Our Research

The Purge: LGBT Soldiers and Their Partners

The Purge: LGBT Soldiers and Their Partners

Between 1997 and 2010, we conducted a longitudinal project investigating the experiences of lesbian and gay military members and their partners. Little was known about their stories and experiences, and this research begins to fill this gap in the literature.

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Ageing in Rural New Brunswick

Ageing in Rural New Brunswick

The purpose of our study was to examine the care from the perspective of the people receiving it. In this case, we interviewed elderly individuals living in rural New Brunswick. We talked to people from: Cap Pelé, Clair, Connors, Minto, Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, and Stanley, to name a few.

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Life Stories of 90+ Elders

Life Stories of 90+ Elders

Many believe that soon, we will face serious issues regarding health and care of an aging population (Brink, 2004). In the Canadian population, baby-boomers represent the largest cohort (Statistics Canada, 2007a) and life expectancy has increased.

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Women Firefighters

Women Firefighters

Women constitute a small portion of all the firefighters (approximately 4.4%) in Canada. This is the case whether they are volunteer or career firefighters. Research documenting the unique perspective of this minority of Canadian firefighters is nearly absent in the literature.

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Informal Caregivers

Informal Caregivers

The purpose of this research is to examine the experiences of informal caregivers in New Brunswick with a view to contributing to the scholarship in the critical social sciences, and to providing evidence-based recommendations for policy and practice in the province.

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Eastern Métis Identity

Eastern Métis Identity

The histories and identities of Métis are not uniform across Canada (Green, 2011; Rivard, 2017; White & Dyck, 2013), and the histories of the western Métis have been better documented (Andersen, 2014; Friesen & Friesen, 2004; McLean, 1987; Osborne, 2002) than that of the eastern Métis.

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