Families, mobility, and work / edited by Barbara Neis, Christina Murray and Nora Spinks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Neis, Barbara, 1952- editor.

Murray, Christina, editor.

Spinks, Nora, editor.

Series:

Social and economic papers ; 40.

Social and economic papers ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families.

Families--Canada.

Labor mobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador : Memorial University Press, [2022]

Summary:

An engaging and expansive collection exploring the intersection between family lives and work-related mobility.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Halftitle Page

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

1. Families, Mobility, and Work: An Introduction

Part I: Diversity, Mobility, Work, and Families

2. Climbing the "Ladder of Success": Family, Labour Mobility, and Anti-Black Racism in Twentieth-Century Montreal

3. Ruminations on Ephemerality

4. "When You Got a Disability You Get Good at Networking": An Interview about Work Mobility with a Disability and the Evolving "Family" That Supports It

5. A Juggling Act: Mothering While FIFO

Part II: Rotational Work and Evolving Families

6. Coming Home

7. From Toddlers to Teens - Examining Mobile Work and Its Impact on Family Evolution: Amber's Story

8. Letters from Camp: Work, Family, and Time in a FIFO Regime

9. Making It Work

10. Employer Policies and Practices Regarding Mobile Workers and Their Families: Reactive and Proactive Strategies

Part III: Mobility and Multi-Generational Family andCommunity Relationships

11. "You Do It For Other People": Social Reproduction Practices Outside the Home among Commuting Workers

12. "Above Everything Else I Just Want To Be a Real Grandparent": Examining the Experiences of Grandparents Supporting Families Impacted by Mobile Labour in Atlantic Canada

13. A Hidden Chapter in Life We Did Not Expect or Foresee: Sharing the Stories of Grand-Families in Prince Edward Island

14. Grandparents Are Special - A Tribute to Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren

15. Young People as Sources of Support and Community-Building in a Context of Mobile Work in Rural NL

16. Kin and Kilometres: Multi-Generational Family Relationships in Long-Distance Couples

Part IV: Marine and Coastal Work, Mobility, and Family-Making

17. Small Town Girl Working on Big Coast Guard Ships

18. Lightkeeping and Family-Making.

19. The Working Lives of Bay de Verde, Newfoundland

20. "That's Our Life": Making Digital Stories with Mobile Worker Families

Part V: International Migration, Work, and Families

21. A Migrant's Journey: From Fish Plant Worker to Registered Nurse

22. Crossing Paths: Intersecting Mobilities

23. "Family. Family. First of All Is Family": Refugee Movements in Eastern Canada

Part VI: Mobility, Work, and Military Families

24. Staying Connected While Mommy or Daddy Is Away: Flat Dad, Flat Mum, and Flat Me

25. Mobility-Related Health Care-Disruptions for Military-Connected Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

26. Motorcycling Together: Mitigating Military Exit

Part VII: Mobility, Work, Families, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

27. On the Move in the Midst of a Pandemic: Canada's Essential Mobile Workers and Their Families

28. Walking the Empty City: Feminist Reflections on Life Suspended under COVID-19

29. Finding Connection in Online Spaces: Newfoundland and Labrador Families Separated by Work

30. Conclusion

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Neis, Barbara Families, Mobility, and Work

ISBN:

9781990445071

1990445071

9781990445064

1990445063

OCLC:

1371756542