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Research Clusters

Beginning from the margins, our research is focused on five intersecting research clusters, with each cluster exploring complex themes and the ways they influence work, family, and well-being in all their diverse forms. When we look at the research within and across each cluster and beyond, we explore the effects on diverse families and individual well-being, changes in work and livelihoods, factors that shape work and family relationships, needed policy changes, and community actions. 

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“All My Relations” Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Explore relationships between living environments and well-being.

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Disabilities, Access, and
Inclusion

Learn about issues at the intersection of disability and livelihoods.

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Displacements, Emergence, and Change

Explore how communities respond to social and political challenges.

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Reimagining Care

Consider family, livelihoods, and living environments through feminist, anti-oppressive, and other critical perspectives.

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Sexual and Gender Diversity

Discover how sexual and gender diversity impact livelihoods.

Photo credit for Disabilities, Access, and Inclusion Research Cluster: marcokalmann, Creative Commons, some rights reserved.