Pat Armstrong

Researcher

York University

Pat Armstrong is a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Sociology at York University and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Previously, she has held a Canada Health Services Research Foundation/Canadian Institute of Health Research Chair in Health Services. Focusing on the fields of social policy, women, work and the health and social services, she has published widely, co-authoring and co-editing such books as Wash, Wear and Care: Clothes and Laundry in Nursing Homes and The Privatization of Care: The Case of Nursing Homes. Much of this work makes the relationship between paid and unpaid work central to the analysis.

Current Projects

Affiliated Outputs

Academic Books and Articles Academic Book

The Labour Crisis in Long-Term Care

28 November 2024

Academic Books and Articles Academic Book

Pat Armstrong’s Care Homes in A Turbulent Era calls for a Transformation in Care.

27 November 2024

Academic Books and Articles Academic Book

Unpaid Work in Nursing Homes: Flexible Boundaries

24 November 2024