Abstract
This paper reviews the effect that economic change has had on the Canadian family structure as a unit. This paper also discusses the influence that the sexual revolution had on this issue which lead to more women starting to work outside of the family home.

From the Paper
"Since the 1960s, a change has been occurring in the structure of the family in Canada. This change began with a rising divorce rate in conjunction with economic change when "increased work responsibility of women also tended to bring about changes in the structure of the family" (Vago, 1989, p. 132). Causative and contributing variables have operated in a complex interaction. An escalation in divorce rates, for example, had its origins in other changes such as the sexual revolution and the large-scale entry of women into the workforce."

Tags:family, change, variables

Abstract
This paper explains that the condominium market is one aspect of the speculative real estate market that has contributed greatly to the bubble-like behavior of the recent housing boom. The author points out that the condominium component of the housing industry is particularly important to the mortgage loan industry and typifies the significant symbiosis that exists between the housing and the mortgage finance industry. The paper stresses that condominium developers may have a cost advantage in a significantly depressed market because single-family unit developers are unable to account for land costs across a greater number of housing units as condominium developers are able to do. The paper includes graphs.

Table of Contents:
Overview
Economics of Supply and Demand
The Price Impact on Homes
The Mortgage Loan Industry
Effect on Housing Market

From the Paper
"Among the artificial forces that affect supply and demand, the first may be a private enterprise's mandate to lower the number of vacant, month-to-month temporary units by a fixed percentage point in order to control demographic development. This is not a market force but an operating decision to increase revenue on existing units on the part of a given company specializing in housing products; either single units or condominiums. To accomplish this objective a company needs to artificially manipulate equilibrium within the market."

Tags:demand, single-family, speculative, revenue, multi-family

Abstract
The paper relates that the family as a unit is not a static social unit but rather a dynamic group of individuals who interact with each other in dyads that involve the parents, the parent and child and siblings. The paper explains that conflicts are an inevitable part of these relationships and peak during adolescence, when their reasoning faculties become more formal and start to doubt the infallibility of parents and older siblings. However, the paper shows how conflict resolution can be achieved by ensuring that both parties reach a "win-win" compromise by different methods of negotiation utilized in different social scenarios outside of the family unit.

Tags:family, conflict, resolution

Abstract
This paper presents an overview of the fundamental importance placed on the family unit in Pakistan. According to the paper, family life is important in Pakistan with the basic unit being the immediate family that may consist of parents, grandparents, siblings and other relatives. In Pakistan, the family is important. The paper further states that when studying family life in Pakistan, it is important to consider the marriage ceremony, the treatment of women in the past and present, and the family unit.

From the Paper
"Families are considered important in Pakistan. Often the family consists of parents, grandparents, siblings, and other relatives. The importance of the family life is seen in how the biradari celebrate different life events including births, deaths, and major holidays. Marriages are arranged in Pakistan. Sons are considered important because sons will often take care of mother when she becomes elderly. When studying family life in Pakistan, it is important to consider the marriage ceremony, the treatment of women in the past and present, and the family unit. Family Life in Pakistan..."

Tags:families, pakistan, marriage

Abstract
This paper examines how the family is a basic unit of society and is usually regarded not only as indispensable but as the key element in socialization processes and in the perpetuation of societal values. It looks at how the family has been the basic unit of society from ancient times to the present and how although different cultures may view the family and certain kinship in a differing light, the basic family unit is a near-universal social reality, with the nuclear family of parents and children a norm understood by virtually everyone. It evaluates the changing status of the family over the years and analyzes how the nuclear family seems to be disappearing in a world where divorce and unwed motherhood are occurring at high rates.

From the Paper
"Many who feel family values are being lost are indeed making a value judgment on the new notion of the family. They see the traditional nuclear family as "the" family and any variation on that as a challenge to family values, thus excluding what Rubin would include--single-parent households, gay and lesbian households, couples without children, people who have children and live together without ever marrying, and members of divorced families, remarried families, blended families, and extended families (Rubin 19). Clearly, one reason people believe family values are disappearing is because they have a narrow definition of what constitutes a family and its values in the first place."

