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 in B.C.: First Call's framework for action

Coates, Penny, First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, 1 Feb 2008. British Columbia

Full-day kindergarten: Exploring an option for extended learning

Brewster, Cori and Railsback, Jennifer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 1 Dec 2002. United States

Child care report cards

Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Labour Congress, 12 Jun 2008. Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Yukon Territory

Development of social-support networks by recent Chinese immigrant women with young children living in London, Ontario

Da, Wei Wei, Knowledge Mobilization for Settlement, 1 May 2008. Asia, Ontario

If it don't make dollars, does that mean that it don't make sense?

Cleveland, Gordon, City of Toronto, Children's Services Division, 1 May 2008. Ontario

Inside the content of infant-toddler early learning guidelines

Scott-Little, C., Kagan, S., Frelow, V. and Reid, J., National Center for Children and Families, Columbia University, 1 Feb 2008. United States

Full-day kindergarten: Moving Ontario forward

Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO), ETFO, 3 Jun 2008. Ontario

Sharon Hope Irwin address

Sharon Irwin, The University of Winnipeg, 1 Jun 2008. Manitoba

The corporatization of child care in Australia: Not as easy as ABC

Deborah Brennan, Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC), 1 Apr 2008. Australia and New Zealand, Canada

Research evidence on selected aspects of for-profit/non-profit child care programs

Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU), Early childhood education and care: Private commodity or public good?, 22 Jun 2008.

Statutory routes to workplace flexibility in cross-national perspective

Hegewisch, Ariane, and Gornick, Janet, Institute for Women's Policy Research and the Center for Worklife Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, 28 May 2008. Australia and New Zealand, Canada, Europe, United States

It's about ability

UNICEF and Victor Pineda Foundation, UNICEF, 1 Apr 2008. International

The contribution of early childhood education to a sustainable society

Samuelsson, Ingrid, and Kaga, Yoshi, UNESCO, 29 May 2008. Australia and New Zealand, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Carribean, Europe

Investing in childhood education and care: Questions for Martha Friendly

Bell, Patricia, Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy (SIPP), 1 May 2008. Canada, Saskatchewan

Outcomes of early childhood education: Literature review

Mitchell, Linda, Wylie, Cathy, and Carr, Margaret, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 28 May 2008. Australia and New Zealand

Childcare matters: What the public thinks about childcare in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA), NICMA, 19 May 2008. Europe

"Who's the boss?": Young children's power and influence in an early childhood classroom

Lee, Yoon-Joo, and Recchia, Susan, Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP), 1 May 2008. United States

Early childhood in the Caribbean

Barrow, Christine, and Ince, Martin, Bernard van Leer Foundation, 1 Apr 2008. Latin America and the Carribean

Promoting children's welfare in the Nordic countries

Hiilamo, Heikki, Institutional Repository (Valto), 22 May 2008. Europe

Measuring quality in family, friend, and neighbor child care: Conceptual and practical issues

Maher, Erin, Child Care and Early Education Research Connections, 1 Apr 2007. United States

The mixed economy of childcare and the needs of disadvantaged children

Various, International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare (ICMEC), 12 May 2008. Europe

Preschool class for 6-year olds in Sweden: A bridge between early childhood and compulsory schooling

Kaga, Yoshie; and Johansson, Inge, UNESCO, 1 May 2007. Europe

The economics of early childhood policy: What the dismal science has to say about investing in children

Kilburn, R., & Karoly, L., RAND Corporation, Labour and Population, 12 May 2008. United States

Rural childcare in Manitoba: New economic evidence

Prentice, Susan, AMM Magazine- Municipal Leader, 1 May 2008.

State of the world's mothers 2007: Saving the lives of children under 5

Save the Children, Save the Children, 10 May 2008. Canada