This study explored the lived experiences of camp wives, with children less than five years of age, from the northwestern British Columbian communities of Hazelton, Smithers, and Terrace. The women’s domestic partners work away in resource extraction labour camps for a minimum two week period. The purpose of this study centred on exploring the everyday lived experiences of the women as they are affected by their partners’ work and furlough schedule in order to bring to the fore the under-acknowledged and under-studied context of life for northern BC women. A qualitative research approach, interpretative phenomenological analysis, explored the commonalities and variances of their subjective experiences. ...
