About ‘More Resources’
Here you can find external resources related to, or expanding on, the material presented in this chapter. Currently included are links to websites, links to online video clips, and suggested readings that you can find in your school or local library. If you would like access to the password-protected video library that accompanies the text, your professor can give you the username, password, and URL needed (and if your professor is not sure how to access the video library, he or she can contact an Oxford University Press sales representative for details).
Website links
Canadian Association for Adolescent Health (CAAH)
Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG/ACG)
Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP)
The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY)
Multimedia links
A TVO ‘Your Voice’ episode about private funding in public schools, and the resulting inequalities:
http://tvoparents.tvo.org/video/171944/private-money-public-schools
CBC DocZone documentary on the role that a federal education strategy can have on youth joblessness:
Readings: Schools and Formal Education
Aries, P. (1962 [1960]). Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life. Robert Baldick (trans.). New York, NY: Knopf.
This is a classic work about the social construction of age periods, such as childhood. It examines the history of how Western society “invented” the concept of childhood with the advent of education and other social changes.
Chappell, N., and M. Hollander. (2013). Aging in Canada. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.
This book tackles the aging of the Canadian population by exploring myriad issues brought on by what has been termed the “grey tsunami.” The authors examine health, healthcare needs, and the perception that Canada is in the midst of a healthcare crisis, which will only get worse as the population continues to age. Current and comprehensive research is brought together to demonstrate that imaginative solutions to healthcare and aging are needed for the future, with suggestions for how these may be attainable.
Cole, J., & Durham, D. (eds.) (2007). Generations and Globalization: Youth, Age, and Family in the New World Economy. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
This collection of anthropological studies argues that societal conceptions of childhood, youth, adulthood, and old age will shift as the world continues to globalize, transitioning to a global economy and an international flow of information. Issues that are explored include changing generational family dynamics and the ways that globalization, despite being a macrophenomenon, shapes and informs our most intimate relations. It also explores the notion that globalization is shaped and transformed by family life around the planet.
Mitchell, B.A. (2012). Family Matters: An Introduction to Family Sociology in Canada (2nd ed.). Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars Press Inc.
This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of many issues surrounding family life in Canada. Theoretical, cross-cultural, and methodological issues are discussed, along with an exploration of the impacts of such things on families as aging, divorce, health issues, family violence, poverty, and social policy changes. Mitchell brings up these issues as she brings the reader through the family life course of dating, marrying, having children, and so on.
Smith, S.R., & Hamon, R.R. (2012). Exploring Family Theories (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press Inc.
This book provides a comprehensive exploration of ten theories relevant to family life. Included are sociological theories such as conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and feminist theory, along with other theories of family life such as human ecological theory, systems theory, and development theory. The authors provide the history and main tenets of each theory, a critique, an application, and then expose the reader to a sample article demonstrating how the theory has been used in contemporary family research.
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