The Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) is a Canadian scholarly research and advocacy group for mothering-motherhood.
Background
MIRCI identifies its mandate as:The central activities carried out by MIRCI are published scholarly journals and works, and holding international conferences. Regular motherhood Conferences hosted by MIRCI are held in Canada and have also been held in many other locations across the globe including Ireland, Italy, Greece, Barbados, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and New York City in the USA. A sister organisation,
AMIRCI
The Australian Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (AMIRCI) is a national not-for-profit advocacy and research group (registered in the state of Queensland)Demeter Press
Demeter Press is a not-for-profit feminist academic publisher headquartered in Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2006 by Andrea O'Reilly, it focuses on the topic of motherhood and is partnered with the MIRCI, Motherhood Initiative for Research and Com ...
, which was also founded by
Andrea O'Reilly Andrea O'Reilly (born 1961) is a writer on women's issues and currently a Professor in the School of Women's Studies at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Career
O'Reilly founded the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) at York Un ...
.
History
Founded in 1998 by
Andrea O'Reilly Andrea O'Reilly (born 1961) is a writer on women's issues and currently a Professor in the School of Women's Studies at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Career
O'Reilly founded the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) at York Un ...
through
York University
York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...
, Toronto, MIRCI was initially called 'The Association for Research on Mothering' (ARM). In 2010, the name was changed to MIRCI. The Australian sister organisation, founded by Dr
Marie Porter
Marie Porter (born 4 November 1939) is a researcher, writer and advocate for the welfare of women and children. She founded the Australian Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (AMIRCI) in 2001. In her role as founder and ...
, was originally named ARM-A, and was also renamed to