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FIRA News Releases

• CBC Documentary About Aboriginal Fathers Now Available Online
  The documentary Blind Spot - What Happened to Canada’s Aboriginal Fathers? aired on January 14, 2012 on CBC News Network.

• The African Fathers Initiative
  Zimbabwe-based organization devoted to father involvment, gender equity and children’s well-being.

• Canadian Doctoral Candidate Needs Dads for Survey
  PhD candidate Pierre Sevigny, of the University of Regina, is looking for Dads to complete a survey about parenting beliefs.

• Research confirms impact of fatherhood on men’s hormones
  A new study shows that fatherhood and infant care affect men’s level of testosterone

• What Works in Programs for Incarcerated Fathers?
  Researchers from Rutgers University have found modest, but promising signs of success for InsideOut Dad, an American program for imprisoned fathers.

• Practitioners Invited to Take Part in Project About Fathers and Attachment
  Dr. Richard Fletcher of the Australian Fatherhood Research Network needs input for a resource on how to talk to dads about bonding

• New Posters and DVD Celebrate Black Fathers!
  Toronto’s Macaulay Child Development Centre has developed new posters and a DVD which portray positive images of Black fathers.

• FIRA Research Report Now Available for Conference Packages
  Father Factors, makes a great value-added handout for conferences

• Work-life Integration. Increasingly Important for Men
  New study shows surprising similarity between men’s and women’s views on work-life integration.

• Sun Media article on Fathers’ Role in Mother Care
  FIRA’s John Hoffman and Andrea Doucet are quoted in a national news story on the importance of fathers

• FIRA’s New Research Report for Practitioners
  FIRA has released a new research report designed to help practitioners understand fathers and work with them more effectively.

• What Services Do Separated and Divorced Fathers Need?
  FIRA team members have developed a conceptual framework for orienting services to divorcing and separated fathers.

• Important New Work On Fathers and Mental Health
  Brenda LeFrançois, Associate Professor of Social Work at Memorial University, has published new scholarly articles about fathers and mental health.

• Fathers of teenagers sought for study
  A graduate student at the University of Ottawa is looking for fathers and mothers of teenagers to complete an online survey about parenting teens.

• Do You Have Canadian Fatherhood Resources Which Other Organizations Can Use?
  FIRA is looking for information on Canadian educational and social marketing tools for fathers and those who work with them.

• Exploring Fatherhood in Bangladesh
  FIRA’s Jessica Ball has co-authored a new article on fatherhood in Bangladesh, in the journal Childhood Education

• Brand New Canadian Website for New Dads
  The Father Involvement Initiative - Ontario has developed a website for new fathers with financial support from the Public Health Agency of Canada

• British Dads Facing Work-Life Challenges
  The work-family balances issuesof fathers are highlighted in two recent reports from the U.K.

• More Canadian Dads Working Part-time
  More Canadian fathers are working part-time hours according to new data from Statistics Canada.

• How Many Canadian Fathers Live Apart From Their Children?
  A new article from Statistics Canada provides new and interesting information about the living circumstances of Canada’s fathers.

• New Poster Celebrates Fatherhood Pride
  Celebrating All Fabulous Fathers is a new poster depicting gay, bi, trans and queer fathers and grandfathers with their children.

• Can Swedish Fathers “Have it All?”
  The NY Times published a very interesting article on paternity leave in Sweden.

• Do Competent Fathers Erode Mothers’ Feelings of Competence?
  Mothers who rate their husbands as competent and involved caregivers rate their own competence lower than mothers with less competent partners.

• Canadian Study on Men’s Experience of their Partner’s PPD Seeking Participants
  Canadian researchers would like to interview men who supported their partner through the experience of postpartum depression.

• Toronto-area Families Needed for Research
  The Milton and Ethel Harris Research Institute seeks families to participate in a research project focused on children’s emotional development.

• Tools for Working with Fathers
  Looking tools for working with fathers or promoting father involvement? Check out our education and social marketing resources.

