ContributorsPrefacePart One: Conceptualizing Families, Past and Present1. Patrizia Albanese: Introduction to Diversity in Canada's Families: Variation in Forms, Definitions, and Theories2. Cynthia Comacchio: Canada's Families: Historical and Contemporary Variations3. Doreen M. Fumia: Same-Sex Marriage in CanadaPart Two: The Life Course4. Melanie Heath: Intimacy, Commitment, and Family Formation5. Amber Gazso: Parenting Young Children: Decisions and Realities6. Craig McKie: Separation and Divorce: Fragmentation and Renewal of Families7.

Karen M. Kobayashi and Anne Martin-Matthews: Families in Middle and Later Life: Patterns and Dynamics of Living Longer, Aging TogetherPart Three: Family Issues8. Deborah K. van den Hoonaard: Marriage and Death Rituals9. Andrea Doucet: Paid and Unpaid Work: Connecting Households, Workplaces, State Polices, and Communities10. Don Kerr and Joseph H. Michalski: Family Poverty in Canada: Correlates, Coping Strategies, and Consequences11. A.

Madibbo and J. S. Frideres: The Settlement of Refugee Families in Canada: Pre-migration and Post-migration Trajectories and Location in Canadian Society NEW12. Vanessa Watts: Indigenous Families NEW13. Michelle Owen: Lack of Support: Canadian Families and DisabilitiesPart Four: Problems, Policies, and Predictions14. Catherine Holtmann: Violence in Families NEW15. Catherine Krull and Mushira Mohsin Khan: Investing in Families and Children: Family Policies in Canada16. Margrit Eichler: The Past of the Future and the Future of the FamilyGlossaryReferencesIndex.