CWELCC
A summary of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreements and Action Plans
About this paper
This document, which provides a summary of selected elements of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care initiative (CWELCC) introduced in 2021, is a supplementary paper to Early childhood education and care in Canada 2021, which will be published early in 2023. As such, its support as part of a project funded by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) is gratefully acknowledged. The paper was a collaborative effort by the Childcare Resource and Research Unit “team”—Patrícia Borges Nogueira, Martha Friendly, Ngoc Tho (Tegan) Nguyen and Lin Velasco. We are enormously appreciative of colleagues’ generous contributions of their time: Chris Smith’s keen comments on the outline and Morna Ballantyne and Jane Beach, who made valuable comments on a draft version.
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What's next for early learning and child care?
Join Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Child Care Now and Re-imagining care/work policies (SSHRC Partnership Grant project) for What's next for early learning and child care?, a four-part webinar series that will discuss the rollout of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care agreements (CWELCC) and take a look at what must be done to build system of accessible, affordable, inclusive and high quality early learning and child care that supports all children and families.
The webinar series is a follow up to the two-day policy symposium held in Ottawa earlier this year and aims to further generate discussion and exchange of ideas. Symposium materials are available on the What now for child care? ISSUE file.
The first session in the series, What's next for the early learning and child care workforce?, was held on November 15th at 7:00 PM EST. The recording of this session is available here.
The second session, What's next for Indigenous ELCC? will take place on December 7th at 7:00 PM EST.
The series will continue into the new year, with What's next for ELCC affordability? happening on January 17th, 2023 at 7:00pm EST.
The last session, What's next for ELCC expansion & access? will conclude the series on January 31st, 2023 at 7:00pm EST.
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