A Struggle to Remember

A Struggle to Remember (2012)

November 13th, 20120h 21min

Documentary
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The video documentary "A Struggle to Remember: Fighting for Our Families" puts faces and narratives to the story of the struggle for family leave in Canada. The 20-minute film shows how it became accepted that women be able to return to their jobs after maternity leave and how men and women gained real and enforceable work-life balance provisions.


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