Take a look at the Childcare Resource and Research Unit’s 13th compilation of cross-Canada, longitudinal data and information about regulated early learning and child care (ELCC), kindergarten and parental leave.

This companion document to the ECEC 2021 report provides a summary of selected elements (affordability, expansion, auspice and the workforce) of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care initiative (CWELCC) introduced in 2021. Note that a previous version of this paper was published in Novemb

Join Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Child Care Now and Re-imagining care/work policies (SSHRC Partnership Grant project) for a four-part webinar series discussing the rollout of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care agreements (CWELCC).

NEW BLOG POST -- Québec-based researcher Christa Japel discusses factors preventing Québec child care system from achieving "access to high-quality regulated child care for all."

NEW BLOG POST -- Martha Friendly discusses the main narratives in the current debate about the role of for-profit child care in a Canada-wide early learning and child care system.

Childcare Resource and Research Unit is looking to welcome a new research officer to our team. See the job posting for more details.

NEW ISSUE FILE - What now for child care? was a two-day policy symposium which gathered over 60 researchers, Indigenous experts, advocates, policy makers and child care sector stakeholders from across Canada in an in-person event in Ottawa June 9–10, 2022.