Past Caring? Women, Work and Emotion

Past Caring? Women, Work and Emotion focuses on the history of women’s care work in New Zealand and on how women’s association with, and responsibility for, care shape their lives and social status. It presents a variety of historical case studies which collectively document shifting concepts and practices about care, unpaid and paid, familial and professional, over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The editors note that it “seeks to make care and care work in New Zealand’s past visible,” offering “different vantage points on women’s history and its resonances now” in public debates about issues such as child poverty, pay equity, and parental leaves (7)

Feminist Challenges to Knowledge

This contribution explores some of the issues that led to the development of Women's Studies in Canada in the 1970s. It offers a report of a workshop on this topic and presents two of the eighteen minipapers that participants wrote for the workshop. Résumé Cette contribution explore certaines des questions qui ont mené à l'élaboration des Études des femmes au Canada en dans les années 1970. Cet article offre un rapport d'un atelier sur ce sujet et présente deux des dix-huit mini-exposés que les participantes ont écrits pour l'atelier

Community-Academic Research Enhances Engaged Scholarship

Community-academic research can enhance the capacity of all partners involved. It creates new knowledge that all partners can use, and can inform policy more meaningfully. It also brings engaged scholarship to researchers.York’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit provides services and funding for faculty, graduate students, and community organizations seeking to maximize the impact of academic research and expertise on public policy, social programming, and professional practice. It is supported by SSHRC and CIHR grants, and by the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation. [email protected] www.researchimpact.c