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Call for Papers! Sexuality Studies Association

The Sexuality Studies Association is welcoming proposals for the annual meeting, to be held June 2-4, 2019 at the University of British Columbia, in conjuction with the Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities. Proposals for work in English or French, from any disciplinary are welcome. Presentations can be in a variety of formats including papers, panels, workshops, roundtables, film, performance art pieces, among others. 

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Calling Participants! Relationship Crafting: A qualitative investigation of the relationship strategies used by working women

Do you find yourself balancing work and personal life? Have you ever felt that you had to choose one over the other?

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Calling all employers, managers, executive directors, HR specialists, and other professionals supporting employees!

Do you have experience supporting (or trying to support) employees who live with episodic disabilities (EDs; conditions that are characterized by periods of good health interrupted by periods of illness or disability)? If so, we are requesting 15 minutes of your time to complete an online survey regarding your experiences with accommodating EDs in the workplace. Your responses will be used to help us develop information and resources to support employers to retain and support employees with episodic health conditions while meeting business/service objectives. 

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Not all Parents Benefit from Canada’s Parental Leave Program

TVO's current affairs blog recently addressed the disparities in income support for new parents in Canada. As the blog notes, historically Canada has compared favourably to "its OECD peers when it comes to parental leave," and in December 2017, the Canadian government further expanded its parental leave program. The new policy extends benefits from 12 months of partially paid leave to 18. The amount of the benefit remains unchanged, but what has changed is that parents can now stretch the same amount over 18 months.

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Deborah Stienstra to Serve on the Guelph Accessibility Advisory Committee

The City of Guelph has recently appointed Deborah Stienstra to serve on its Accessibility Advisory Committee for 2018. The Commitee provides vision and direction to staff and Council regarding the removal of barriers that exist within Municipal services, practices and programs. 

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