| Bill C-31 - Membership and Status - Unrecognized and Unstated Paternity |
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(June 2005) This report provides a brief overview of the relevant Indian Act provisions, current unstated paternity policy and causes and impacts of unstated paternity; canvasses relevant domestic and international human rights law; and concludes with a critical appraisal of a variety of policy options and recommendations.
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| Canada Health and Social Transfer and its Impacts on Women |
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(March 1998) This report examines the economic security of families with children in a post-CHST world, through an assessment of proposals for national child benefit programs.
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(March 1998) This report, based on discussions with women with disabilities in focus groups in every province and territory in Canada, shows that the changes under the CHST have had a profound negative impact on the lives of women with disabilities.
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(March 1998) This report documents and analyzes the impact on women of the shift toward ambulatory care and the social economy measures currently being implemented throughout Quebec.
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(March 1998) This report assesses the financial impact of the introduction of the CHST on women receiving social assistance. It presents a detailed profile of women receiving social assistance before and after the CHST and will serve as source of important, and timely, baseline information.
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(March 1998) This study examines whether Bill C-76, which creates the Canada Health and Social Transfer and repeals the Canada Assistance Plan Act, complies with Canada's commitments to women's equality as expressed in domestic and international human rights instruments. The study considers whether current interpretations of the right to equality can address the economic dimensions of women's inequality. It also identifies strategies for enhancing the accountability of economic and social policy decision-makers to commitments to women's equality.
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(March 1998) This report examines the impact of the CHST on the availability and affordability of child care services. Recommendations for policies and practices within the CHST context are presented.
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| Changing Role of the State, Women's Paid and Unpaid Work, and Women's Vulnerability to Poverty |
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(May 2001) This research report seeks to identify and assess the nature, use and efficiency of employment, job access and training programs for Aboriginal women in the province of Québec.
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(February 2001) This report examines equality issues of women with disabilities and the women who provide supports to them in the context of caregiving relationships. Equality of women within and outside of the actual relationships is considered.
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(October 2000) This project, a case study of the emerging call centre industry in Canada, examines the impacts of restructuring on those in the lower tiers of the labour market.
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(January 1999) This research report looks at a variety of possible responses to the deterioration of standards and labour practices in the garment industry caused by globalization, trade liberalization, restructuring and deregulation.
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(February 2001) This study deals primarily with research on non-economic or non-financial indicators for evaluating the social profitability of work performed by women's groups in the field of community "social infrastructure," that is, the field of human and social development of individuals and communities.
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(August 1998) This research paper examines the links between unpaid work and the macroeconomy and what the consequences of these links are for policy makers. These new understandings are part of a relatively recent effort by feminist economists to develop new tools for policy makers and gender equity advocates.
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(March 2001) This report examines the legal situation of homeworkers. The definition of "homework" used for this purpose is any form of remunerated work carried out in a private residence, with the exception of caregivers, self-employed workers and workers in the agricultural sector.
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| Custody and Access |
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(March 1998) This report examines the current Canadian legislative and judicial approach to the relocation of custodial parents, and provides an international context.
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(March 1998) This report considers many aspects of spousal and domestic violence, and discusses both legislative and social programming policy recommendations.
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| Engendering the Human Security Agenda |
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(December 2005) This report contributes to the discussion of women and security by making the connections between Aboriginal women, protest and human security. It begins with a literature review of gender and protest, Aboriginal women and protest, human security, the constitutional rights of Aboriginal people, Aboriginal protest and Bill C-36.
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| Factoring Diversity into Policy Analysis and Development: New Tools, Frameworks, Methods and Applications |
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(October 1999) The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) was originally designed to replace a portion of lost income at retirement or disablement. This research develops alternate pension policies that would distribute resources equitably and respond to changing circumstances such as fluctuating health and ability to work. Women with disabilities were interviewed in groups, and CPP administrators were consulted to develop recommendations to "enable income."
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(February 2001) This research report documents the housing concerns of women who live on low incomes in Victoria, Regina and Saint-John, and proposes housing policy options for policy makers to consider in addressing these concerns.
