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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Early childhood development activities and expenditures: Government of Canada report 2002-2003

Government of Canada, Social Union website, 5 Dec 2003. Canada

Paul Martin's economic record: Living standards of working families and prospects for future prosperity

Jackson, Andrew, Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives, 10 Dec 2003. Canada

Well-being of Canada's young children 2003

Government of Canada, Social Union website, 5 Dec 2003. Canada

Help or hindrance: A policy review of early childhood education and care in rural Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Rural Voices, Rural Voices, 1 Nov 2003. Canada, Saskatchewan

Will the Prime Minister displace the finance minister? Paul Martin's social policy for a 'new era'

Jenson, Jane, Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1 Dec 2003. Canada

Head Start: Better data and processes needed to monitor underenrollment

U. S. General Accounting Office (GAO), U. S. General Accounting Office (GAO), 4 Dec 2003. United States

Children are everybody's business

Maxwell, Judith, Canadian Policy Research Networks, 7 Oct 2003. Canada, British Columbia

Do child care characteristics influence continued childbearing in Sweden?

Andersson, Gunnar; Duvander, Ann-Zofie and Hank, Karsten, Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 1 May 2003. Europe

States' efforts in improving the qualifications of early care and education teachers

Ackerman, Debra, National Institute for Early Education Research (Rutgers University), 27 Jan 2003. United States

Honouring our promises: Meeting the challenge to end child and family poverty

Campaign 2000, Campaign 2000, 24 Nov 2003. Canada

Millions milked in child care industry

Business Resources Whitepapers (BRW), Volume 25, No. 44, 13 November 2003, 17 Nov 2003. Australia and New Zealand

Babies and bosses: Reconciling work and family life (Volume 2): Austria, Ireland and Japan

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 4 Nov 2003. Asia, Europe

Meeting the child care challenge: Daycare Trust conference presentations

Daycare Trust, Daycare Trust, 11 Nov 2003. Europe

Child care forum

Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC & BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC & BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), 6 Nov 2003. Canada, British Columbia

The effects of universal pre-k in Oklahoma: Research highlights and policy implications

Gormley Jr., William and Phillips, Deborah, Center for Research on Children in the United States, 28 Oct 2003. United States

Turnover begets turnover: An examination of job and occupational instability among child care center staff

Whitebook, Marcy and Sakai, Laura, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of Berkley, 1 Nov 2003. United States

Head Start: Increased percentage of teachers nationwide have required degrees, but better information on classroom teachers’ qualifications needed

U.S. General Accounting Office, U.S. General Accounting Office, 7 Oct 2003. United States

Early education quality: Higher teacher qualifications for better learning environments - A review of the literature

Whitebook, Marcy, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley, 1 Jan 2003. United States

Personal security index 2003: A reflection of how Canadians feel five years later

Tsoukalis, Spyridoula and MacKenzie, Andrew, Canadian Council on Social Development, 3 Nov 2003. Canada

Child care subsidies promote mothers' employment

Henry, Colleen; Werschkul, Misha and Rao, Manita, Institute for Women's Policy Research, 1 Oct 2003. United States

Diversity or disparity? Early childhood education and care in Canada

Campaign 2000, Community Indicators Project, Campaign 2000, 27 Oct 2003. Canada

Every child learns, every child succeeds

Alberta's Commission on Learning, Alberta's Commission on Learning, 7 Oct 2003.

Strengthening families in America's cities: Early childhood development

Katz, Cheryl; Hoene, Christopher and Nicole, Dylan, National League of Cities, 23 Oct 2003. United States

Women power and politics

Heinek, Kira, Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, 16 Oct 2003. Canada

Living beyond the edge: The impact of trends in non-standard work on single/lone-parent mothers

Stephenson, Marylee and Emery, Ruth, Government of Canada, 16 Oct 2003. Canada