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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Child care services: Key to balancing family policy

Anderson, Lynell, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), 22 Jan 2009.

There are alternatives! Markets and democratic experimentalism in early childhood education

Moss, Peter, Bernard van Leer Foundation, Working Papers No.53, 27 Aug 2009. Europe

Early childhood education and care in Canada 2008

Beach, Jane; Friendly, Martha; Ferns, Carolyn; Prabhu, Nina & Forer, Barry, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 15 Sep 2009.

30 quick facts about Canadian ECEC: Trends & Analysis 2008

Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 15 Sep 2009.

ECE Affinity Group: Something to share

Association of Canadian Community Colleges & Child Care Human Resources Sector Council, Child Care Human Resources Sector Council, 1 Sep 2009.

BC budget update response

Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, 31 Aug 2009. British Columbia

Women’s poverty and the recession

Townson, Monica, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 1 Sep 2009.

Toronto First Duty Phase 2, 2006-2008: Final research report

Corter, Carl, Pelletier, Janette, Janmohamed, Zeenat, Bertrand, Jane, Arimura, Tomoko, Patel, Sejal, Mir, Saba, Wilton, Adam, & Brown, Danielle, City of Toronto, 1 Jun 2009. Ontario

Disability and inclusion: Changing attitudes-changing policy

Mayer, Debra, Specialink, 1 Jun 2009.

Unanticipated gains: Origins of network inequality in everyday life

Luis Small, Mario, The University of Chicago, 25 Aug 2009.

Delegates approve campaign to keep teachers in classrooms

Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, CNW TELBEC, 19 Aug 2009.

Full-day learning is not full-day kindergarten

Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario (AECEO), AECEO, 20 Aug 2009.

Politicians slammed by leading childcare expert

Sulieman, Cara, Deadline press & picture agency, 24 Aug 2009. Europe

Can you feel a colour?

Jensen, Claus, Produced by CAT Productions for the European Commission, 24 Sep 2009. Europe

Child care by design

Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Canada

Issues in education for children three to eight in six countries

Clifford, Richard M. and Crawford, Gisele M., First School, FPG Child Development Institute, 1 Jul 2009.

Family work patterns

LaRochelle-Cote, Sebastien and Dionne, Claude, Statistics Canada, 1 Aug 2009.

The hidden impact of the global financial crisis

Richardson, David, The Australia Institute, 23 Aug 2009. Australia and New Zealand

Does preschool education policy impact infant/toddler care?

Ackerman, Debra & Barnett, Steven, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), 1 Mar 2009.

AMO delegates support call for Federal child care funding

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), CNW Group, 17 Aug 2009.

A qualitative study of early childhood educator’s beliefs about key preschool classroom experiences

Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz, Fuligni, Allison, Daugherty, Lindsay, Howes, Carollee and Karoly, Lynn, Early Childhood Research and Practice 11(1), Spring 2009, 1 May 2009.

Early care and education quality and child outcomes

Burchinal, Peg, Kainz, Kirsten, Cai, Karen, Tout, Kathryn, Zaslow, Martha, Martinez-Beck, Ivelisse, Rathgeb, Colleen, Child Trends, Research-to-Policy brief #1, 1 May 2009.

About Canada: Childcare

Friendly, Martha & Prentice, Susan, Fernwood Publishing, 30 May 2009. Canada

Disparities in early learning and development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study- Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)

Halle, Tamara, Forry, Nicole, Hair, Elizabeth, Perper, Kate, Wandner, Laura, Wessel, Julia, & Vick, Jessica, Child Trends, 1 Jun 2009.

Social and emotional development in early childhood: What every policymaker should know

Cooper, Janice, Masi, Rachel, & Vick, Jessica, National Center for Children in Poverty, 1 Aug 2009.