children

I was on the National Task Group that studied and wrote and distributed to every pastoral charge in Canada.- Honouring a Place For All. Hard to believe that 20 years has gone by. the report was finished in 1997.One of the components was "The State of Canada's Children" in the section Into The...

Historical and recent birth trends The period from the end of the Second World War to the mid-1960s witnessed a dramatic increase in the fertility rates, the result of which was the baby boom phenomenon. In 1947, when the TFR was 3.6 children per woman—the highest rate since 1921 5 —the number...

Well, as discussed in Room for All a couple times, I'm about to see my boy off to university this coming Autumn. He has decided on University of Ottawa and has officially accepted their admission and residence offers. That means he'll be moving about a six hour drive away from us (and he has...