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Themed Section on ‘gender and im(mobilities)’

Fragile synchronicities: diverse, disruptive and constraining rhythms of employment-related geographical mobility, paid and unpaid work in the Canadian context

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Pages 1175-1192 | Received 16 Mar 2017, Accepted 15 Mar 2018, Published online: 27 Oct 2018

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