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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Open letter to federal/provincial/territorial ministers with primary responsibility for early learning and child care (ELCC)

Glesbrecht, D. , Canadian Child Care Federation, 12 Jul 2022. Canada

The relationship between child-centered teaching attitudes in child care centers and the socio-emotional development of Japanese toddlers

Nakamichi, K., Takahashi, M., Sunagami, F., & Iwata, M. , Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28 Dec 2021. Asia

Headed up, but still behind: Child care coverage rates in Alberta’s top ten largest cities, 2016 – 2021

Buschmann, R., Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Child Care, 27 Jun 2022. Alberta

Open letter to federal/provincial/territorial ministers with primary responsibility for

Ballantyne, M., Child Care Now, 11 Jul 2022. Canada

Who takes care of the children? Albanian migrant parents’ strategies for combining work and childcare in Greece

Xhaho, A., Bailey, A., & Çaro, E., Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 9 Mar 2022. Europe

Structural challenges and inequities in operating urban Indigenous early learning and child care programs in British Columbia

Gerlach, Alison & Gulamhusein, Shemine & Varley, Leslie, & Perron, Magnolia, MacEwan University Journal of Childhood Studies, 12 Jul 2021. British Columbia

Child care subsidies: Choices and challenges for Sacramento County families

Kinner, J. A. , California State University, 24 Jun 2022. United States

Dorothy Pitman Hughes’s activism offers a solution for the coronavirus gender gap

Lovett, L. L., Washington Post, 16 Mar 2021. United States

Early childhood education and care policy change: Comparing goals, governance and ideas in Nordic contexts

Alexiadu, N., Hjelmér, C., Laiho, A., & Pihlaja, P. , Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 28 Jun 2022. Europe

Developing leadership in early childhood education and care through the integration of theory, policy engagement, and advocacy

Garner, P. W., & Pagliarulo McCarron, G. , Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 13 Aug 2020. United States

Creating wage parity in community care

The ONN, Ontario Nonprofit Network, 24 Jun 2022. Ontario, Manitoba

Drive to reduce the cost of childcare for parents

Department for Education, Department for Work and Pensions, HM Treasury, Will Quince MP, Helen Whately MP, The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP, and The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP, Government of the United Kingdom, 5 Jul 2022. Europe

Childcare is a looming political battle that is long overdue

Shrimsley, R., Financial Times, 29 Jun 2022. Europe

Low-income families should not lose child-care subsidies while on parental leave

Burns, Samantha, Jegatheeswaran, Calpanaa, Perfman, Michal, Varmuza, Petr, & Saleem, Sumayya, The Conversation, 30 Jun 2022. Ontario

The impact of Canada’s $10/day childcare plan on women, families, and the economy - An interview with Dr. Gordon Cleveland

O'Neill, K. , Canadian Economics Association, 28 Jun 2022. Ontario

New York City’s 60-year-old Fight for Universal Child Care

Hurley, K., Early Learning Nation, 29 Jun 2022. United States

Black educators in (white) settings: Making racial identity visible in Early Childhood Education and Care in England, UK

Tembo, S., Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2 Sep 2020. Europe

Now is the time! Confronting neo-liberalism in early childhood

Moss, P., & Roberts-Holmes, G., Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 17 Feb 2021. Europe