What's new this week

Research, policy & practice

Child care at the crossroads (again)

Child Care Now via YouTube, 15 Sep 2021. Canada

Reality check - $10 a day child care plan or tax credit?

Child Care Now, 15 Sep 2021. Canada

An examination of the Conservative Party of Canada's proposed childcare refundable tax credit

Petit, G., Tedds, L. M., & Schirle, T., The School of Public Policy, 24 Aug 2021. Canada

Child care in the news

Child care is on the ballot, an issue that will make a tangible difference to Canadian families

17 Sep 2021. Canada

Little Talks, Big Ideas: Episode 2: New beginnings

Little Talks, Big Ideas Podcast via PodBean, 15 Sep 2021. Canada

Could the Conservatives' tax credit help create more child-care spaces?

CTV News, 15 Sep 2021. Canada

NEW CRRU blog post:

Conservatives go back to the future for child care proposals in this federal election

New CRRU publications

Risky business: Child care ownership in Canada past, present and future

This new comprehensive CRRU Occasional Paper is intended to inform public and policy debate around the issue of ownership and auspice in ELCC. (OP34, 30 Jun 2021)

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Struggles and sit-ins: The early years of Campus Community Co-operative Day Care Centre and child care in Canada. (OP33, 30 Jun 2021)
ECEC in Canada 2019: Summary and analysis of key findings (EN and FR, 15 Feb 2021)
Early childhood education and care in Canada 2019 (12th Edition, 17 Dec 2020)
Moving from private to public processes to create child care in Canada ( 6 Dec 2020)
Federal funding supporting Canadian early learning and child care advocacy, research and capacity building 1988 – 2007 (Occasional paper 32, 17 Nov 2020)
Canadian child care: Preliminary results from a national survey during the COVID-19 pandemic ( 2 Jul 2020)

weekly e-news

Button link to the ISSUE file: Child care in the federal election 2021

This ISSUE fie compiles key documents, responses, media and events related to child care in the federal election 2021.

ISSUE file: Building a Canada-wide early learning and child care system

This ISSUE file provides information about the federal Canada-wide developments and each province's/territory's agreement as announcements are made and policy and advocacy tools are developed.

Cover of 'Early childhood education and care in Canada 2019'

Access CRRU's signature publication — a comprehensive collection of cross-Canada, provincial/territorial and national longitudinal data from 1992 to the present.

Resources for building a system of early childhood education and child care for all Canadians