SOCI 2250

Students explore the dynamics, structures, challenges, and definitions of families, children, childhood, and youth in the historical and contemporary Canadian context. The intersections of family, child, and youth experiences with factors such as gender and sexuality, racialization, and class inequalities are examined. Students analyze how social, economic, political, and cultural factors shape family life and politics, experiences, and intergenerational dynamics. Social movements around parenting, family status, decolonization of families, and child and youth rights are explored.