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BARRY The results of a new survey undertaken by a non-profit Montreal group dedicated to supporting fathers and their families suggest that parents are finding it increasingly difficult to reconcile their available time between family, work and school, while employers are doing relatively little to help solve the dilemma. A growing concern According to Mohammed Barhone, execu- tive-director of Repère, conciliation of family, work and studies is an issue which has stirred up quite a bit of interest over the past decade, and numerous surveys have been undertaken in Quebec to find solutions. The goal of the study undertaken by Repère was to potentially identify elements which might encourage conciliation between family, work and studies. Among other things, the study’s authors hoped to shed light on how to work towards encouraging parents to fulfill their commitments to their families, raise awareness of the family/work/studies conciliation issue, while contributing to the promotion of paternal commitment. Constraints on parents The results of the survey, which were revealed during a press conference held at the Centre Communautaire Ahuntsic on March 7, suggest Yannick Fouda, a researcher who conducted the Repère survey, explains the results to community leaders during a press conference that parents of both sexes are concerned on a held at the Centre Communautaire Ahuntsic on March 7. daily basis about the time constraints placed on them as they struggle to raise children while interview with Newsfirst Multimedia. “The ness-raising campaign will be conducted by Work/family conflicts holding down a job or completing academic preoccupation is even more outstanding in the Repère, mainly among fathers who use the “Among employers we are seeing more and studies. context of the vulnerability that is often linked services of Repère, in conjunction with the more often where the conciliation of work and As a result, Repère is calling upon govern- to conflicts over separation. group’s community partners and employers family is regarded as a taboo,” she said. “For ment officials, among others, to take measures “Thus the idea came to us to conduct a in the greater Montreal region. As well, the men, they can’t just leave work at 4 pm to go that encourage conciliation between family, study in order to better understand the reality results will be shared with other organizations and pick up their child. In workplaces where work and school, while taking additional meas- of conciliation on the terrain and to identify and gatherings will be organized to try to find there are women, it’s perhaps easier. ures that allow families to grow and contribute solutions for the problems brought out by the potentially the elements that might limit or “All the same, we can see that society is evolv- to a stronger and more socially stable society. survey’s results. favour a better equilibrium between family, ing, and in a good way, and that this is going work and studies.” Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough Mayor Émilie to help dads as much as moms since it is the Understanding the issue Thuillier, who arrived late for the gathering children who will benefit from the presence of “In the course of its mission, Repère has Raising awareness because of a family/work scheduling conflict, their parents and from quality moms and dads.” become aware that several of its users have Barhone said that following the release of the suggested the issue is one that is affecting a preoccupation linked to the conciliation of survey’s findings, an exploration and aware- women and men equally, while noting that a family, work and studies,” Barhone said in an lot of work remains to be done. 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The professor sorts out highly-educated segments, professional segments students according to categories, using criteria of and powerful segments: wealthy women, wealthy suffering and victimhood. people of colour, and wealthy gays and lesbians; In this social justice vision, black and Indigenous highly-educated women and people of colour; Alcide Borik women are the most oppressed, then white women, professional women and people of colour; and then black and Indigenous men, then finally the women and people of colour who hold elected privileged white males. offices and high appointed offices. A professor then favours the most oppressed, The idea that all women, all gays and lesbians, LE CROYEZ-VOUS? calling first on black and Indigenous women to and all people of colour occupy the same position answer questions, then white women, then black in society, as victims, is far from supported by the Il y a un peu plus de quarante ans, un chiavel prônant que la fin justifie les and Indigenous men, while ignoring white men. evidence. It’s even more ludicrous to imply that all athlète de l’Union Soviétique s’était fait moyens. Ils imposent à notre humanité In this way, each professor does their part in people in each of the categories – women, gays and prendre pour avoir utilisé un fleuret et à notre civilisation des principes qui correcting the world’s injustice. people of colour – are all the same. Social justice warriors argue that only minorities Social justice suggests victim status is a virtue. truqué lui permettant de tricher aux érigent en système le cynisme des dic- have rights, because minorities are victims. The Conversely, it identifies ‘oppressors’ as morally Jeux Olympiques de Montréal. tateurs et oligarchies de notre monde majority no longer has any rights, because it’s the inferior.