Building a strong and equal partnership between childcare and early childhood education in Canada
An overview of the legislation and the pilot implementation of integrated full-day early learning for 4- and 5-year-olds in 2007 in Ontario, Canada and related challenges that include the merging of public kindergarten with market-driven child care, financing, maintaining stability in paid child care for younger children, staffing issues, and the management of the integration
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Canadian early learning and child care and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
A review of the political and social child care context in Canada and its implications for Canadian commitment to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Can early childhood education and care help keep Canada’s promise of respect for diversity?
An exploration of the role of public policies in Canada’s realization of its commitment to diversity
Reports & Papers
Child care and Canadian federalism in the 1990s: Canary in a coal mine
An examination of federal and provincial jurisdictional barriers that obstructed the formation of a national child care system for Canada and a discussion of the need for federal leadership involvement in the development of a national child care system
Reports & Papers
Child care by default or design?: An exploration of differences between non-profit and for-profit Canadian child care centres using the You Bet I Care! data sets
An analysis of the differences in child care quality in commercial versus publicly operated child care centers in Canada
Reports & Papers
Child care centre physical environments
A summary of Canadian regulations for the physical environments of child care centers, including indoor, outdoor, lighting, and minimum space requirements
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care fee subsidies in Canada
A brief summarizing Canada's child care fee subsidies in terms of historical context and eligibility requirements for all provinces and territories
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care policy in Canada: Putting the pieces together
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Early childhood education and care in Canada 2001
A 2001 evaluation of child care and early education policy in Canada
Reports & Papers
Early childhood education and care in Canada 2001: Summary
A brief on early childhood education policy and financing in Canada.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Early childhood education and care in Canada 2004
A report regarding policy trends in early childhood education and care in the Canadian provinces and territories between 2003 and 2004
Reports & Papers
Early childhood education and care in Canada 2006
An overview of trends in early childhood education and care in the Canadian provinces and territories between 2005 and 2006
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Early childhood education and care in Canada 2008
An overview of trends in early childhood education and care in the Canadian provinces and territories between 2007 and 2008
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Early childhood education and care in Toronto: Funding the future
An examination of three child care funding models for Toronto, Canada
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Early childhood education and care in Toronto: Funding the future: Summary
A summary of an examination of three child care funding models for Toronto, Canada
Executive Summary
Early learning and child care in Saskatchewan: Past, present and future
An overview of programs, access, financing, and quality in early learning and child care in Saskatchewan, Canada
Reports & Papers
From vision to action: Early childhood education and care in 2020
A speculative account of early childhood care and education policies and services in Canada in 2020
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Go public, take leadership: The path to better child care in Ontario
An overview of child care policy in Ontario, Canada, with recommendations for a framework to inform future policy development
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Miles to go...the policy context of child care in Canada
An analysis of child care policy in Canada in terms of the goals of alleviating poverty, fostering equality for women, providing early care and education services, and promoting economic well-being.
Other
OECD thematic review of early childhood education and care: Canadian background report
A study of the status of early childhood education and care (ECEC) funding and programs in Canada
Other
Ratios for four and five year olds: What does the research say? What else is important?
An overview of child-staff ratio regulations in Canadian center-based child care and kindergarten classrooms and of the relationship of child-staff ratios to global and process quality and to child outcomes
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Starting strong: Early childhood education and care policy: Country note for Austria
A discussion of early childhood education and care policies, practices, and issues in Austria, based on a document review and in-country interviews and site visits conducted by a review team
Reports & Papers
The state of data on early childhood education and care in Canada: National Data Project: Final report
A report on the state of early childhood education and care data collection in Canada, with recommendations for improving the quality of data reporting
Reports & Papers
The state of data on early childhood education and care in Canada: National Data Project: Final report [Executive summary]
An executive summary of a report on the state of early childhood education and care data collection in Canada, with recommendations for improving the quality of data reporting
Executive Summary
The state of the national child care program and provincial/territorial contexts, March 2006
Data on Canada’s national child care funding 2004-2006
Fact Sheets & Briefs
