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1. Balancing acts: : Unpacking mothers’ experiences and meanings of school lunch packing

   19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

   By Seri Niimi-Burch, Jennifer Black

   While Canadian policy makers are considering expanding school food programs in Canada, parents remain primarily responsible for packing lunches. Although women perform disproportionate amounts of...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7728/?v=1

2. Unmasking Motherhood: Journeys of Self-Discovery in Mary Melfi’s Italy Revisited: Conversations with My Mother and Genni Gunn’s Tracing Iris

   23 Oct 2026 | Article | Contributor(s):

   By Laura Rorato

   This paper will explore how the quest for the mother (whether the missing one of Gunn’s novel or the living one of Melfi’s memoir) leads the protagonists of both books to rediscover their mother...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/4620/?v=1