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Child Care Coalition of Manitoba
The Child Care Coalition of Manitoba is a public education and advocacy organization made up of over 55 group memberships. Their goal is a fully accessible, publicly-funded, non-profit system of comprehensive and high quality childcare, with worthy wages and good working conditions for childcare staff.

Rural daycares could have trouble meeting numbers
CBC News, 1 Jun 10

Child care impacts region's growth (Link is no longer available)
by Lorne Stelmach
Source: Modern Times, 17 Oct 08

Involve women in farm policy
by Angela Hall
Source: Regina Leader Post, 15 Aug 06

On the teeter-totter: The challenges and opportunities for licensed child care in rural, northern, and remote Ontario
Source: Ontario Municipal Social Services Association, May 2011

...familiarising children with plants and animals, landscapes, seasons and weather...an objective is to develop children's love of nature, an understanding of the interplay of nature and between [hu]man and nature....Nature accommodates a multitude of experiences and activities in all seasons and all weathers.
-OECD Norway country note, 1999

Introduction

Canadian families in rural communities face many challenges in finding quality early childhood education and care opportunities for their children. Like families throughout the country, rural families appreciate the positive social and educational experiences that their children can encounter in quality early childhood education settings. This, combined with the need for flexible child care due to atypical and seasonal working hours and the necessity for child care to address the safety issues of children on farms, makes the lack of rural spaces a