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Arlene McLaren
Arlene McLaren is Professor Emerita in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University. She is co-editor (with Jim Conley) of Car Troubles: Critical Studies of Automobility and Auto-Mobility (Ashgate) and co-author (with Sylvia Parusel) of several articles on automobility and its impact on families published in Canadian Review of Sociology, Canadian Journal of Sociology, World Transport Policy and Practice, Mobilities and Gender, Place & Culture.
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Parents want to reduce their car use, so let’s invest in transit, walking and cycling infrastructure
There’s a popular belief that parents chauffeur their young children everywhere. And certainly parents have many reasons for preferring cars over other modes of transportation:…
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Moving Beyond the Car
Families and Transportation in Vancouver, BC Download 526.15 KB 36 pages The Metro Vancouver transportation and transit plebiscite has brought transportation to the forefront of…
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From Support to Isolation
The High Cost of BC’s Declining Home Support Services Download 397.23 KB56 pages Attachments Summary: From Support to Isolation: The High Cost of BC’s Declining…
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What’s wrong with traditional schools?
For some, things just seemed better in previous times. Teachers stood in front of the class and taught. Students sat in rows and were polite…
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