Governments must not allow children and families to bear the brunt of austerity cuts that will only create bigger problems in the long run. Children and families must be kept high on the agenda.
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The Childcare Resource and Research Unit is an early childhood education and child care (ECEC) policy research institute with a mandate to further ECEC policy and programs in Canada.
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Background information and facts about public child care in Peel Region
24 Jan 2012 |
Ontario
Collection of documents includes fact sheet about public child care in Peel Region, Peel's child care service plan for 2010-2011, and documents supporting the recommendation to regional coucnil to close all public child care centres in Peel.
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy (Volume 5)
23 Jan 2012 |
International
Fifth volume of the international journal from the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education available online; covers various ECEC policy issues by experts from around the world.
Pay matters: The positive economic impacts of paid family leave for families, businesses and the public
23 Jan 2012 |
United States
Report from the Rutgers Center for Women and Work argues that "if paid leave policies have the potential to protect women's and men's wages and long‐term earnings, and perhaps even to reduce the use of state‐ and federally‐funded public assistance, then any political or economic investment in such policies would be - quite literally - worth the cost."
Policies to assist parents with young children
23 Jan 2012 |
United States
Article by Christopher Ruhm compares parental leave and ECEC policies in the United States, Canada, and several European nations; argues that "Canada falls in the middle in generosity" for parental leave and benefits.
'Promising practices' of early childhood education principles for immigrant and refugee children in British Columbia
23 Jan 2012 |
British Columbia
Report provides "an overview of programs and services for newcomer children aged 0-12 years" and "explores the unique approaches that managers, coordinators and educators working with immigrant and refugee children take to achieve their programmatic goals."
Child care in the news
- Child care issue put off: Region calls for task force 27 Jan 2012 | Ontario
- Parent pleas persuade Peel council to keep daycares open 27 Jan 2012 | Ontario
- Rae tries to shore up support for NDP-turned-Liberal MP St-Denis 26 Jan 2012 | Canada
- Parents take concerns to board: Bypass roundtable discussions for answers about board-run care 26 Jan 2012 | Ontario
- Peel Region rushing daycare closings, parents say 26 Jan 2012 | Ontario
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