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Babies for the Nation

By Denyse Baillargeon
Translated by W. Donald Wilson
Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines, Translation, Medical, History, Canadian History, Social Science, Women’s Studies, Child Studies
Series: Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada

Described by some as a “necropolis for babies,” the province of Quebec in the early twentieth century recorded infant mortality rates, particularly among French-speaking Catholics, that were among ...

Children in English-Canadian Society

By Cynthia R. Comacchio & Neil Sutherland
Subjects: History, Canadian History, Social Science, Child Studies
Series: Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada

“So often a long-awaited book is disappointing. Happily such is not the case with Sutherland’s masterpiece.” Robert M. Stamp, University of Calgary, in The Canadian Historical Review
“Sutherland’s ...

Cold War Comforts

By Tarah Brookfield
Subjects: History, Canadian History, Social Science, Child Studies, Women’s Studies
Series: Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada

Cold War Comforts examines Canadian women’s efforts to protect children’s health and safety between the dropping of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945 and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. ...

Ontario Boys

By Christopher J. Greig
Subjects: Social Science, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Child Studies, History, Canadian History
Series: Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada

Ontario Boys explores the preoccupation with boyhood in Ontario during the immediate postwar period, 1945–1960. It argues that a traditional version of boyhood was being rejuvenated in response to a ...

The One Best Way?

By Aleck Ostry & Tasnim Nathoo
Subjects: Social Science, Women’s Studies, History, Canadian History, Child Studies, Medical, Public Health, History Of Medicine
Series: Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada

In recent years, breastfeeding has been prominently in the public eye in relation to debates on issues ranging from parental leave policies, work−family balance, public decency, the safety of our food ...