The Family Dynamic: Canadian Perspectives, 8e

Now in its eighth edition, The Family Dynamic: Canadian Perspectives provides a comprehensive, down-to-earth overview of the constellations of family forms in Canada. This book’s intuitive life-cycle structure covers all major milestones of family building, life, and development while broadening students’ understanding of the pluralism of family forms in Canada, helping future human service workers, social workers, early childhood educators, child and youth care workers, and sociologists understand the wide range of family forms, issues, and experiences with which they will come into contact. With updated research, case studies, and new coverage of Indigenous perspectives on kinship and family throughout, The Family Dynamic text paints a vivid picture of family life in Canada, using clear, conversational language to capture students’ imaginations as they explore family forms beyond their own.