Description:
Transition is a magazine for and about Canada's families. Published quarterly by The Vanier Institute of the Family since 1970, Transition is widely read and well-respected by policy-makers, researchers, educators, students, journalists, family-service workers, doctors, lawyers, parents, and many others interested in family issues.
In this issue:
- The Risks and Realities of Recovery
by Jenni Tipper and Roger Sauve ... p.1
"This article presents a synthesis of the findings from the larger report and highlights a core set of indicators -- employment, wages, savings, spending, and household debt -- that speak directly to the varied impact that the recession has had on families at the household level."
- The "Great Recession", Families and Social Reproduction
by Kate Bezanson ... p.6
"This article sketches how families were faring before the great recession hit.... It draws the contours of what will be described as a 'neoliberal market logic' that brought us to our stormy present and argues that we must expand our thinking about what economic recovery will look like in Canada."
- Communities in Crisis
by Canadian Labour Congress, Communities in Crisis Research Team ... p.10
"The Canadian Labour Congress set out this past summer to listen to the powerful voices of workers in communities across the country as they explained what was taking place. This article provides an overview of what we heard."