What's happening at CRRU?
Today we're releasing the next paper, Developing non-standard hours child care (2022) in the Moving from private to public processes series; we'll be releasing several other papers in this series in the coming weeks. A main activity for CRRU at this time is the research and data collection for ECEC in Canada 2021, which will provide continuity in child care data in this period of enormous change.
The CRRU office has re-opened. We will be working in the office Monday through Thursday and will continue to be available by email at contactus@childcarecanada.org
Featured
Series paper six: Developing non-standard hours child care
Childcare Resource and Research Unit, March 2022
This sixth paper in a series of eight addresses child care for what is widely agreed to as a “hard-to-serve” parent population: parents working non-standard hours. The paper argues why a shift to more public responsibility for creating non-standard hours child care services is critical if these services are established and maintained when and where they are needed to become part of a transformed Canada-wide early learning and child care system.
Child Care Now calls on federal government to introduce a child care capital expansion program to support creation of promised 200,000 new licensed spaces
Child Care Now, 2 March 2022
Child Care Now’s submission to the Department of Finance’s 2022 pre budget consultation calls for a federal capital funding program designed to support planned expansion of not-for-profit and public child care delivery. Child Care Now argues against distributing public capital funds through application-based and/or competitive processes because they cannot guarantee that expansion will occur where it is needed most.
NL: Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador provide update on pre-kindergarten and the early learning and child care action plan
Governments of Newfoundland and Canada, 9 March 2022
ON: Ontario submits child-care plan just ahead of looming deadline
Global News, 8 March 2022
NWT: Childcare will be cheaper, but space is the next hurdle
Cabin Radio, 7 March 2022
Research, policy and practice
Early learning and child care strategy and action plan
Government of Northwest Territories, 3 March 2022
The Government of the Northwest Territories has published an early learning and child care (ELCC) strategy and action plan. The aim of the strategy and action plan is to guide the development of an ELCC system over the next decade. The strategy focuses on reducing child care fees, expansion of licensed (Indigenous-led and non-profit) programs, provision of dedicated space for child care programs and incentives to retain staff and enroll more children. The action plan and strategy also include collecting territorial data on space creation, enrollment numbers and the child care workforce.
Scholarship in times of crises: Towards a trans-discipline of early childhood
Comparative Education, 3 March 2022
In this paper, author Mathias Urban argues for a shift in early childhood scholarship that embraces multiplicity, diversity, ambiguity, uncertainty and shared knowledge in response to changed global context is needed. Urban identifies three interconnected fields which are needed to create trans-disciplinary early childhood scholarship with profound implications for cross-comparative work in the field.
Comparative studies of early childhood education and care: Beyond methodological nationalism
Comparative Education, 28 February 2022
In this paper, the author notes that current approaches to research in early childhood education are grounded in methodological nationalism, assuming nation states as the natural and necessary unit to study social phenomena. Drawing on qualitative data from two subnational studies in Argentina, the author argues that in order to understand ECEC systems, there is a need to consider all the actors and institutions at play in all levels of ECEC systems, district and local included.
A multilevel approach to ECEC policies and intensity of formal childcare participation of young children in Europe
Children and Youth Services Review, March 2021
This study explores the relationship between the participation of young children in ECEC settings and ECEC policies in Europe. Findings suggest that ECEC participation is higher in European countries where ECEC is a legal entitlement, is free, is high in structural quality, has low fees and has high public spending per child. The authors note that while universal access and quality policies are particularly favourable for disadvantaged children, high public spending and low parental or private financing for ECEC do not correlate with higher use by disadvantaged children.
Universal access to quality child care is good policy and a positive determinant of health. Let’s invest.
Paediatrics & Child Health, May 2021
This commentary aims to provide an evidence-based framework for Canadian pediatricians interested in learning more about universal access to child care and advocating for child care as a social determinant of health. The commentary identifies that non-profit, affordable child care results in a variety of positive developmental outcomes for children as well as benefiting families and society at-large.
Child care in the news
CA: Statement by the Prime Minister on International Women’s Day
Office of the Prime Minister, 8 March 2022
CA: Affordable child-care program providing relief for families amid rising cost of living
CBC News, 2 March 2022
NL: Provincial and federal governments to provide update on child care
Governments of Newfoundland and Canada, 9 March 2022
ON: 'New phase of negotiations:' Ontario close to landing $10/day childcare deal
CTV News, 8 March 2022
ON: La crise en petite enfance : Un cri d’alarme pour la vitalité franco-ontarienne
La Voix du Nord, 8 March 2022
ON: With deadline looming, why hasn’t Ontario signed a child-care deal yet?
Toronto Star, 7 March 2022
ON: Provincial funding for Indigenous child care in Sault Ste. Marie
CTV News, 5 March 2022
ON: PD Days coming soon at daycares in many regions across Ontario
Global News, 4 March 2022
ON: Ontario Liberal leader promises to refund some child-care costs to parents if elected
Toronto Star, 4 March 2022
ON: Ontario Liberals promise $2,750 per child refund for daycare costs — if elected
CBC News, 3 March 2022
AB: NDP warns Alberta won't hit $10-per-day child care target without extra $200M from UCP
Edmonton Journal, 28 February 2022
BC: Two more North Vancouver daycares become $10 per day
North Shore News, 6 March 2022
BC: Families will save more on child care through Budget 2022
BC Government News, 3 March 2022
BC: Kamloops preschool workers frustrated with delay of $10-a-day child care
CFCJ Today, 2 March 2022
NWT: 50% child care fee reduction for families in the Northwest Territories
Employment and Social Development Canada, 3 March 2022
NWT: NWT publishes ‘vision to transform childcare’ by 2030
Cabin Radio, 3 March 2022
UK: UK government rejects request by thousands of women to examine childcare costs
The Guardian, 8 March 2022
INTL: COVID worsens Japan's persistent gender gap in child care
Nikkei Asia, 6 March 2022
Events/Call for participants
How COVID-19 has impacted you and your profession?
Black Health Matters - University of Toronto, 2 April 2022
Black Health Matters is seeking English-speaking African/Black early childhood educators or early childhood education professionals working across Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) for a 120 min focus group. Topics of discussion include the emotional and physical impacts of COVID-19 and related coping strategies. Participants will be compensated for their time.
Call to action: The time is now
Child Care Now Nova Scotia, March 2022
Child Care Now Nova Scotia’s new campaign calls on the public to put pressure on political leaders to expedite the compensation framework and workforce strategy outlined in the Bilateral Early Learning and Child Care Agreement and ensure early childhood educators receive access to increased compensation, benefits, and pensions effective immediately. Take action by signing on the online letter template.
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