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(November 1999) This research report exposes the gender issues hidden within the land claims and environmental assessment processes under way in Labrador.
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(March 2001) This report analyses the underlying assumptions and current practice of classification and assessment in federal women's prisons, the implications for gender and diversity, and develops more gender-specific and culturally sensitive approaches.
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| First Nations Women, Governance, and the Indian Act |
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(November 2001) This publication includes the following three reports: "A Strong and Meaningful Role for First Nations Women in Governance"; "First Nations Women and Governance: A Study of Custom and Innovation among Lake Babine Nation Women"; and "First Nations Governance, the Indian Act and Women's Equality Rights".
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| Integration of Diversity into Policy Research, Development and Analysis |
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(March 2000) This research report reviews employment equity policy at the federal and provincial levels; examines variations in employment equity policy and practice; and recommends ways to rectify a perceived impasse in the effective implementation of employment equity policy.
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(March 2002) This report studies the barriers created by policies which make it difficult for Aboriginal women to maintain full cultural lives while pursuing contemporary education and work.
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(March 2001) This report documents and analyzes the impact of family class sponsorship on Francophone immigrant women living in Ontario.
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(August 2000) This research report examines how policy in Canada deals with the issue of substance use during pregnancy and suggests alternative ways of addressing this problem that may prove less polarizing and punitive toward women.
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(May 2001) This study examines the relationship between women's movements and state feminism in order to explore the opportunities and constraints for integrating diversity questions into public policy making.
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| The Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation: Implications of Policy Changes for Women in Lesbian Relationships |
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(September 2001) This report evaluates how the fact of relationship recognition affects lesbian and gay couples in terms of their legal, economic and social status.
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(January 2002) This report focuses on recent legislative changes in Canada and internationally towards the recognition of lesbian relationships, and investigates the options for legal reform from a social perspective.
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| Polygamy |
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(November 2005) This publication includes the following four reports: How Have Policy Approaches to Polygamy Responded to Women's Experiences and Rights? An International, Comparative Analysis; An International Review of Polygamy: Legal and Policy Implications for Canada; Expanding Recognition of Foreign Polygamous Marriages: Policy Implications for Canada; and Separate and Unequal: The Women and Children of Polygamy.
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| Reducing Women's Poverty: Policy Options, Directions and Frameworks |
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(September 2000) This study examines whether affordable housing development and provision can be used to increase skill levels and employability for low-income women.
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(November 1999) This research builds on previous studies that show women's roles as unpaid and underpaid caregivers contribute to the income gap between women and men.
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(March 2000) This report examines gendered dimensions of movements into and out of poverty, drawing on the new longitudinal Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) for 1993 to 1994.
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(March 2001) This report analyzes the economic impact of current programs, and develops a policy analysis framework to facilitate the evaluation of the economic impact of policies on informal caregivers of frail seniors.
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(September 2002) This research project involves a comparative analysis of changes in social assistance policies in Canada, particularly in Quebec.
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(August 2000) This study provides a review of retirement income policies that could be used to reduce poverty among the future elderly and ensure the financial security of women in old age.
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(February 2001) In this report, quantitative and qualitative data are used to examine the factors and processes that influence poverty among women.
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| Restructuring in Rural Canada |
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(April 2006) This research project documents critical issues that rural women and girls believe need to be fully integrated into Canadian agricultural policy.
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(May 2006) This report documents the nature and limited extent of the employment experiences of rural women in the forestry and agri-food industries.
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(May 2005) This report indicates that the greatest challenges to women's full participation in the new economy are in economic and social policies that are inadequate, exclusionary and do not pay enough attention to rural women. The authors argue for implementing a strategy across all levels of the government to identify gender equality gaps and for integrating gender-based analysis in planning and decision making processes
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(July 2005) This study examines rural women's experiences of maternity care in the context of health care restructuring and regionalization. Using a community-based qualitative research model, the authors interviewed women, care providers, health care administrators and local leaders in four rural communities in British Columbia to better understand the impact of the current model of maternity care on women and their families.
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| Trade Agreements and Women |
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(June 2004) This study examines Canada's commitments under labour mobility agreements associated with the North American Free Trade Agreement (Chapter 16) and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (mode 4) from a gender equality perspective.
