how healing and illness is related to social structures, social processes and the social determinants of health. As well as the political, social and economic circumstances that shape the experiences of those involved Session Organizer: [...]
Many studies have shown that a growing proportion of Canadians have jobs that are unstable and insecure and that marginalized groups disproportionately work within sectors of flexible and precarious forms of work. Current income and [...]
Popular media in North America is full of stories about ‘the crisis in masculinity.’ Many normative assumptions about what it means to be a man or to be masculine are being challenged. Even ‘hypermasculine’ arenas [...]
Globalization is the result of the exchange of ideas, peoples, goods, capital, information and technologies, and the general compression of time and distances. Families respond in different ways to the challenges and opportunities offered by globalization. In [...]
What does it meant to live a life queerly? How can we best understand the social mechanisms and relationships central to lives and communities that cross boundaries of sexuality and gender? This session hopes to [...]