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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Public policy and early childhood systems in Europe: 6 challenges for the coming years

Bennett, John, Universitetet i Stavanger, 3 Sep 2008. Europe

Enhancing a sense of belonging in the early years

Various, Bernard van Leer Foundation, 1 Dec 2008.

The new federal Liberal leader on early childhood education and care

Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 17 Dec 2008. Canada

Open letter to The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada; Michael Ignatieff, Leader of The Opposition; and Jack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party

various, 14 Dec 2008. Canada

Expanding early childhood education and care programming: Highlights of a literature review, and public policy implications for British Columbia

Goelman, Hillel; Anderson, Lynell; Kershaw, Paul & Mort, Janet, Human Early Learning Partnership, 1 Nov 2008. Canada, British Columbia

The impact of global migration on the education of young children

Adams, Leah D., United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), 1 Apr 2008.

Opposition parties respond to UNICEF report card

Oliviachow.ca; Liberal.ca, 10 Dec 2008. International

UNICEF Canada calls for measurable standards, guidelines, appropriate funding for child care, and solutions by 2009

UNICEF Canada, UNICEF Canada, 11 Dec 2008. Canada

Benchmarks for early childhood services in OECD countries

Bennett, John, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 1 Oct 2008. Canada

Aiming high: A professional workforce for the early years

Various, Children in Scotland, 1 Nov 2008. Australia and New Zealand, Europe

Greater trouble in greater Toronto: Child poverty in the GTA

Children's Aid Society of Toronto, Peel Children's Aid Society , 2 Dec 2008. Ontario

Breaking the cycle: Ontario's poverty reduction strategy

Government of Ontario, Government of Ontario, 4 Dec 2008. Ontario

Welfare Incomes, 2006 and 2007

National Council of Welfare, 10 Dec 2008. Canada

Why Canada can't work without good child care: How early childhood education and care supports the economy

Friendly, Martha, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 3 Dec 2008.

The forgotten fundamentals

Battle, K., Torjman, S., Mendelson, M., The Caledon Institute of Social Policy, 2 Dec 2008. Canada

Let's put a national child care strategy back on the agenda

Grenier, Danielle and Leduc, Denis, Canadian Paediatric Society, 1 Dec 2008. Canada

Making the road as we go: Parents and professional partners managing diversity in early childhood education

de Graaff, Fuusje and van Keulen, Anke, Bernard van Leer Foundation, 27 Nov 2008. Europe

Well beings: A guide to health in child care

Grenier, Danielle, and Leduc, Denis, Caring for Kids, 1 Oct 2008. Canada

Center ratios and group sizes: Charting progress for babies in child care research-based rationale

Schumacher, Rachel, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), 1 Aug 2008. United States

A living wage for Toronto

Mackenzie, Hugh and Stanford, Jim, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 18 Nov 2008. Ontario

The global gender gap report 2008

Hausmann, Ricardo, Tyson, Laura and Zahidi, Saadi, World Economic Forum, 31 Oct 2008. Canada

Speech from the Throne to open the 40th Parliament

Government of Canada, Government of Canada, 19 Nov 2008.

Family security in insecure times: The case for a poverty reduction strategy in Canada

Campaign 2000, Campaign 2000, 21 Nov 2008. Canada, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia

From vision to action: Early childhood education and care in 2020

Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 19 Nov 2008. Canada

Factors of risk, vulnerability and school readiness among preschoolers: Evidence from Quebec

Japel, Christa, Institute for Research on Public Policy, 13 Nov 2008. Canada, Quebec