DAY 1: JUNE 17
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, INTRODUCTION & WELCOME
Andrea Doucet (Canada Research Chair and Professor, Brack University, Canada), Minister Karina Gould (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Canada) & Marie Gendron (CEO, Conseil de gestion de l'assurance parentale, Quebec)
SESSION 1: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | CARE/WORK POLICIES IN QUEBEC & CANADA
Child Care and Parental Leave in Quebec
Sophie Mathieu (Senior Program Special ist, Vanier Institute of the Family, Canada) & Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay (Professor, Universite Teluq, Canada)
Child Care and Parental Leave in Canada
Martha Friendly (Executive Director, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Canada) & Susan Prentice (Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada) Andrea Doucet (Canada Research Chair and Professor, Brack University, Canada) & Lindsey McKay (Assistant Teaching Professor, Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
SESSION 2: 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | NORDIC COUNTRIES
Division of work and care among parents in lceland in the 21st century
Asdis A. Arnalds (Director, University of lceland, lceland), Gudny Björk Eydal (University of lceland), & lngolfur V. Gislason (University of lceland)
Partial leave as a solution for work-family tensions in families with young children in Finland
Johanna Lammi-Taskula (Research Manager, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland), Anneli Miettinen (Senior Researcher, The Social lnsurance Institution of Finland, Finland) & Johanna Närvi (National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland)
SESSION 3: 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | CELEBRATINC OUR MEMBERS' BOOKS: A FOCUS ON QUEBEC AND AUSTRALIA
"Egalite, fecondite et maternite: Le soutien aux familles au Quebec" by Sophie Mathieu (Senior Program Specialist, Vanier Institute of the Family, Canada)
"At a Turning Point: Work, care and family policies in Australia" by Marian Baird (Professor, Sydney University, Australia)
SESSION 4: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | SOCIAL INCLUSION AND LEAVES ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE: WHO BENEFITS FROM PAID LEAVES?
High expectations: Paid parental leave changes in Australia
Marian Baird (Professor, Sydney University, Australia), Jenny Baxter (Australian Institute of Family Studies), Myra Hamilton (Associate Professor, The University of Sydney, Australia)
Effects of inclusiveness of parental leave scheme on work-life balance: Self-employed fathers in Japan in comparative perspective
Hideki Nakazato (Professor, Kanon University, Japan)
Social Policy for Optimists: the social sustainability perspective as applied to parental leave policies
Alison Koslowski (Professor, University College London, UK)
SESSION 5: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | GENDER EQUALITY AND LEAVES
Work Schedule of Female Employees and Leave Policies in Private Universities in Nigeria
Adeyinka Oladayo Bankole (Associate Professor, Bowen University, Nigeria)
Parental Leave and Gender Equality in Lithuania: towards a more equal uptake of parental leave among the parents in Lithuania?
Ruta Braziene (Associate Professor, Vilnius University, Lithuania) & Sonata Vysniauskiene (Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Lithuania)
Changes in the gendered use of parental leave compared with other care leaves across the life course in Belgium: similarities or differences?
Bernard Fusulier (Professor, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) & Laurene Thil (Senior Research Associate, HIVA-KU Leuven)
DAY 2: JUNE 18
SESSION 6: 10:00 AM - 11:10 AM | REMOTE SESSION 1: LEAVE POLICIES AND CENDER EQUALITY: CASE STUDIES FROM EUROPE
Care Credits in pension schemes: comparing EU Member States in the context of the EU Work-Life Balance Directive
David Natali (Associate Professor, University of Bologna, ltaly), Barbara Janta (Principal Consultant, Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd, UK), & Slavina Spasova (Senior Researcher, European Social Observatory, Belgium)
No Backlash? Gender equality in lceland
lngolfur V. Gislason (Professor, University of lceland, lceland) & Asdis A. Arnalds (Director, University of lceland, lceland)
Empirical evidence on shared parental leave in Austria: Pathways for shared parenting?
Gerlinde Mauerer (Senior Researcher, University of Vienna, Austria)
Matthew and Matilda effects of gender-neutral parenting leave designs at birth
Anna Escobedo (Professor, University of Barcelona, Spain)
SESSION 7: 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM | REMOTE SESSION 2: LEAVE POLICIES IN EUROPE: METHDOLOCICAL, THEORETICAL, CONCEPTUAL AND/OR POLICY DESIGN ISSUES
Gender, generations, and Parental Leave Schemes in Romania
Raluca Popescu (Professor, University of Bucharest, Romania)
Conceptual and methodological challenges in comparing work-care policies
lvana Dobrotic (Associate Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Online Mapping Tool for analysing leave policy development
Gerardo Meil (Professor, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain) & Pedro Romero-Balsas (Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain)
Supporting fatherhood: An analysis with the FamILens® model
Sara Mazzucchelli (Professor, Catholic University of Milan, ltaly), Dino Giovannini (Professor, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, ltaly), Tindara Addabbo (Professor, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Valentina Cardinali (National Institute for the Analysis of Public Policies, ltaly)
What Do We Measure When We Measure Fathers' Leave Take-up?
Merve Uzunalioglu (University of Oxford) & Youngcho Lee (London School of Economics and Political Science)
SESSION 8: 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | GENDER EQUALITY AND LEAVES
Fathers' intentions and use of paternity leave in the Netherlands
Onur Sahin (Postdoctoral Researcher, Utrecht University, Netherlands), Mara A. Yerkes (Full Professor, Utrecht University, Netherlands), Lianne Aarntzen (Postdoctoral Researcher, Utrecht University, Netherlands), Chantal Remery (Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, Netherlands), Belle Derks (Professor, Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Paternity Leave-Taking and U.S. Fathers' Participation in Housework
Richard J. Petts (Professor, Ball State University, USA), Daniel L. Carlson (Professor, The University of Utah, USA), & Chris Knoester (Professor, The Ohio State University, USA)