Québec

DOCUMENTS

School daycare services: Placing quality at the heart of priorities
SOURCE: Conseil supérieur de l’éducation, 1 Sep 06

Small town, big benefits: The ripple effect of $7/day child care
by Albanese, Patrizia
SOURCE: Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 1 May 06

Quality counts! Assessing the quality of daycare services based on the Quebec longitudinal study of child development
by Crista Japel, Richard E. Tremblay & Sylvana Côté
SOURCE: Institute for Research on Public Policy, December 13, 2005
Report in pdf

The real issues in the Théberge reform
SOURCE: Association québécoise des centres de petites enfance, November 2, 2005

Educational child care act
SOURCE: Government of Quebec. Ministry of Families, Seniors and the Status of Women, October 26, 2005

Canada-Quebec agreement on early learning and child care
SOURCE: Government of Canada & Government of Quebec, October 28, 2005

Quebec
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

Low-fee ($5/day/child) regulated child care policy and the labor supply of mothers with young children: A natural experiment from Canada
by Pierre LeFebvre & Phillip Merrigan
SOURCE: Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE), March 1, 2005

Review of the issue of recruiting and retaining qualified child care staff in Quebec
by Camille Gariépy & Lyne Gariépy
SOURCE Child Care Connections, Attracting and Keeping Qualified Staff in Child Care Project, January 2003.
Full paper in pdf.

Consultation 2003
The official web site of the Ministère de l'emploi, de la solidarité sociale et de la famille (previously Ministry of the Family and Children).
Contains background information and the consultation paper released in August 2003.

Scenarios de développement et de financement pour assurer la pérennité, l'accessibilité et la qualité [Consultation paper] .
SOURCE  Ministère de l'emploi, de la solidarité sociale et de la famille
Consultation paper in pdf. English version in pdf.

Les scénarios proposés pour développer et financer les services de garde : une brèche dans l'universalité des services: Réaction de la Confédération des syndicats nationaux
Confédération des syndicats nationaux
SOURCE  Confédération des syndicats nationaux, August 13, 2003.
Press release in html.

L'association québécoise des centres de la petite enfance reçoit amèrement les scénarios proposés par le gouvernement en regard du développement et du financement des services de garde
l'Association québécoise des centres de la petite enfance
SOURCE  Canadian News Wire, August 13, 2003.
Press release in html.

Mémoire sur le document de consultation: Scénarios de développement et de financement pour assurer la pérennité, l'accessibilité et la qualité des services de garde…par la Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)
SOURCE Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), August 2003
Report in html.

Child care advocates support the Quebec coalition fighting for the continuation of universal child care services: Response from the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
SOURCE Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada, August 29, 2003
Media release in html.

Campaign 2000 urges Premier Charest to reconsider proposed changes to Quebec's childcare system
SOURCE Campaign 2000, August 28, 2003
Letter in html.

Letter of support from the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
by the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
SOURCE Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada, August 27, 2003
Letter in pdf.

Mémoire présenté par l'Association Québecoise des centres de la petite enfance déposé à Monsieur Claude Béchard…dans le cadre de la consultation sur les scenarios de développement et de fainancement pour assurer la pérennité, l'accessibilité et la qualité des services de garde
SOURCE l'Association Québecoise des centres de la petite enfance, August 2003
Separate Cover page in pdf and Table of contents in pdf.

In solidarity / En solidarité
SOURCE Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, August 20, 2003
Letter in html.

Quebec government changes to $5 a day child care and the possible elimination of universal access to child care is sending shock waves across Canada in the child care sector: Response from the Child Care Human Resources Roundtable
SOURCE Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada, August 2003
Media release in pdf.

Une consultation express
SOURCE Coalition pour le maintien de l'universalité, August 2003
Information sheet in pdf.

Québec,
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.

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