Families, Mobility, and Work

Acknowledgements

1. Families, Mobility, and Work: An Introduction | Barbara Neis, Christina Murray, and Nora Spinks

Part I: Diversity, Mobility, Work, and Families

2. Climbing the “Ladder of Success”: Family, Labour Mobility, and Anti-Black Racism in Twentieth-Century Montreal | Steven High

3. Ruminations on Ephemerality | Brenda Grzetic

4. “When You Got a Disability You Get Good at Networking”: An Interview about Work Mobility with a Disability and the Evolving “Family” That Supports It | Dana Howse and Mandy Penney

5. A Juggling Act: Mothering While FIFO | Griffin Kelly, Maria Fernanda Mosquera Garcia, and Sara Dorow

Part II: Rotational Work and Evolving Families

6. Coming Home | Kevin Ryan

7. From Toddlers to Teens — Examining Mobile Work and Its Impact on Family Evolution: Amber’s Story | Christina Murray, Hannah Skelding, and Sylvia Barton

8. Letters from Camp: Work, Family, and Time in the FIFO Regime | Sara Dorow and Sandrine Jean

9. Making It Work | Nicole Snow and Ian Fong

10. Employer Policies and Practices Regarding Mobile Workers and Their Families: Reactive and Proactive Strategies | Kara A. Arnold and Nora Spinks

Part III: Mobility and Multi-Generational Family and Community Relationships

11. “You Do It For Other People”: Social Reproduction Practices Outside the Home among Commuting Workers | Diane Royal

12. “Above Everything Else I Just Want To Be a Real Grandparent”: Examining the Experiences of Grandparents Supporting Families Impacted by Mobile Labour in Atlantic Canada | Christina Murray, Doug Lionais, and Maddie Gallant

13. A Hidden Chapter in Life We Did Not Expect or Foresee: Sharing the Stories of Grand-Families in Prince Edward Island | Don Avery and Gaby Novoa

14. Grandparents Are Special — A Tribute to Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren | Rolanda Pyle

15. Young People as Sources of Support and Community-Building in a Context of Mobile Work in Rural NL | Nicole Gerarda Power

16. Kin and Kilometres: Multi-Generational Family Relationships in Long-Distance Couples | Laura Tejada

Part IV: Marine and Coastal Work, Mobility, and Family-Making

17. Small Town Girl Working on Big Coast Guard Ships | Alexia Stasha Newson

18. Lightkeeping and Family-Making | Sharon R. Roseman

19. The Working Lives of Bay de Verde, Newfoundland | Andrew Lincoln and George Gmelch

20. “That’s Our Life”: Making Digital Stories with Mobile Worker Families | George Gmelch and Diane Royal

Part V: International Migration, Work, and Families

21. A Migrant’s Journey: From Fish Plant Worker to Registered Nurse | Marie Antoinette G. Pangan

22. Crossing Paths: Intersecting Mobilities | Catherine Bryan

23. “Family. Family. First of All Is Family”: Refugee Movements in Eastern Canada | Shiva Nourpanah and Pauline Gardiner Barber

Part VI: Mobility, Work, and Military Families

24. Staying Connected While Mommy or Daddy Is Away: Flat Dad, Flat Mum, and Flat Me | Colonel Russell Mann

25. Mobility-Related Health Care Disruptions for Military-Connected Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder | Ashley Williams, Garth Smith, Dawa Samdup, and Heidi Cramm

26. Motorcycling Together: Mitigating Military Exit | Karen Samuels

Part VII: Mobility, Work, Families, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

27. On the Move in the Midst of a Pandemic: Canada’s Essential Mobile Workers and Their Families | Barbara Neis, Kerri Neil, Katherine Lippel, and Lesley Butler

28. Walking the Empty City: Feminist Reflections on Life Suspended under COVID-19 | Deatra Walsh

29. Finding Connection in Online Spaces: Newfoundland and Labrador Families Separated by Work | Melissa Ralph

30. Conclusion | Barbara Neis, Christina Murray, and Nora Spinks