.
Noting that Canadians have witnessed profound demographic, economic, social, cultural, and technological changes over the last century and the need for sound demographic information for future planning, this report is the second to identify significant trends affecting Canada's families. Following an introductory section providing relevant definitions and a historical perspective regarding changes in families, the report is organized in three parts: (1) "Canada's Families: Who They Are," including information on age structure, immigrants, population distribution, family types, marriage, divorce, parenthood, adoption, child custody, and single parents; (2) "Canada's Families: What They Do," i...
All of us, as Canadians, are touched throughout our lives by some aspect of social welfare, either as recipients, donors, or taxpayers. But despite the importance of the social network in our country, there has been no single source of information about this critical component of our society. Even professionals in the field of social work or social services have not had a comprehensive volume addressing the myriad features of this critical societal structure. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work fills this need. Over five hundred topics important to Canadian social work are covered, written by a highly diverse group of social workers covering all aspects of the field and all areas of the...
The life of the world-famous Canadian surgeon and scientist acclaimed by critics from coast to coast.
Annotation "We think of family life as very personal, but in fact it is shaped by influences well beyond our control. Families, Labour and Love identifies the ways in which family and personal life in three 'settler' societies - Australia, New Zealand, and Canada - have been shaped by colonization, immigration, globalization, demographic changes, law, and policy." "Baker shows that these three countries, each a former colony, developed similar family trends and similar family policies. The family practices of indigenous people were largely overlooked, as were those of recent immigrant groups. Strongly gendered patterns of paid and unpaid work played a major role in family life. Nevertheless, local conditions also produced significant differences in family experiences among the three countries." "Containing numerous examples, comparative data, and textual sources, Families, Labour and Love provides a wide-ranging analysis of the family that will appeal to students, researchers, and policy-makers."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.