Creating universal child care from the ground up: The legacy of Toronto's grassroots child care advocacy

Lisa Pasolli is a historian of 20th century Canada with specialties in the history of social policy, women and gender, and the politics of child care. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Queen's University.

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Talk it Up for Child Care

Event date: 
13 Sep 2015 - 12:00am to 20 Sep 2015 - 12:00am

 

September 13th - 20th communities across Canada will Talk it Up for Child Care.

We want to keep child care on the federal election agenda. Get involved and help push for a national plan for quality affordable child care in this federal election.

The Talk it Up Week of Action will centre around the I Vote Child Care Pledge  and features a number of Canada-wide events such as, Grandparent's Day on September 13th, Art Attack day on September 16th to coincide with a #VoteChildCare2015 Twitter Storm on the same day. 

Local child care supporters across the country are busy organizing exciting events during the week of action such as: Vote Child Care canvassing & training sessions, setting up Vote Child Care tables at local farmer's markets, pop-up voting stations and all candidates' debates.

Visit votechildcare.ca to find out how you can get involved! 

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Raising the bar: Lifting the field

Location:
BMO Institute for Learning
3550 Pharmacy Avenue
Toronto , ON
CA
Event date: 
22 Nov 2011 - 12:00am

 

The 2011 Raising the Bar conference will be held on November 22nd, 2011 at the BMO Institute for Learning, 3550 Pharmacy Avenue, Toronto. It is being co-sponsored by the City of Toronto Children's Services, George Brown College and Humber College.

This year's focus will be on 'lifting the field' through the principles of ELECT (Early Learning for Every Child Today).

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Gina Maharaj
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Child care for whom? A background paper for the Inclusive child care for all project

A paper supporting the Inclusive child care for all project activities.

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Measuring matters: Assessing Canada’s progress toward $10-a-day child care for all

A new report co-authored by David Macdonald and Martha Friendly evaluates the first federal target of reducing fees by 50 per cent. “Seven jurisdictions now have set fees, and five jurisdictions are already at $10 a day or less, three years ahead of target!” says Macdonald.

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Alternative Federal Budget 2024: Building momentum

Written collaboratively with policy experts, AFB 2024 details “a vision for a more equitable, just, fair, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable way of being.” In it, the CCPA articulates alternatives to the status quo, presenting realistic solutions to address Canada’s many pressing challenges.  

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Not Done Yet: $10-a-day child care requires addressing Canada's child care deserts

A new report co-authored by David Macdonald and Martha Friendly delves into the need for specific and targeted expansion initiatives in addition to the affordability and accessibility actions outlined in each jurisdiction's CWELCC agreement.

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CRRU is hiring!

We are seeking two (2) social research assistants to fill the Canada Summer Jobs positions, who will work alongside our research officers on a number of projects related to child care policy and family policy. Apply by 11:59 PM (EST) May 20th 2023.

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Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2021

Cover of publication with pictures of children
Publication
Jane Beach, Martha Friendly, Ngọc Thơ (Tegan) Nguyễn, Patrícia Borges-Nogueira, Matthew Taylor, Sophia Mohamed, Laurel Rothman, Barry Forer
13th edition
412pp
ISBN: 978-1-896051-78-9

Current edition of ECEC in Canada available for download in PDF format

February 21, 2024, CRRU released a revised version of ECEC in Canada 2021 (full publication). Any substantive errors in both the main report and the English and French summary reports were revised. Individual chapters are available for download below.

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