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Addressing wicked educational problems through inter-sectoral policy development: Lessons from Manitoba's Healthy Child Initiative [1]

Author: 
Auclair, J.-V.
Source: 
International Journal of Education Policy & Leadership
Format: 
Article
Publication Date: 
1 Jan 2019
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In 2000, the Government of Manitoba initiated an inter-sectoral policy strategy referred to as Healthy Child Manitoba. This article reports on a research project that studied the success and challenges of this horizontal policy strategy. The research suggests that while this policy approach—which places education within the broader context of a healthy child—warrants attention, the day-to-day operationalization of the policy strategy remains difficult. Using a horizontal approach to improve educational outcomes by breaking down the silo effect of traditional government departments appears to be important, but working effectively across sectors requires overcoming a number of barriers, including the need for the horizontal approach to co-exist within a well-delineated vertical governmental machinery

Region: 
Manitoba [4]
Tags: 
policy [5]
public management [6]
silos [7]
system [8]

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[1] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/12/addressing-wicked-educational-problems-through-inter [2] https://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl/article/view/859/197 [3] https://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl/article/view/859 [4] https://childcarecanada.org/taxonomy/term/7857 [5] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/policy [6] https://childcarecanada.org/taxonomy/term/8166 [7] https://childcarecanada.org/taxonomy/term/9354 [8] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/system