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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From full day learning to 30 minutes a day: A descriptive study of early learning during the first COVID-19 pandemic school shutdown in Ontario

Spadafora, N., Reid-Westoby, C., Pottruff, M., Wang, J., & Janus, M., Early Childhood Education Journal, 16 Jan 2022. Ontario

The erasure of Blackness and shortcomings within the early learning and care sector in Canada: Recommendations for the way forward

Kissi, E. & Ewan, A., Journal of Childhood Studies, 11 Oct 2023. Canada

Understanding and addressing workforce shortages in the ECEC sector: Recruitment and retention challenges and strategies

The Centre for Spatial Economics (C4SE), Child Care Human Resources Sector Council, 1 Sep 2009. Canada

Women's support, women's work: Child care in an era of deficit reduction, devolution, downsizing and deregulation

Doherty, G., Friendly, M., & Oloman, M., Status of Women Canada, 1 Mar 1998. Canada

Slowing, desiring, haunting, hospicing, and longing for change: Thinking with snails in Canadian early childhood education and care

Berger, I., Ashton, E., Lehrer, J., & Pighini, M., in education, 21 Dec 2022. Canada

A critique of the discursive landscape: Challenging the invisibility of early childhood educators’ well-being

Cumming, T., Logan, H., & Wong, S., Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 1 Jun 2020. Australia and New Zealand

A systematic review of evidence-based wellbeing initiatives for schoolteachers and early childhood educators

Berger, E., Reupert, A., Campbell, T. C. H., Morris, Z., Hammer, M., Diamond, Z., Hine, R., Patrick, P., & Fathers, C., Educational Psychology Review, 4 Jul 2022. Australia and New Zealand

Little thrills

Landscape Architecture Magazine, Landscape Architecture Magazine, 12 Oct 2023. International

Position paper on a publicly-funded early learning and child care salary scale

Powell, A. & Ferns, C., Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario (AECEO) & Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC), 1 Oct 2023. Ontario

Early education and childcare in the UK and beyond: Key challenges and lessons

Women's Budget Group, Women’s Budget Group, 4 Sep 2023. International

Jobs in the balance: The early employment impacts of Washington, DC’s Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund

Schochet, O., Mathematica, 21 Sep 2023. United States

Estimating expenditures on children by families in Canada, 2014 to 2017

Duncan, K. A., Frank, K., & Guèvremont, A., Statistics Canada, 29 Sep 2023. Canada

Global tracking of access and quality in early childhood care and education

Raikes, A., Rao, N., Yoshikawa, H., Cohrssen, C., Behrman, J., Cappa, C., Devercelli, A., Lopez Boo, F., McCoy, D., & Richter, L. , International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 3 Oct 2023. International

Early years spending update: Budget reforms and beyond

Drayton, E., & Farquharson, C., Institute for Fiscal Studies, 26 Sep 2023. Europe

Elliot’s provocations: In a year of unions flexing power, child care is a question mark

Haspel, Elliot, Early Learning Nation, 3 Oct 2023. United States

Childcare inquiry: Interim report

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 1 Sep 2023. Australia and New Zealand

19th international review on leave policies and related research 2023

Blum, S., Ivana Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G., Koslowski, A., & Moss, P., International Network on Leave Policies and Research, 1 Sep 2023. International

The employers strike in the childcare sector

Taft, M., Notes On The Front, 26 Sep 2023. Europe

The rise of the toxic menace called E. coli O157

Nikiforuk, A., The Tyee, 21 Sep 2023. Alberta

Good food policy and a national child care program. What are the links?

Friendly, M. & Ferns, C., Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 14 Oct 2016. Canada

Child Care and Learning Centre food sustainability report

University of Guelph, University of Guelph, 1 Jul 2022. Ontario

Europe, children and food

Cremaschi, F., Children in Europe, 1 Mar 2006. Europe

The big short: Expansion of early childhood education in post-pandemic Canada

Seward, B., Dhuey, E., & Pan, A., Canadian Public Policy, 14 Sep 2023. Canada