Case study: Corporate childcare expanding in Canada

Research and Analysis

Alberta government must change our child care policies [1]

Moore-Kilgannon, Bill

SOURCE: Public Interest Alberta, 2010

- Press release

Canada's children not for sale: CUPE sounds the alarm about the latest big box child care operator in Canada [2]

Canadian Union of Public Employees, 2010

- article

- backgrounder

Alberta's day care controversy: From 1908 to 2009 and beyond [3]

Langford, Tom

SOURCE: Athabasca University Press

- Ebook in pdf (424 pp.)

Edleun commences national expansion through acquisition of six centres in British Columbia [4]

Edleun Group Inc.

SOURCE: Canadian News Wire, 2011

Edleun to expand BC presence by acquiring Vancouver area centre (link no longer available)

Edleun Group, Inc.

SOURCE: Canadian News Wire, 2011

Public schools no home for corporate childcare [5]

Public Interest Alberta, 2011

- Media release Apr 13

- Media release May 10

News articles

Edmonton schools reject for-profit daycare [6]

SOURCE: CBC News, 2011

Edleun completes acquisition of two child care centres [7]

SOURCE: Canadian News Wire, 2011

Public school board rejects company's bid for space [8]

Pratt, Sheila

SOURCE: Edmonton Journal, 2011

All-day kindergarten under threat? [9]

Monsenbraaten, Laurie

SOURCE: Toronto Star, 2010

Purchase of six additional childcare centres advances Edleun's growth strategy [10]

SOURCE: Canadian News Wire, 2010

Edleun eager to expand outside Alberta [11]

Ladurantaye, Steve

SOURCE: Globe and Mail, 2010

Coming soon: big box babycare  (link no longer available)

Scott Howell, Trevor

SOURCE: Fast Forward, 2010

Fast-growing firm buys three city daycares (link no longer available)

SOURCE: Calgary Herald, 2010

Beware of corporate day cares: analyst [12]

CBC News, 2005

Canadian mines 'big-box' daycare [13]

Monsebraaten, Laurie

SOURCE: Toronto Star, 2005