There is a vast literature on the dynamics linking equality and inequality in Canada. The articles and books listed in the four subject areas below are works we have found useful in researching this question. Further suggestions are welcome. Each section starts with titles considered to be classics in the field, so if you only have time to read one or two pieces we recommend you start there.
- What is this site about?
- Case studies
- First takes
- Aboriginal issues
- Aboriginal vs non-Aboriginal spousal abuse
- A cemetery or a pinegrove?
- Inequalities of Status and the Indian Act
- Innu facing deep-seated problems
- Mental Illness
- Mi’kmaq Treaty Rights
- The Donald Marshall Case.
- Missing and murdered women
- Métis path to equality
- Legal mistreatment
- Parks Canada vs Aboriginal Peoples
- Regaining Status
- Residential Schools
- Restorative Justice
- Violence against Aboriginal women
- The targeted audience: Aboriginal women and children
- Disabilities
- Gender at home and in society
- Child abuse: A gendered inequality
- Effect of family violence on children
- Honour is no excuse
- Male victims of domestic violence
- Rape: Where the blame lies.
- Violence: Is enough being done?
- Married Women in Post-War Canada
- Married women’s double lives
- Female Offenders
- Paid less for being better educated?
- Sexual Assault on Campuses
- Slutwalk: Challenging myths
- Unpaid household chores
- Why so few women in politics?
- Women in Sports
- Immigration in Canada
- Inequality of Class in Canada
- Anti-scab legislation – is it time?
- Canso: A historic fishing village’s struggle for workers’ rights
- Conflicting interests: a Newfoundland case study
- Decline of middle income earners
- Drugs of choice?
- Family background and post-secondary education
- Hockey: A level playing field?
- Inequality in Canadian Schools
- Is education still the great leveller?
- Low-income’s effects on children
- Middle Income Canadians and the Court System
- Polishing the Ivory Tower
- The Truth About Homelessness
- Racism in Canada
- Women and work
- Child care costs a social barrier
- Gender discrimination in the work force
- Gender inequality in the boardroom
- Gender wage gap in Canada
- Making sense of cents
- In Combat
- In skilled trades
- Occupational segregation
- Risk factors for falling below the poverty line
- Wage inequality
- Wartime work and demobilisation
- Women’s wages in post-war Canada
- Women and the managerial hierarchy
- Aboriginal issues
- Churchill Park
- Resources
- Community accounts
Students exploring inequality in Canada 