andreadoucet
@andreadoucet.bsky.social
Care thinker. Distinguished Professor. Former Canada Research Chair in Gender, Work/Care. Forthcoming Books (2026): "Care Leaves and Care Time for All";. "International Handbook on the Listening Guide". Co-Coordinator @LeaveNetwork. Slow Scholar.
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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
@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
Gender Divisions of Domestic Labour During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada: Did Increases in Father Involvement Persist Through Later Stages?
Canadian Review of Sociology
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November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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
@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
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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...
October 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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...
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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!
Check it out to learn more about their work!
Our September 2025 Newsletter is out now! Check out the amazing work happening across our Network - from groundbreaking research projects, to policy developments, to inspiring projects undertaken by our global membership throughout the globe. www.leavenetwork.org/news-events/...
LP&R Newsletter
LP&R Newsletter
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September 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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!
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!
Excited to announce that this article with Adrienne Davidson and Jenna Quelch is online. We examine child care government regulatory frameworks and institutional business power in Australia, Canada, and Germany @rcwpolicies.bsky.social @equityed.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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August 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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
🔥 Congratulations Andrea Doucet, your paper
'Care is not a tally sheet: rethinking the field of gender divisions of domestic labour with care-centric conceptual narratives'
was one of 2024's highly cited articles! doi.org/10.1332/2046...
'Care is not a tally sheet: rethinking the field of gender divisions of domestic labour with care-centric conceptual narratives'
was one of 2024's highly cited articles! doi.org/10.1332/2046...
Care is not a tally sheet: rethinking the field of gender divisions of domestic labour with care-centric conceptual narratives
This article addresses two puzzles that are at the heart of the field of gender divisions of domestic labour. How is it that care concepts seldom appear in a field that is focused on unpaid care…
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June 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Care-thinking. Open-access. Thx @brisunipress.bsky.social
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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.
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Andrea Doucet - Nothing Exists Alone: Three Lessons About Care from Ecologist Rachel Carson - Work and Family Researchers Network
In this Big Ideas Talk, Andrea Doucet tells a story with unparalleled power—a stirring and thought-provoking story that almost literally leaps off the screen. Doucet is a care scholar. “For 30 years,”...
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May 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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.
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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.
WFRN.bsky.social Latest Big Ideas Talk with @andreadoucet.bsky.social. “Nothing Exists Alone: Three Lessons About Care from Ecologist Rachel Carson." She proposes that we need to think differently about what care is and to seek solutions in unlikely places. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8-W...
Andrea Doucet - “NOTHING EXISTS ALONE”: Three Lessons About Care From Ecologist Rachel Carson
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May 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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.
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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.
Dr. Aisling Gallagher, a social geographer from the University of New Zealand, explains the pitfalls of the private administration of child care.
April 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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.
Dr. Aisling Gallagher, a social geographer from the University of New Zealand, explains the pitfalls of the private administration of child care.
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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....
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March 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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....
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March 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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RIP Sandra Harding, generous mentor, a giant in feminist epistemologies, standpoint theories, and feminist science studies.
A dear feminist science studies mentor passed on March 5. Have a good journey Sandra Harding. ❤️
Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women.
Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.
Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women.
Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.
Oral history interview with Sandra Harding
Sandra Harding was born in San Francisco, California, the first of five children born to Lloyd and Constance Harding. Her father's struggle to find work during the Great Depression led the family to L...
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March 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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!
New book from LP&R Members Marian Baird and Myra Hamilton, with Alison Williams! Learn more about "The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work” here: https://buff.ly/40UCWau
The Multigenerational Workforce
This book provides insights into the outcomes of multigenerational workforce strategies in Australian workplaces through the lens of gender and caring.
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February 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Congrats to our @leavenetwork.bsky.social colleagues Marian Baird and Myra Hamilton!
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What should Quebec do with $900 million in parental leave surpluses?
Canada’s best parental leave program could follow Sweden’s lead by giving fathers longer leave and allowing grandparents and friends to participate.
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January 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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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...
What should Quebec do with $900 million in parental leave surpluses?
Canada’s best parental leave program could follow Sweden’s lead by giving fathers longer leave and allowing grandparents and friends to participate.
policyoptions.irpp.org
January 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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...
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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:
Advocacy group welcomes reduction in child-care fees in Ontario, fears far too few families stand to benefit | CBC News
Canada's national child care advocacy association, Child Care Now, has welcomed a reduction in child-care fees in Ontario, while expressing concern that far too few families stand to benefit.
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January 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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:
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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
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How striking postal workers changed maternity leave in Canada
YouTube video by CBC News
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December 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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?...