2005 Jill Vickers Prize

Winner: Paul Kershaw (University of British Columbia)

Carefair (2004 CPSA conference paper)

Excerpt from jury report:  In this paper, Dr. Kershaw brings together key themes from the literature on feminist citizenship theory, as well as the comparative literature on the welfare state and public policy. Starting from the premise that social institutions and policy need to induce more men to shoulder primary care work in addition to other citizenry obligations, he develops a policy reform he terms “carefair.” With specific reference to parental leave in Canada, he illustrates how this reform could be actualized.