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FIRA News Releases

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Call for Book Chapters
  Rich Furman, of University of Washington, Tacoma is seeking chapters for an upcoming book on innovative practice with men at risk.

• Call for Papers for Upcoming World Congress on Sociology
  Call for papers that address linages between men, work and parenting.

• Fathers With Babies Study Seeks Participants
  California-based psychologist Will Courtenay is conducting an online survey about the experience of fathers with babies.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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

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

• Jessica Ball Honoured by Colleagues
  FIRA’s Jessica Ball has been named Academic of the Year by BC’s Confederation of University Faculty Association.

• FIRA Policy Papers Now Available Online
  Three FIRA-commissioned policy papers on social inclusion, employment policies and child custody, are now available in our resources section.

• Comprehensive Men’s Directory Available for Download
  A new Men’s Directory has been published by the Men’s Studies Press.

• Conference Presentations Now Available Online
  Power point presentations from keynote addresses, workshops, panels and paper presentations have been uploaded to the resources section of our website

• Watch DOGS: An American Grassroots Father Involvement Success Story
  Profile of American network that encourages fathers to volunteer in their children’s schools.

• 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.

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

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

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

• Aboriginal Men Struggle to Define Themselves as Dads
  “The minute I knew I was going to be a dad, I just jumped up in the air,” recalls Mike Glendale, a 27-year-old father of two.

• Innovative Program for Fathers in Toronto’s Caribbean Community
  Fathers of Caribbean origin get More than a Haircut in an innovative parenting program offered by Toronto’s Macaulay Child Development Centre.

• Teaching Skills to First-time Fathers
  A recent study from Alberta tests the effectiveness of video-coaching as a way to teach skills to new 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.

• FIRA Becomes Partner in New Research Project
  FIRA has become a partner in a new ground-breaking study to investigate the relationship between partneral empathy and self-regulation in children.

• What’s Next for FIRA?
  A proposal to renew FIRA as a an organization focussing on father involvement related research and practice.

• 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