Online Document Catalogue: Research, policy and practice

Research, policy and practice materials include scholarly research, policy studies, briefs, government, advocacy and NGO reports. This list is sorted by most recently added entries to the Catalogue, to the oldest.

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Developing programmes to promote ethnic diversity in early childhood: Lessons from Northern Ireland

Connolly, Paul, Bernard van Leer Foundation, 8 Apr 2009. Europe

She works hard for the money: Australian women and the gender divide

AMP and the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NCSEM), 6 Apr 2009. Australia and New Zealand

Four early childhood development centres selected

The State of Preschool 2008

Barnett, Steven, Epstein, Dale J., Friedman, Allison H., Stevenson Boyd, Judi, Hustedt, Jason, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), 8 Apr 2009.

Reassembling the child care business

Brennan, Deborah, Inside Story, Current affairs and culture, 19 Nov 2008. Australia and New Zealand

Right of Quebec’s home-based childcare workers to unionize restored

Lancaster House, 7 Apr 2009.

The real child-care challenge

Prentice, Susan, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office, 23 Jan 2009.

Connecting neurons, concepts, and people

Thompson, Ross A., National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), 1 Dec 2008.

Child well-being and sole parent family structure in the OECD: An analysis

Chapple, Simon, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, 26 Feb 2009.

The supporting employers in early childhood education and care (ECEC) project: Preliminary findings

Malatest, R.A., Child Care Human Resources Sector Council, 27 Mar 2009.

Four early childhood development centres selected

Government of New Brunswick, Government of New Brunswick, 13 Mar 2009. New Brunswick

Parental care of children: Family leave policy and the regulation of working time

Gornick, Janet & Meyers, Marcia, 9 Jun 2002. United States

We won’t go backwards

Ontario Coalition For Better Child Care (OCBCC), Marketwire, 23 Mar 2009.

Discourses on quality care: the Investigating ‘Quality’ project and the Canadian experience

Pence, Alan and Pacini-Ketchabaw Veronica, Unit for Child Care Research and Professional Development, 1 Jan 2008.

Child care in Quebec

Kohen, Dafna, Dahinten, V.Susan, Hertzman, Clyde, Canadian Journal of Public Health, 99(6):451-5, 1 Nov 2008.

Earnings of women with and without children

Zhang, Xuelin, Statistics Canada, 23 Mar 2009.

Childcare in America: Parents’ perspectives

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), 17 Mar 2009.

Global employment trends for women

International Labour Organization, International Labour Organization, 5 Mar 2009.

CUPE: Ontario budget, economic stimulus must include dollars for child care

Canadian Union for Public Employees, Marketwire, 17 Mar 2009.

Full-day kindergarten offsets negative effects of poverty on state tests

Schroeder, Janice, European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 15(3):427-439, 1 Sep 2007.

Not in the public interest: Private development and other entrepreneurial child care schemes

Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC), Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada, 26 Feb 2009. Canada

Good childcare, healthy childcare

Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 11 Mar 2009.

Childcare services in Europe

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Eurofound, 6 Mar 2009. Europe

Hand in hand- How the province and municipalities can create the best early learning and child care service system in Ontario

Ontario Municipal Social Services Association (OMSSA), OMSSA, 1 Mar 2009. Ontario

Early years- How do they do it in Sweden?

Teachers.TV, 18 Sep 2006. Europe