MIRCI and Demeter Press in the News
Mega conference tackles motherhood issues, struggles, changes, June 19, 2013
Bringing baby to work: Kids in workplace spark debate, National Post, March 7, 2012
The Richer Sex, Macleans, March 12, 2012
Don’t call me ‘mom’ (unless you’re my kid), The Globe and Mail, Katrina Onstad, January 2012
The Mother of All Presses, Cahoots Magazine
Maven of motherhood research wins Sarah Shorten Award, YFile, January 27, 2011
York Professor Receives National Award, CAUT Bulletin, January 2011
Feminomics: calculating the value of 'women's work', Toronto Star, October 30, 2010
New Directions in Motherhood Studies, Signs, Vol. 36, No. 4, Summer 2011
From Roman times to today, covered in one mother of a book, YFile, June 2, 2010
The Woman Who Put Mothering Studies On The Map, Citynews.ca, May 7, 2010
The Growing Motherhood Movement: When Parents Get Political, Citynews.ca, May 7, 2010
What motherhood means and why it matters, Parentcentral.ca, May 5, 2010
Blog Posts Featuring MIRCI/Demeter Press:
Matricentic Feminism: Feminism That Prioritizes The Needs Of Mothers, mommyish.com, June 2011
Raising My Boychick
Conference on Motherhood Activism, Advocacy, Agency: Day One
Further conference thoughts, and some Big Questions
PhD In Parenting
Motherhood Activism, Advocacy, Agency
Are you too invested in parenting highs?
Recent media coverage regarding the closing of ARM:
Save First Int’l Feminist Org for Moms!, Ms. Blog, March 7, 2010
CBC radio covered the story on their hourly news show on March 5th, 2010.
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/775217--mothering-research-centre-to-close
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/newsfeatures/article/775217--mothering-research-centre-to-close
http://www.picklemethis.com/2010/03/03/the-association-for-research-on-mothering-and-me/
http://www.parentopia.net/blog/2010/03/association-for-research-on-mothering.html
http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/03/02/a-day-in-the-life-of-marginalizing-fringe-groups-in-canada/
http://plainsfeminist.blogspot.com/2010/03/closure-of-association-for-research-on.html
Report on the Fall 2009 MotherWorld conference.
Mothering & Poverty theme of latest issue of motherhood journal, YFile, February 4, 2010
New book revisits maternal thinking as a concept, YFile, January 18, 2010
Mommyblogging is a way for moms to share the good, bad and ugly, YFile, October 26, 2009
U50 conference to look at mothering and the environment, YFile, October 15, 2009
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Mothers Gone Mad conference YouTube Video
Mothers Gone Mad conference in New York looks at oppression and resistance, YFile, April 15, 2009
International Mothers Network holds virtual launch, YFile, March 5, 2009
Upcoming book will explore Sarah Palin's impact on women and mothering, YFile, November 25, 2008
Prof. Andrea O'Reilly looks at how feminists are challenging motherhood norms, YFile, November 21, 2008
York's Association for Research on Mothering speaker series on tonight, YFile, November 18, 2008
International Mothers Network springs from York's ARM conference, YFile, November 17, 2008
ARM Conference coverage on Mamapalooza and YouTube
ARM hosts first summit on international motherhood movement, YFile, October 20, 2008
Motherhood conference tackles militarism and violence, YFile, October 15, 2008
Oft-published professor rides Third Wave with first book, ETSUJournalist.com, October 15, 2008
A Motherhood Movement for the 21st Century by Joy Rose, Women's Media Center, October 14, 2008
York prof receives a Lillian Robinson scholarship, YFile, September 25, 2008
Demeter Press & ARM Review, Cahoots Magazine, June 2008
Empowered mothers change the world, Times & Transcript, May 8, 2008
Pilot projects geared to 'demonized' young moms, The North York Mirror, May 8, 2008
Motherhood comes naturally, mothering doesn’t, The Chronicle Herald, May 7, 2008
Demeter Press launches collection of poems about motherhood and mothering, Y-File, Nov 9, 2007
“The motherlode: an interdisciplinary mothering conference” Oct 25/06, Yfile
“Hit the Motherlode,” Oct 2006, The Toronto Star / Blogs. Because I Said So
"Doting or hip, mothers face tough expectations", Oct.28/06, National Post
“When Bad is Hip: Thoughts from The Motherlode Conference,” Nov 14, 2006, Blogher.org
“The ARM conference, part one,” Nov 2006, Mothershock.com
Notes from the Motherlode conference, Nov 06, Mothers Movement Online
“Mothers on stilts and then some,” Oct 30, 2006, Been There
Mother Outlaws group discussion, June 2006, Feminist Moms blogspot
Looking at mothers on the margins of society, Ylife-October 11, 2005
“York hosts first international conference on caregiving,” York Media, May 5, 2006
‘Fierce Mother’ vs. global injustice, Nov 23, 2003, Catholic New Times
Christine Peets Mothers and Sons, Reprinted from ARM Journal Volume 2, Number 1 “Mothers and Sons” with generous permission from Christine Peets and Herizons Magazine (www.herizons.ca)
*An edited version of this article first appeared in Herizons, Summer 1999 issue.
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