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(April 2004) This report contributes to the discussion of women and trade agreements by making the connections between First Nations women, forestry and free trade.
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(May 2005) This report indicates that gender issues in the trade negotiation process have been minimal to date at both the WTO and within Canada's trade policy development process.
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(February 2005) This case study focuses solely on the federal model of employment equity, which is intended for employed women, among other people. The study excludes pay equity, examining it only as part of the application of the Employment Equity Act in the private sector, or as part of bidding on public procurement from the federal government.
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(August 2004) This report explores the effects that Canada's trade agreements may have on the health of Canadian women.
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(March 2004) This report seeks to further the understanding of the consequences of trade liberalization for Canadian women in the specific health sector of home care.
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(July 2004) This report addresses the key research question: How can Canadian trade policies ensure access and inclusion for women with disabilities? It also highlights the major issues of concern to women with disabilities both as consumers and as entrepreneurs.
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| Trafficking in Women: The Canadian Dimension |
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(November 2000) This ground-breaking, community-based research seeks to bring out the voices, experiences and struggles of Filipino mail-order brides in Canada.
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(November 2000) This study explores the trafficking in women from Central and Eastern Europe to Canada.
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(February 2000) This report analyses the legal framework governing the hiring of immigrant live-in caregivers and the legal status of mail-order brides who immigrate to Canada with a spousal or fiancée visa.
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| Where Have all the Women Gone? Shifts in Policy Discourses |
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(June 2002) This report examines the sources and implications for women of a focus on 'child poverty' in state policy discourse in Canada.
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(October 2002) This report analyzes the policy discourse as it pertains to women in three situations of mothering under duress (women who use substances, mothers who are subjected to violence and women who experience mental illness).
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(May 2003) This report examines the participation of women's groups in the decision-making processes of health and social services planning in Quebec and identifies successes and challenges in the relationships between regional coalitions of women's groups and regional health and social services boards.
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(March 2003) This report is based on an analysis of the discourses on school success by gender in the media. It asserts that many industrialized societies, including Quebec and the rest of Canada, are finding more boys than girls having problems in school.
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| Women and the Canadian Human Rights Act |
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(September 1999) These research reports are in response to the announcement by the Honourable Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice, on April 8, 1999 of a review of human rights protection in Canada.
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| Women and the Canadian Tax System |
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(March 2001) This report examines how taxation can be used as an instrument of social policy to further women's equality, reduce their economic vulnerability and support mothers as earners and carers.
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(October 2000) This study examines the impact on women of funding social programs through the tax system.
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| Women's Access to Justice |
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(September 1998) This research report articulates principles that can be used to design and deliver civil legal aid services to women.
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(March 1998) This research report examines the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in Béliveau v. St-Jacques for women victims of sexual harassment as well as the next steps and political action to be taken to follow up on the issue.
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(March 1998) This report identifies, from the perspective of immigrant women, a set of realistic policy actions and services to make the criminal justice system and justice-related services more accessible for abused immigrant women.
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(March 1998) This report examines the design and delivery of alternate dispute resolution services and practices in Canada from a critical feminist perspective, with a specific focus on mediation services. Included are recommendations to assist policy-makers, administrators, service providers and women's advocates working to ensure that the design and delivery of alternate dispute resolution services respect women's equality rights and their concomitant right to access to substantive justice.
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| Women's Access to Sustained Employment with Adequate Benefits: Public Policy Solutions |
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(August 2002) Results from the federal government's CPP simulation model are presented showing that the contribution and benefit changes announced in 1997 disadvantage women relative to men.
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(June 2003) This is an empirical study of the impacts the trends in the labour force (the increased use of non-standard, contingent working patterns) have on single mothers/lone parents.
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(January 2005) This report examines licensed providers of child daycare services who work from their homes in three provinces, and provides a legal analysis of their entitlement to benefits such as employment insurance and pension and labour law protection.
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(March 2003) This report examines factors affecting the occupational health of women in non-standard employment in the retail trade.
