Media
Opinion: It's important to have a mandate, to make your dying wishes known
Montreal Gazette, May 21, 2016Online
The other day I asked my 95-year-old father whether he had made any plans for the future...
Trends in Disordered Eating by Sexual Orientation in Western Canada
Published by Journal of Adolescent Health
2014 Health disparities between sexual minority (SM) adolescents and heterosexual adolescents have been identified for risky behaviors such as substance use and risky sexual practice. Yet, few studies have looked at disordered eating (eg, binge-eating and self- ...
URL: http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(13)00660-5/abstract
Canada's Patchwork Policy: Family Policy in the Canadian Context
Published by Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe
2014 Contemporary Canadian society reflects the same demographic trends found in other western countries: families are smaller, older, and more diverse than ever before. Canada has had family policies since Confederation in 1867, yet it does not have a ...
URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-6771-7_23
Canada's Same-Sex Marriage Law: Exception to or Exemplar of Canada's Family Policy?
Published by Journal of Child and Family Studies
2012 Family policy in Canada is primarily concerned with assisting parents raise their children. This fairly singular approach to family policy is ironic given that Canada does not have a nationally-coordinated family policy. The development of a national family policy ...
URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-011-9479-7
Biography
Dr. Rose has been a full time faculty member at Concordia since 2003. Prior to coming to Concordia, she taught in the Department of Human Development at Washington State University. In addition to teaching at the university level, Dr. Rose has taught in the public school system in British Columbia. She is also a Certified Family Life Educator. As a researcher, her interests lie in child development--primarily in gender development and sexual identity development--with a current focus on sexually-confused youth. She also has a strong theoretical bent, and she is currently developing a metatheoretical approach to feminist and family theories with implications for family scholars and practitioners alike.