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...

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.

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...

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...