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(November 2003) The focus of this research is on policy options to improve the ability of self-employed women, especially among those with lower earnings, to save for maternity, sickness and other family-related leave, to purchase health and business insurance, and to access business financing.
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(November 2005) This study analyzes how Canadian fiscal policy reinforces the many social, economic and legal barriers women face when they try to gain equal access to full-time work with equal pay, and examines structural proposals that would remove or reduce these barriers to women's labour force participation.
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(March 2003) This report looks at how non-standard work has developed in recent years, using existing data to document the extent of non-standard employment over time and paying special attention to differences between women and men.
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(February 2003) This project was designed to assess the provision of non-cash benefits to women with disabilities and single mothers. The intent was to show the advantages - in both financial and human terms - of extending support while women are employed temporarily, part time or in home-based employment.
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| Young Women at Risk |
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(June 2002) This research report describes the findings of a study that examined mental health promotion issues of newcomer female youth attending secondary school.
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(March 2002) This report explores the causes, demographics and patterns of homelessness among young women (aged 12 to 24) in Canada.
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| Other Publications |
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(March 1998) In May 1997, Status of Women Canada sought to undertake a review of the literature on current and emerging policy issues as they affect, and are of concern to, Canadian Aboriginal women. The results of this work are contained in this document.
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(January 1999) The Gender Equality Indicators (GEI) Symposium held in March, 1998 provided a precedent-setting opportunity for those working in the social indicators field to focus on gender, and share their experiences on incorporating women's realities in the measurement of social and economic well-being.
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(March 1998) This report covers the First National Conference Responding to Diversity in the Metropolis: Building an Inclusive Research Agenda, in Edmonton, Alberta, March 6-8, 1997
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(March 2006)
This CD ROM contains the English and French PDF versions of all policy research publications published between 1998 and 2005 on the theme of Aboriginal women.
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(April 2006) This CD ROM contains the English and French PDF versions of all policy research publications published as of December 2005. It also contains some of the policy research reference documents.
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| Reference Documents |
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(March 2000) In 1996, the Census of Canada contained, for the first time, three questions concerning unpaid work. This study evaluates the quality of the data and concludes that the data is not only reliable, it is of critical importance.
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(June 2002) The major recommendations of this report focus on increasing the policy relevance of the PRF research, while maintaining the independence and rigour valued by researchers. In essence, these recommendations suggest ways to speed up the release of research findings and provide materials that help to bridge the gap between federal government perceptions of policy relevance and author perceptions of policy relevance.
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(March 1998) This reference guide presents information on how and where to find data and statistics on a wide range of economic, social and legal issues related to gender equality at Statistics Canada. The guide does not present any data or statistics per se.
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(March 2006) On March 21, 2005, Status of Women Canada organized a workshop on gender and trade inviting the researchers, federal government policy makers and representatives of the civil society to a policy research dialogue. The proceedings of this workshop are included in this report.
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(January 2003) This bibliography includes articles published in refereed journals since 1990 and some reports where gender, citizenship, and migration intersect in discussions of particular groups of women coming from countries in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
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(October 2004) The purpose of this paper is to provide a document to support Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers working in an Aboriginal context and to encourage them to adopt a holistic approach to Aboriginal policy research.
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(November 2002) This kit contains fact sheets on the reports published through the Policy Research Fund since 1998.
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(February 2002) Now that all the research is compiled, the data is analyzed and the report has been written, how do you ensure that all your hard work doesn't just sit on a shelf? The Policy Research Fund at Status of Women Canada ensures that your report is widely disseminated throughout the federal government.
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(December 2004) This report presents a statistical picture of the lives of young women in 1976 and 2001. It uses a range of data to compare and contrast the lives of women aged 20-29 over a 25-year period.
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(July 2001) This document is based on a workshop presentation given by the author to members of the Research Division of Status of Women Canada in February 2000. The main goal of the workshop was to provide resources to members of the Division involved in evaluating research proposals submitted to the Policy Research Fund.
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This document gives users an indication of the diversity of data available on immigrant women.
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(March 1997) This research report discusses how long-term policy research questions relating to women and the economy must recognize the inter-connection between social, economic and political developments.
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