B r i g i t t e   K i t c h e n
B.A. (S. Fraser), M.S.W. (Br. Col.), Ph.D. (Lond.)
Professor Emeritus

Kinsmen Building
416-736-2100 x-66324
bkitchen@yorku.ca

Research Interests:

Social and family policy, feminist studies, poverty, income maintenance programmes and advocacy.

Chapters in Books:

2001 - "Poverty and Declining Standards of Living", in Canadian Social Welfare, edited by Joanne and Frank Turner, Toronto: Allyn and Bacon.

1999 - "A choice of futures for Canada's children", Christa Freiler and Brigitte Kitchen in Critical Choices, Turbulent Times, Volume II. edited by Frank Tester and Robert Case. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.

1998 - "The Attack on Motherwork in Ontario", with Rosemarie Popham, in Confronting the Cuts: A Sourcebook for Women in Ontario. Edited by Luciana Ricciutelli, June Larkin and Eimear O'Neil. Toronto: Inanna Publications and Education Inc.

1997 - "The Common Sense Assault on Family Life", in Open for Business-Closed to People: Mike Harris's Ontario. Edited by Diana Ralph, A. Regimbald and Neree St-Amand. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.

1995 - "Social Economic Problems: The Economic Deterioration of Family Living Standards in the last Decade", in Canadian Social Welfare III, edited by Joanne and Frank Turner, Toronto: Allyn and Bacon.

1995 - "The Case for Distributive Justice for Children", S. Scarth, B. Wharf and E. Tyrwhitt, Eds. Child Welfare League of America, Journal of Policy, Practice, and Program Vol. LXXIV, No. 3: Special Issue: Changing the Child Welfare Agenda: Contributions from Canada.

1995 - "Scaled Social Benefits: Are they a Step up from Universality?" in Warm Hearts, Cold Country: Fiscal and Social Policy Reform in Canada. Daniel Drache and Andrew Ranachan, Eds., Ottawa: Caledon Institute of Social Policy and Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, October.

Papers Read:

1998 - Ajax-Pickering, Child Poverty Symposium, "The Responsibility of Governments towards the material security of children," Ajax, April.

1997 - South Etobicoke Community Legal Services, Guest Speaker at Annual General Meeting; "What effect will the new Social Assistance Reform Act have on Child Poverty in Ontario", October.

1997 - Etobicoke Social Development Council, Guest Speaker at Annual Meeting; "What is Child Poverty and what can we do about it?" Etobicoke, April.

1996 - Conseil québécois de développement social en collaboration avec Front Cummun des personnes assistées sociales, et Coalition pour las Survie des programmes sociaux. Round table on Workfare with Ives Vaillancourt, Université du Québec à Montréal, Claudette Champagne, Front Commun, Jaxques Fournier, and CLSC. Centre St. Pierre, Montreal, November.

1995 - "Les politiques sociales: evolution et enjeux pour les femmes," Government du Quebec, Conseil du statut de la femme: Femme en Marche vers l'an 2000: Faire Des Politiques Sociales Un Tremplin, Montreal, May, à Montreal.