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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 years and child care service system plan 2022 - 2026
Children's Services, Region of Waterloo,  1 Feb 2022.  Ontario
Child care and early years service system plan (2025 - 2029)
Children's Services, City of Ottawa,  1 May 2025.  Ontario
Toronto's early years and child care service plan 2025 - 2030
Toronto Children's Services, City of Toronto,  1 Jan 2025.  Ontario
La fréquentation d’un milieu de garde chez les tout-petits d’un an et demi (Childcare attendance at one and a half years old and links with health)
Institut de la statistique du Québec, Institut de la statistique du Québec,  1 Sep 2025.  Quebec
Addressing workforce shortages in early childhood education in York Region
Workforce Planning Board of York Region (WPBoard), Workforce Planning Board of York Region (WPBoard),  1 Jan 2025.  Ontario
Living conditions in Europe - childcare arrangements
European Union, European Union,  1 Sep 2025.  Europe
Early childhood educators’ understandings of quality in five countries: Similarities and differences to policy
Rogers, M., Dolidze, K., Mus-Rasmussen, A., Dovigo, F., & Doan, L., European Early Childhood Education Research Journal,  2 Apr 2025.  International
Data-driven decision making in systems change for the ece workforce
National Early Care and Education Workforce Center, National Early Care and Education Workforce Center,  1 Sep 2025.  United States
Early childhood teachers’ perspectives on supporting children with special needs in Norwegian early childhood education and care
Jacobson, J., Pesonen, H., & Ødegård, M., Journal of Early Childhood Education Research,  13 Mar 2025.  Europe
Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care program
Office of the Auditor General of Ontario, Office of the Auditor General of Ontario,  1 Oct 2025.  Ontario
Guidelines: Childcare design guidelines
City of Vancouver, City of Vancouver,  19 Jan 2021.  British Columbia
Design guidelines for child care centres
Government of British Columbia, Government of British Columbia,  28 Aug 2024.  British Columbia
Kids in child care need healthy movement — and guidelines can improve their health
Phillips, S. M., & Tucker, T. , The Conversation,  22 Sep 2025.  Canada
Spotlight: Why physical environment matters in child care
Beach, J., Ballantyne, M., & Adamson, E., Child Care Now,  19 Feb 2025.  Ontario
Architects’ and early childhood educators’ notions of quality preschool environments: Case studies of award-winning Green Preschools in Bali, Berkeley, and Hong Kong
Iwan, A., & Poon, K. K. Y., Intelligent Buildings International,  4 Mar 2018.  International
The children's physical environment rating scale (CPERS): Reliability and validity for assessing the physical environment of early childhood educational facilities
Moore, G. T., & Sugiyama, T., Children, Youth and Environments,  4 Nov 2007.  Europe
Policy brief: Advancing health equity within Canada’s child-care program
Wadehra, R., & Rosenberg, J., Wellesley Institute,  9 Oct 2024.  Canada
US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids
Killewald, Alexandra & Cricco, Nino, The Conversation,  16 Sep 2025.  United States
Roadmap to universal child care in Ontario: Second edition
Ferns, C., & Neville, R., Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC) and Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario (AECEO),  16 Sep 2025.  Ontario
21st international review of leave policies and research 2025
Dobrotić, I., Blum, S., Kaufmann, G., Koslowski, A., Moss, P., & Valentova, M. , International Network on Leave Policies and Research,  1 Sep 2025.  International
Public support for child care programs in Canada
Environics Institute for Survey Research, YMCA Canada, & YWCA Canada., Environics Institute,  10 Sep 2025.  Canada
Brief submitted to pre-budget consultations in advance of the fall 2025 budget
Friendly, M., Childcare Resource and Research Unit,  1 Aug 2025.  Canada
Building up child care for workers in the skilled trades
Medow Consulting Inc, LiUNA! Local 506 - Training Centre,  4 Sep 2025.  Ontario
Characteristics of home-based child care serving children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada, 2021 to 2022
Charters, T. J., & Findlay, L. C., Statistics Canada,  23 Jul 2025.  Canada
Does universal preschool hit the target? Program access and preschool impacts
Cascio, E. U., IZA Institute of Labor Economics,  17 Feb 2017.  United States