The Population Change and Lifecourse Cluster (PCLC) participated In the Second PWFC Symposium held at Château Cartier in Gatineau, Quebec on December 7-8, 20006. Several of the fifty-two participating professors, researchers, and students affiliated with the Population Change and Public Policy Cluster (PCPP) and the Lifecourse Cluster (LC) (now merged as one cluster, PCLC) contributed to the Symposium's theme of Social Development and Economic Outcomes by presenting papers in various sessions.

• Plenary Session: Links Between Social Policy and Economic Outcomes
  • “Social Policy and the Well-being of Young Families”
    (Presentation in French)
    Evelyne Lapierre Adamcyk, Université de Montréal and PCPP
  • “Social Investment, the Life-Course and the Competitiveness of Societies”
    Paul Bernard, Université de Montréal and LC
  • Roderic Beaujot, University of Western Ontario and PCPP introduced John Myles, guest speaker, who talked on "Precarious Families and Income Inequality".
     
• Spotlight on cluster research:
  Immigration and Earnings
  • “The Effect of Immigration on Nonimmigrant Wage Levels and Immigrant-
    Nonimmigrant Wage Differences in Canadian Metropolitan Labour Markets”
    Richard Wanner, University of Calgary and PCPP

  Social Participation

  • “The Timing of Women’s Returns to Work: Changes and Implications for
    Social Participation”
    Stéphanie Gaudet, University of Ottawa and LC
    Martin Cooke, University of Waterloo and LC and PCPP

  Children, Families and Upward Mobility

  • “Family Change and Children’s Behaviour”
    Zheng Wu, University of Victoria and PCPP
  • “Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the Ontario Child Health Study”
    Martin Dooley, McMaster University and PCPP and CLSRN
  • “Long-term Health and Social Consequences of a Guaranteed Annual Income”
    Evelyn L. Forget, University of Manitoba and LC

  Integration Experiences

  • “The Sources of Differentiation in the Immigrant Housing Market: Insights
    from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada”
    Michael Haan, University of Alberta and PCPP
  • “Disadvantaged Ethno-Racial Groups in Toronto”
    Michael Ornstein, York University and LC

  Skills and Work

  • “Links Between Knowledge and Work and Appropriateness of Education”
    (Presentation in French)
    Jake Murdoch, Université de Montréal and LC
  • “Career Trajectories in Informational Technology Employment”
    Julie McMullin, Director, Workforce Aging in the New Economy Project and PCLC

  Care for an Aging Population

  • "Approaches to Improving Projection Models of Chronic Home Care Needs for
    Elderly Canadians”
    Janice Keefe, Mount St. Vincent University and PCPP
    Jacques Légaré, Université de Montréal and PCPP
  • “Life-Course Issues in Paid and Unpaid Work in Families: The Case of Care to
    Frail Seniors”
    Norah Keating, Donna Dosman, Janet Fast, University of Alberta and LC
     
• Susan McDaniel, University of Windsor and LC, PCPP chaired the Plenary Session on "Social Institutions and Economic Performance"
• Jacques Légaré, Université de Montréal and PCPP made Commentaries on the session "Revealing the Research Gaps"

Several members presented their research in Poster Sessions.