Does auspice matter in early learning and child care?
Issues in for-profit and not-for-profit child care

INTRODUCTION

The following resources are pertinent to the issue of auspice (used here to mean for-profit or not-for-profit status) in early learning and child care in Canada. Materials are organized by their main topic, with further division into Canadian and international documents. Finally, materials pertaining to two case studies are provided (Australia and the United States). These sections feature research and analysis on the issue of auspice in those countries as well as a selection of related news articles.

Each section features both documents available in full-text online and/or in print from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit’s resource collection. The Childcare Information Reference Collection’s (CIRC) database is searchable online at www.childcarecanada.org/circ. In cases in which documents are available in print only, CIRC ID numbers and links to the CIRC entries have been provided. Print documents can be obtained by contacting the CRRU.

		»  List of topics

This list in not intended to be an exhaustive examination of this topic; for a more comprehensive list, search the Childcare Resource and Research Unit resource library catalogue Childcare Information Resource Collection (CIRC).