• Shared Post-Divorce Parenting Still Uncommon After Australian Family Law Reforms
  A new report reveals mixed results from reforms to Australia’s family law system introduced in 2006.

• Fast Facts About Canadian Fathers
  Some Quick Father’s Day Facts About Canadian Dads

• New Canadian Paper on Fathers and the Child Welfare System
  Canadian research paper calls for changes in the way the child welfare system deals with fathers.

• Does Father Involvement Predict School Success?
  A new study about the link between father involvement and school achievement yields a finding that seems surprising on the surface.

• FIRA Documents Generativity in Young Fathers
  Analysis of data from all of FIRA’s research clusters shows that young fathers can display some of the generativity usually associated with older men.

• Australian Fatherhood Research Network
  Read about the Australian Fatherhood Research Network, based at the University of Newcastle.

• Groundbreaking Research Book from Quebec
  ProsPère, Quebec’s fatherhood research group has released a new book which chronicles 15 years of father involvement research and practice in Quebec.

• Think Fathers
  Think Fathers is a new campaign launched in the U.K. by the Department for Children, Schools and Families

• Resource for Working with Aboriginal Fathers
  Indigenous fathers tell their stories in new documentary DVD

• FIRA Policy Team Shares Knowledge
  FIRA’s Policy Reference Group sent copies of its report to many Canadian public agencies and held roundtables with policymakers in Toronto and Ottawa.

• More Canadian Dads Taking Parental Leave
  New Data from Statistics Canada shows that the number of Canadian fathers taking paid paternity leave increase more than sixfold between 2000 and 2006

• Giving a Voice to Young Dads
  FIRA’s Young Fathers Cluster produces a groundbreaking new documentary on DVD

• What Works in Fatherhood Programs?
  Ten promising practices in fatherhood programs along with findings about fatherhood programs which have been subject to evaluation.

• New Fathers Deal with Depression Too
  About ten percent of fathers experience post natal depression symptoms according to parent educator Carol Hauer, of Calgary’s Families Matter Society.

• Immigrant Men Learn How to Broaden Parental Role
  FIRA’s David Este and Ed Bader are quoted in a story by the Toronto Star’s Andrea Gordon about a parenting program for Muslim men.

• Does Fatherhood Raise Men’s Social Capital?
  Fatherhood can have a positive effect on men’s social networks according to research by FIRA’s Zenaida Ravanera.

• The Transition to Fatherhood Project
  Check out our new link to research products by a Cornell University-based fatherhood research group.

• FIRA Research Makes an Impact
  Prince George Citizen highlights Aboriginal fathers’ support group influenced by FIRA work.

• Do Men Mother?
  FIRA researcher Andrea Doucet’s new book is based on her groundbreaking qualitative study of primary caregiver fathers.

• Policies and Policy Areas Influencing Father Involvement
  A policy inventory was developed to complement the research and outreach activities currently being undertaken as part of FIRA project.

• Are Canadian Dads Pulling Their Weight at Home?
  Analysis of data from Canada’s General Social Survey about how much time Canadian fathers and mothers spend on child care and other domestic duties.

• The Principles of Father-Inclusive Practice
  The Engaging Fathers Project at the University of Newcastle, (Australia) has developed 9 principles to help organizations become more father-inclusive

• Father’s Day Media Release 2011
  Journalists and bloggers can find a wealth of interesting facts about fatherhood at www.fira.ca.

• In-Depth Academic Look at Young Fathers and Disadvantaged Young Men
  A special edition of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science examines issues facing young, disadvantaged fathers and men

• Andrea Doucet Named Canada Research Chair
  Andrea Doucet, co-leader of FIRA’s New Father’s cluster has been awarded a Canada Research Chair in Gender, Work and Care.

• How Well Does the Triple P Parenting program work for fathers?
  A new studies examines father’s participation and learning in the widely marketed Triple P Parenting Program