Left Behind: The Relationship Between Reliable Child Care and Lone Mothers' Attachment to the Labour Force: Mothers' Voices and the Public Policy Perspective
DESCRIPTION: This one day forum situates new research on lone mothers within Quebec's child care experience and Wisconsin's "welfare miracle".
DATE: Friday, June 1st, 2001
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
LOCATION: Room 205, Claude Bissell Building, University of Toronto,
140 St. George Street (south of Bloor St. West), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PROGRAMME:
9:00 a.m. -- Setting the Stage for Child and Family Policy in Canada
- John Godfrey: M.P., Chair, National Children's Agenda, Committee of the Liberal Caucus
- Olivia Chow: Children's Advocate, City of Toronto
10:00 a.m. -- Mothers' Voices: Findings from the Interviews
- Robin Mason: Principal Researcher
- Brenda Murphy: Site Coordinator, St. John, New Brunswick
- Kathleen Jamieson: Site Coordinator, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Ernie Lightman: Professor of Social Work, University of Toronto, Academic Advisor
11:30 a.m. -- Lunch
12:30 p.m. -- "Wisconsin's Welfare Miracle": How are the Children Doing? (Discussion)
- Joyce Mallory: Director, Start Smart Milwaukee
1:45 p.m. -- How do Lone Mothers Fare Under Québec's Approach to Child Care? (Discussion)
- Nicole Boily: Président du Conseil de la famille et de l'enfance de Québec
3:00 p.m. -- Finding the Public Policy Fit: Policy Responses to the Needs of Lone Mothers
- Michael Mendelson: Caledon Institute of Social Policy
- Brigitte Kitchen: Professor of Social Policy, York University
- Martha Friendly, Childcare Resource & Research Unit, University of Toronto
- Moderator: Cindy Wiggins, Canadian Labour Congress
4:45 p.m. -- Adjournment
Sponsored by: Campaign 2000
Registration is free. Book in advance with Liyu Guo. See contact information below.
Child care available; deadline for child care registration on May 25.