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Journal of Marriage and Family
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1741-3737
This is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles on the sociology of families. It is a valuable resource for students doing research on this topic.
Statistics Canada
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/start
Statistics Canada includes numerous reports on the family structure in Canada, general differences in paid and unpaid work, and how men and women’s household labour has changed over time. For example, see Family matters: Splitting household tasks. Who does what? https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-627-m/11-627-m2020016-eng.htm
All the Time in the World
http://allthetimeintheworld.ca/
This documentary is about a family of five that moved one hundred and fifty kilometres into the Yukon wilderness and lived for nine months without running water, electricity or digital technologies. The documentary provokes thought on the relationship between family solidarity and technology.
Adoptive Families Association of BC
https://www.bcadoption.com/documentaries
The website of the Adoptive Families Association of BC includes information about adoptive families as well as documentaries about the challenges and experiences of parents who have created families through adoption.
Albanese, P. (2018). Canadian Families Today, 4e. Oxford University Press Canada. Don Mills, Ontario
http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780199025763.html
This addresses changing definitions of family in Canada, family dynamics, and challenges of contemporary families in Canada. The book is in its fourth edition and is a great resource for students interested in the sociology of families in the Canadian context.
Rental family service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rental_family_service
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/japans-rent-a-family-industry
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2017/11/paying-for-fake-friends-and-family/545060/
Japan has a number of businesses which provide actors to stand-in for family members and friends, in contexts such as weddings, or to act as friends, for a fee, giving rise to questions of closeness, authenticity, and how family roles/functions are fulfilled.
Birth of a family
https://www.nfb.ca/film/birth_of_a_family/
This film documents three siblings who had been separated during the Sixties Scoop. After living with their adopted families, they are reunited for the first time, producing new families ties through shared history.