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How to Remove the Barriers to Child Care Expansion - A Survey of Non-Profit and Public Child Care Licensees in Ontario

Building Blocks for Child Care | November 2022 Excerpt: "The messages we hear from these survey results comes through loud and clear. Governments can and should act now to facilitate expansion of child care to meet parents’ needs (and to fulfill the promises they have made to parents). Child care...

Government of Canada announces members of new National Advisory Council on Early Learning and Child Care

Government of Canada, November 24, 2022 Excerpt: "Now, more than ever, increased access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive early learning and child care is crucial to meet the needs of children and families across Canada. That is why the Government of Canada is making a historic investment of $30...

How To Make Child Care Expansion Happen In Ontario

Building Blocks for Child Care | October 27, 2022 10 recommendations for action in Ontario to grow not-for-profit and a public Early Learning and Child Career in Ontario.

Early Learning and Child Care in Canada: Where Have We Come From, Where Are We Going?

Institute for Research on Public Policy, October 19, 2022 Excerpt: "Canada is on the cusp of a major leap forward in child care with the roll out of a Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system that promises to lower child care fees by the end of 2022 and achieve...

The true challenge with N.L.'s pre-kindergarten plan

Saltwire, June 29, 2022 Excerpt: "Last year’s $30 billion federal investment in child care is the largest public outlay in social policy since Medicare. In accepting its share of the funding, Newfoundland has to get early learning right. It is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.That’s why the recent announcement that the...

A Conversation with Margaret McCain

Pearson Centre, April 28, 2022Margaret McCain, ECE and her life's journey.

Canada’s Children Need a Professional Early Childhood Education Workforce

Atkinson Centre, University of Toronto | April 2022 Canada's child care workforce needs a bill of rights embedded in pending federal legislation, says a new report released by the researchers at the University of Toronto."In the race to lower parent fees and increase access, governments across Canada often overlook the...

Monitor, Assess, Share - The Early Childhood Education Report

In October 2021, the Atkinson Centre commissioned an evaluation to inform future editions of the ECER in the context of past experiences and in light of the intended development of a Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system. This new policy direction and accompanying increase in public investment will require...

Female business and community leaders of the Prosperity Project laud the collaborative work of the federal government with the provinces to create historic agreement for Canadian women

Prosperity Project, March 28, 2022 Excerpt: "The Prosperity Project commends the federal and Ontario governments for today’s funding announcement to support the creation of a sustainable national childcare program to address the needs of working families.This long-term commitment to improving working parents’ ability to participate in the workforce will help...

The Walrus Leadership Forum: Fuelling the She-covery

The Walrus, March 8, 2022 The Walrus Leadership Forum: Fuelling the She-covery took place on March 8, 2022 and featured the following speakers: Alicia Dubois, CEO, Royal British Columbia Museum The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, Chair, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc. Jake Stika, Executive Director and Co-founder, Next...

Don't let fear of change derail modernizing child care

Saltwire, January 29, 2022 Excerpt: "Amid the controversy surrounding Nova Scotia’s plans to modernize its early-learning and child-care services, at least all sides agree there are problems. There are not enough licensed programs for young children. Options for families in rural and minority communities, and for children needing special supports...

$10-a-day child care for families in Nunavut

Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, January 24, 2022 Excerpt: "Every child deserves the best possible start in life, and all parents should have the ability to build both a family and career. Yet, too many families across Canada lack access to affordable, inclusive, and high-quality child care. The...

Statement By The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain On Nova Scotia’s Early Learning And Child Care Announcement

January 14, 2022 HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia was the second jurisdiction to sign an early learning and child care agreement with the federal government last July, but it is first to put in place the essentials for a quality system. As Premier Huston stressed the province is embarking on an...

Province Moves to Reduce Child-Care Fees by 25 Per Cent

Government of Nova Scotia, January 14, 2022 Excerpt: "Parents and caregivers will see a reduction in child-care fees ahead of schedule as the Province accelerates its commitment to lower fees under the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.The agreement calls for a 50 per cent reduction, on average, in...

New Year’s advice for PM Trudeau

The Record, January 3, 2022 Excerpt: "My Dear Prime Minister,I dare say you have been waiting in anxious anticipation for my New Year’s letter with its annual dump of gratuitous advice to assist you to make the perfect world you have created up there in Ottawa a tad more perfect...