Explores the vision and aspirations of elite Chinese women – home economists – who believed that the birth of modern China should begin in the home.

A unique examination of how age and gender inform the workplace and its culture in the new knowledge-based economy.

This volume addresses the theoretical and practical relationships among the feminization of migrant labour, the ethics of care, and social policy in the new global economy.

Researchers from multiple disciplines discuss the potential and the challenges of feminist community research.

Focusing on the Supreme Court of Canada, Craig attempts to overcome the constraints of theoretical frameworks and disciplinary boundaries by pursuing a more inclusive theory of law and sexuality.

This book examines the explosive growth of the CIO in Canada during the Second World War, showing how cultural as well as economic forces were at work in the gritty work of union organizing.

This book analyzes the representation of women in elected and appointed office in Canada to explain why gender parity remains elusive.

This book explores the casting of China’s earliest female Olympians as celebrities within the context of a national crisis, born of internal conflicts and external attack by Japan.

An examination of the gender differences in media coverage of politicians in Canada, and the barriers this poses to gender equality in political representation.

An investigation into the experiences of Filipino women in Canada’s Prairie provinces, which reveals much about their understanding of transnational identities, feminism, migration, diaspora, and the rubric of multiculturalism.