Lessons Québec:
Child care and family policy in Québec

Following are some online documents on early childhood care and education in Québec. The items are listed from the most recent to the least recent with undated materials at the end of the list.

Québec:  Summary of 2000-2001 pilot projects regarding flexible child care hours
SOURCE:  Ministère de la Famille et de l’Enfance, August 23, 2000.

Early childhood care and education in Québec
in Early childhood care and education in Canada: Provinces and territories 1998
SOURCE: Childcare Resource & Research Unit,
Centre for Urban & Community Studies, University of Toronto, 2000
Full report available online.

Québec family policy: Impact and options
Robert Baril, Pierre Lefebvre, Philip Merrigan, 2000
SOURCE: Institute for Research on Public Policy
Choices, Volume 6, Number 1, January 2000
Full report available online.

Québec shows the way
>SOURCE: The Toronto Star, January 14, 2000
Full article available online.

Children are our best investment
Judy Rebick, 1999
SOURCE: CBC News 
Full text available online. 

Comparative family policy: Six provincial stories
Jane Jenson & Sherry Thompson, 1999
SOURCE: Canadian Policy Research Networks 
The report compares family policy in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Québec, and New Brunswick. 
Full report available online.

Good Child Care in Canada for the 21st Century Conference 1999,
Conference papers
SOURCE: The Child Care Policy Forum

• What the rest of Canada can learn from Québec  
  by Jocelyne Tougas, speech at Child Care Symposium.
• The reform as it affects child care providers
  by Jocelyne Tougas
• A snapshot of Québec's current early childhood education and child care reform: A short history  
  by Jocelyne Tougas

Preschool children: Promises to keep
SOURCE: National Council of Welfare, 1999
Full report available online.
Chapter IV: Québec's family policy

A working parent's paradise
André Picard
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail, September 14, 1999
Full article available online.

The education reform
SOURCE: The Gazette, Saturday, November 29, 1997
Full text available online. 

Québec's new family policy
Yves Rochon, 1997
SOURCE: Childcare Resource & Research Unit, Centre for Urban & Community Studies, University of Toronto
Full text available online. 

Ministère de la Famille et de l'Enfance
Web site
Includes the following documents (no dates provided):

• Family policy in Québec
• Family policy - another step towards developing the full potential of families and their children: Answers to your questions 
• Our children at the heart of our decisions - new elements of family policy in Québec 
• Our children at the heart of our decisions - childcare centres 
• Childcare centre educational program - fostering children's development
• Choosing childcare 
• Training of childcare staff 
• Financial assistance for Québec families

MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN FRENCH

Critiques des garderies à 5$: Le conseille de la famille et de l'enfance se porte à la défense de la politique de Québec
SOURCE: Le Conseille de la Famille et de l'Enfance, 2000
Full text available online.

Parents - des réponses à vos questions
SOURCE: Cabinet de la Ministre de l'Éducation du Québec, 1997
Full report available online.

Pauline Marois annonce les récentes décisions du gouvernement en matière de politique familiale
SOURCE: Cabinet de la Ministre de l'Éducation du Québec, 1997
Full article available online.

Pauline Marois dépose deux projets de loi qui concrétisent la nouvelle politique familiale visant la lutte contre la pauvreté et le développement des enfants
SOURCE: Cabinet de la ministre de l'Éducation du Québec, 1997
Full article available online.

Programme - éducation préscolaire
SOURCE: Cabinet de la ministre de l'Éducation du Québec, 1997
Full report available online.

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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).