Tags:divorce, unwed, motherhood, children, household

Abstract
This paper discusses the importance and the set up of the family unit in Pakistan. It discusses the role of the biradari within the family and looks at the way that marriages are arranged and celebrated. It then considers the importance of sons within the family unit and describes the treatment of women in Pakistani families in the past and during the present times.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
The Role of Families in Pakistan
Marriage in Pakistan
Treatment of Women in Pakistan

From the Paper
"The role of the family is important in Pakistan because it is the basic organization in Pakistan. Families often consist of grandparents, parents, siblings, and other relatives who all live in one house with the focus on the male kin or biradari (Pakistan Tradition Kinship 2006). The importance of the family life is seen in how the biradari celebrate different life events including births, deaths, and major holidays. The importance of the biradari cannot be understated because it offers poor family members loans and even provides a dowry for poorer families (Pakistan Traditional Kinship 2006). When parents cannot provide for the family, often the biradari steps in to help different parts of the family. In Pakistan, the elderly are respected and children are considered gifts from God (Family Life 2006). This is especially true of male children. Sons are considered important because they will provide for their mothers, while females are considered a liability and their innocence must be protected (Pakistan Traditional Kinship 2006). When studying the country of Pakistan, it is important to consider the role of marriage and its value to the people."

Tags:biradari, kinship, purdah, dowry

Abstract
This paper discusses one of the most controversial and compelling legal issues in Canadian society today, spousal abuse and domestic violence. The paper goes on to discuss that while one may note the strong legal prohibitions against this form of violence in Canada today, a closer examination of the relationship between this social problem and the law reveals this approach to be fundamentally simplistic. This essay then argues, that the legal prohibition of spousal abuse and domestic violence has long been honoured more in the breach than the observance given the existence of profound cultural and social boundaries demarcating the family unit from legal intervention.

Tags:law, canada, domestic

Abstract
This paper reviews and analyzes Margaret Atwood's book, "Surfacing" from the broader point of view of Canadian nationalism. It pays special attention to her powerful environmental and feminist themes, along with the personal rage evident when conflicting family and relationship dynamics come into play. The paper also discusses the pessimistic feelings many Canadians have toward the U.S. in particular and Western attitudes in general.

Table of Contents:
Thesis Statement
Introduction - How Canadians View themselves and the United States
Surfacing - Looking Closely at the Novel's Feminism, Nationalism & Guilt
A Closer Glance at Atwood, Feminism and Sex in the Novel
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Yes, "America" is a dirty word in this novel - and in real time, America is an intrusive, smothering influence on the Canadian culture - but beyond Canadian nationalism and the feminine and ecological themes, there is a power in this novel that transcends characters, themes, settings and conflicts. Human frailty and societal greed play a part here too thanks to the power of Atwood's writing skills. Atwood's protagonist / narrator is possibly a metaphor for what has happened to Atwood's beloved homeland; but the narrator is also very human, and very angry not just at her father's disappearance but at the fact that she believed her first lover when he said there haven't been any important women artists, and so she gave up her design work for him. Canada, too, gave up something (its virgin wilderness and innocence at least in part) because a new suitor (European colonialists) came along."

Tags:nationalism, Western, influence

Abstract
In this article, the writer stresses two main concepts of Roman Catholic (RC) education in enhanced values education. The writer explains that these are less individualism in that the family remains the foremost unit of RC vision of society, and second, the pivotal role played by RC education in Canada towards improving the adjustment of new Canadians. The writer makes reference to OCCB 1989 pastoral letter and a response to criticisms of new conservatism in the RC church in a reminder of how this has always promised a reaction in social activism, rejected legalism and direct faith.

From the Paper
"If one has experience of both secular and parochial schools and universities, one comes to appreciate the extra dimension that parochial schools do offer to children. Also, the Roman Catholic vision of the family of whatever description, as the basic unit of society, is tremendously helpful to young people as a way in which to examine their own lives, those of people they encounter, and what might prove helpful to the communities they will know over the life course. Serving in a Roman Catholic school board, in this light, offers the opportunity to encourage thoughtfulness on social issues that are now most important to the greater ..."

Tags:education, values, purpose