NEWS ARTICLES
2006
Child care programs at risk?
by Leah Janzen
SOURCE: Winnipeg Free Press, January 16, 2006
2005
Province kicks in cash to improve child care centres
SOURCE: Brandon Sun, November 8, 2005. Excerpts in html
Day care dollars welcomed
by Teresa Falk
SOURCE: Portage La Prairie, July 18, 2005. Excerpts in html
Child care pay to rise
by Mia Rabson
SOURCE: Winnipeg Free Press, July 13, 2005. Excerpts in html
Manitoba makes a deal on daycare
by Andrew Mills
SOURCE: Toronto Star, April 28, 2005. Excerpts in html
Rural child care advocates buoyed
by Lorraine Stevenson
SOURCE: Farmers' Independent Weekly, March 10 2005. Excerpts in html
2004
Child
care provider eye throne speech promises
SOURCE CBC Manitoba, February 3, 2004.
Excerpts in html.
2003
Manitoba
budget 2003: Position of the Manitoba Child Care Association
SOURCE CBC Manitoba, April 2003.
Article in html.
Federal
budget offers Manitoba scraps: Selinger
SOURCE Canadian Press, February 18, 2003.
Excerpts in html.
Young
mothers demand daycare at school
SOURCE CBC Manitoba, January 23, 2003.
Article in html.
'Net'
helps parents find child care
SOURCE CBC Manitoba, January 13 2003.
Article in html.
2001
Day
cares face dire straits: Many operating with critical shortage of qualified
child-care workers
SOURCE The Winnipeg Free Press, October 6, 2001.
Excerpts in html.
Child
care system hot issue with Manitobans
SOURCE CBC Manitoba, May 8, 2001.
Article in html.
To
subsidize or not to subsidize day care: Government wants input on child
care
SOURCE Global TV Winnipeg, February 3, 2001.
Excerpts in html.
DOCUMENTS |
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Supporting Canada’s families, building Canada’s childcare system
SOURCE: Child Care Coalition of Manitoba, 12 Sep 06
Childcare progress at risk in Manitoba: Provincial and federal action needed
by Susan Prentice
SOURCE: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba, March 16, 2006
rovince provides new support for child care quality initiatives
SOURCE: Government of Manitoba. Manitoba Family Services and Housing, December 15, 2005
Press release in html
Moving forward on early learning and child care: Manitoba’s action plan – Key objectives
SOURCE: Government of Manitoba. Department of Family Service and Housing, November 18, 2005
Action plan in pdf
Governments of Canada and Manitoba sign funding agreement on early learning and child care
SOURCE: Government of Canada. Social Development Canada, November 18, 2005.
Press release in html
$2.7 million to support expansion or building of new child care centres for the first time
SOURCE: Government of Manitoba. Ministry of Family Services and Housing, November 7, 2005
Melnick announces $5.75 million for 3,168 child care spaces
SOURCE: Government of Manitoba. Ministry of Family Services and Housing, November 2, 2005
Moving forward on early learning and child care: Manitoba’s action plan -- Next steps
SOURCE: Government of Manitoba. Department of Family Service and Housing. July 12, 2005.
Action plan in pdf
Child care workers to see increased wages, education and training incentives
SOURCE: Government of Manitoba. Department of Family Services and Housing. July 12, 2005.
Press release in html
The power of positive change in partnerships: Lessons from Manitoba’s child-centred public policy
by Rob Santos
SOURCE: Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia, May 26, 2005
Presentation in pdf
Manitoba
in Early childhood education and care in Canada 2004
by Martha Friendly & Jane Beach
SOURCE: Childcare Resource and Research Unit, June 16, 2005
Report chapter in pdf
Moving forward on early learning and child care: Agreement-in-principle between the government of Canada and the government of Manitoba
SOURCE: Government of Canada & Government of Manitoba, April 29, 2005.
Agreement in pdf
Time
for action
by Susan Prentice & Molly McCracken
SOURCE Child Care Coalition of Manitoba, May 20, 2004
Paper in pdf
Surviving
on hope is not enough: Women's health, poverty, justice and income support
in Manitoba
by Rhonda Wiebe & Paula Keirstead
SOURCE Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence, March 1, 2004
Report in pdf
$1.5
million in support to create over 780 new child care spaces
SOURCE Government of Manitoba, September 10, 2003
Press release in html.
Child
care Manitoba: Why are parents such a low priority?
SOURCE Child Care Coalition of Manitoba, April 23, 2003.
Media release in html.
Manitoba
Child Day Care in 2003/04
SOURCE Government of Manitoba, April 23, 2003.
Highlights in html.
Childcare:
Manitobans should curb their enthusiasm
by Susan Prentice
SOURCE Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba, March 20, 2003.
Full document in pdf.
Where
is the action on childcare?
SOURCE Child Care Coalition of Manitoba, March 8, 2003.
Media release in html.
Manitoba
case study on retention and recruitment
by Debra Mayer
SOURCE Child Care Connections, Attracting and Keeping Qualified Staff
in Child Care Project, January 2003, January 2003.
Full document in pdf.
2003
Manitoba budget address: Supporting children and families
SOURCE Government of Manitoba, Department of Finance, 2003.
Full document in html.
Manitoba,
in Early childhood education and
care in Canada 2001
by Martha Friendly, Jane Beach and Michelle Turiano
SOURCE Childcare Resource and Research Unit, December 2002.
Report section in pdf.
Children,
an overlooked investment: Manitoba child poverty report card 2002
SOURCE Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, November 2002.
Report card in pdf.
Manitoba's
five-year plan for child care
SOURCE Government of Manitoba, Department of Family Services and Housing,
April 29, 2002.
Full document in html. News
release in html.
Summary
of the public response to "A vision for child care and development
in Manitoba"
by Manitoba's Child Day Care Regulatory Review Committee, October 2001.
Summary in html.
Vision
into action: A seven step Manitoba child care strategy
SOURCE Child Care Coalition of Manitoba, May 2001.
Full document in pdf.
CUPE
brief re: "A vision for child care and development in Manitoba"
SOURCE Canadian Union of Public Employees-Manitoba, April 2001.
Brief in html.
Blueprint
for action: A five year plan for Manitoba child care policy redesign
SOURCE Child Care Coalition of Manitoba, February 2001.
Full report in pdf.
A
vision for child care and development in Manitoba
SOURCE Manitoba's Child Day Care Regulatory Review Committee, February,
2001.
Full document. Also available in French.
Building
the career corridor: Manitoba's early childhood labour market strategy
project report
SOURCE Manitoba Child Care Association, 2001.
Full document in pdf. Executive
summary in pdf.
A
decade of decline: Regulated child care in Manitoba, 1989-1999
by Susan Prentice
SOURCE Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, June 2000.
Full report in pdf.
USEFUL WEBSITES |
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Child Care Coalition
of Manitoba
Key contact: Susan Prentice.
Manitoba Child Care Association
Key contact: Pat Wege.
Rural Voices
Key contact: Jane Wilson.
Child
Day Care, Child and Family Services Division, Department of Family Services
and Housing, Government of Manitoba.
Child
Care Online, Government of Manitoba.
Issues
and challenges in rural child care
SOURCE Childcare Resource and Research Unit ISSUE file.
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