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What direction now? Ontario’s Funding and Management Guidelines for 2023 and beyond
Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 19 October 2022
In this briefing note, Dr. Gordon Cleveland proposes some key objectives and essential elements of Ontario’s funding and management arrangements for 2023 and beyond. Cleveland argues that Management and Funding Guidelines for early learning and child care in Ontario must keep in view the long-run objective of creating a publicly managed and predominantly not-for-profit system.
Early learning and child care in Canada: Where have we come from, where are we going?
Institute for Research on Public Policy, 19 October 2022
This paper evaluates progress on indicators of affordability, accessibility and quality of child care over the last 30 years. Comparing data from the 1980s and 1990s with 2019 shows that although the amount of child care spaces has significantly increased over the years, there’s been mixed progress in many areas, such as staff-to-child ratios, wages for early childhood educators and funding for low-income families. Drawing on analysis of national and regional progress, the author provides four recommendations for governments: Focus efforts on rapid expansion of not-for-profit and public child care; direct more funding toward increasing wages for educators; direct more provincial/territorial funding into child care and expand and modernize parental leave benefits.
ON: Day highlights the need to attract and retain early childhood educators
CTV News, 18 October 2022
Research, policy and practice
These mobile nurseries are helping migrant workers in India access child care
Global Citizen, 4 October 2022
This article provides an overview of the impact the non-profit organization Mobile Creches has had in migrant worker populations in India by working with real estate developers to establish creches on location at sites. A study conducted by the organization found that nearly 90% of unemployed women who were surveyed reported that child care was one of the main reasons they were unable to take on paid work. In addition, 1 out of every 3 working mothers said they were only able to work because they had access to a creche. The creches provide education and information sessions for parents and focus on four pillars: health and hygiene, nutrition, early learning, and responsive caregiving.
Identifying primary and secondary stressors, buffers, and supports that impact ECE teacher wellbeing: Implications for teacher education
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 4 May 2021
This study explores inter- and intra-personal dimensions of early childhood educators’ experience of work-related stress. Results suggest primary stressors are “inherent” to the work itself, like meeting the needs of multiple children simultaneously and dealing with conflict within the workplace, while secondary stressors are associated with work interfering in life outside the classroom. Findings indicate that pre-service training and professional development could help alleviate primary stressors by specifically focusing on coping strategies and relevant training, such as managing adult relationships within early childhood settings. Moreover, policymakers, governments and, in some cases, program directors and administrators can take intentional steps to reduce work-related stress by lowering staff-to-child ratios, streamlining paperwork and processes so educators’ time is well-used, providing consistent and culturally responsive support for staff and families and creating and maintaining a collaborative workplace culture.
Child care in the news
CA: Canada to run 16 concurrent projects to boost ECEC across the country
The Sector, 14 October 2022
PE: Province helping families with child care fees
Government of Prince Edward Island, 19 October 2022
PE: P.E.I. government announces financial support for child care after Fiona
CBC News, 18 October 2022
ON: Minister Gould meets with families receiving fee reductions for licensed child care in Ontario
Government of Canada, 18 October 2022
ON: How early childhood education helped a mother in Peel
InSauga, 18 October 2022
MB: Governments of Canada, Manitoba investing more than $1 million to create 40 new child-care spaces in Oakville
Government of Manitoba, 14 October 2022
ON: KDSB to assume direct delivery of Child Care programming and services offered by FIREFLY in Kenora
Kenora District Services Board, 16 September 2022
US: Rights, raises, and respect: The early educator compensation movement (1972 to 2000)
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 15 September 2022
UK: Nursery for under-twos costs parents in England 65% of wage
The Guardian, 7 October 2022
UK: Petition against plans to change childcare ratios could be debated in Parliament
Nursery World, 30 September 2022
AU: ‘Motherhood penalty’: Women’s earnings halve in first 5 years of parenthood
Women’s Agenda, 12 October 2022
Event
ON: Nonprofit Driven Annual Conference 2022
Ontario Nonprofit Network, 2-3 November, 2022
The Ontario Nonprofit Network's Nonprofit Driven Conference is Ontario’s largest public policy forum and an important gathering for nonprofit leaders, community organizers, and policymakers to collaborate and form strategic partnerships while connecting with other attendees, staff and supporters. The conference schedule includes panel discussions, Q&A sessions, workshops and more.
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