Alberta: What are the Federal Provincial Territorial agreements?
A summary of federal child care funds made available to the province of Alberta, Canada in 2005/6 through Federal Provincial Territorial (FPT) agreements
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Attracting and keeping qualified early childhood care centre staff
An overview of factors causing problems for the recruitment and retention of qualified child care workers in Nova Scotia
Other
Attracting and keeping qualified staff in Canadian child care: The national environmental scan
An overview of the effects of workplace conditions, professional status and recognition, societal attitudes, policies, and education and training on recruitment and retention of qualified child care workers in Canada
Other
Babysitters or professionals?: The role of social attitudes in the recruitment & retention of child care workers
An exploration of the role that social attitudes play in creating and sustaining problems facing child care workforce recruitment and retention efforts in Canada
Other
The best of all worlds: A community vision for early learning and child care in Canada
A summary of a discussion of a child care and early education pedagogy framework to help develop and guide a coordinated national child care and early education policy in Canada
Executive Summary
British Columbia: What are the Federal Provincial Territorial agreements?
A summary of federal child care funds made available to the province of British Columbia, Canada in 2005/6 through Federal Provincial Territorial (FPT) agreements
Fact Sheets & Briefs
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
Other
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
Diversity or disparity?: Early childhood education and care in Canada (ECEC): Community Indicators project report
An overview of child care and early education services in Canada in 2001, based on indicators related to availability, affordability, and quality
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Diversity or disparity?: Early childhood education and care in Canada (ECEC): Second report, Community Indicators project
A report providing the public with an overview of the status of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Canada
Reports & Papers
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
The Early Development Instrument as an evaluation and improvement tool for school-based integrated services for young children and parents: The Toronto First Duty Project
A description of the use of the Early Development Instrument (EDI) to influence program improvements and to measure community-level school readiness among children enrolled in a program for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and parents across a school district in Toronto, and a comparison of EDI scores at the Toronto First Duty (TFD) integrated services project sites and matched non-TFD community school sites
Reports & Papers
An economic perspective on the current and future role of nonprofit provision of early learning and child care services in Canada: Final project report
An analysis comparing the quality of non-profit and for-profit child care centers in Canada based on a literature review, analysis of a national data set and three smaller data sets from Quebec and Toronto, and interviews with key informants
Reports & Papers
Education and training as factors that affect recruitment and retention of staff in early childhood care programs
An exploration of characteristics of early childhood education higher education programs that affect recruitment into the child care and early education field
Other
Highlights from Inclusion: The next generation in child care in Canada
A summary of two studies from Canada, the first on the influence of child care center directors on staff attitudes toward the inclusion of children with special needs, based on questionnaires from center directors and their staff, and the second on the relationship between overall child care center quality and inclusion quality and on factors that contribute to high inclusion quality, based on observations of child care centers
Executive Summary
Inclusion: The next generation in child care in Canada
Two studies from Canada, the first on the influence of child care center directors on staff attitudes toward the inclusion of children with special needs, based on questionnaires from center directors and their staff, and the second on the relationship between overall child care center quality and inclusion quality and on factors that contribute to high inclusion quality, based on observations of child care centers
Reports & Papers
Integration for a change: How can integration of services for kindergarten-aged children be achieved?
A study evaluating the Integration Network Project, which seeks solutions to integrate kindergarten and child care programs in Canada
Other
Integration for a change: How can integration of services for kindergarten-aged children be achieved? [Executive summary]
A summary of a study evaluating the Integration Network Project, which seeks solutions to integrate kindergarten and child care programs in Canada
Executive Summary
The integration kit: Policy papers: How can integration of services for kindergarten-aged children be achieved?
A discussion of policies for integrating the education and child care aspects of services for kindergarten-age children in Canada
Other
The integration kit: Policy papers: How can integration of services for kindergarten-aged children be achieved? [Executive summary]
A summary of a discussion of policies for integrating the education and child care aspects of services for kindergarten-age children in Canada
Executive Summary
Making the connections: Using public reporting to track the progress on child care services in Canada
A review and critique of federal, provincial, and territorial reports on the effects of funding agreements on the quality, availability, and affordability of child care, early learning, and other programs for young children across Canada (excluding Quebec)
Literature Review
Making the connections: using public reporting to track the progress on child care services in Canada [Executive summary]
A summary of a review and critique of federal, provincial, and territorial reports on the effects of funding agreements on the quality, availability, and affordability of child care, early learning, and other programs for young children across Canada (excluding Quebec)
Executive Summary
Manitoba: What are the Federal Provincial Territorial agreements?
A summary of federal child care funds made available to the province of Manitoba, Canada in 2005/6 through Federal Provincial Territorial (FPT) agreements
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Manitoba case study on retention and recruitment
A history and overview of efforts in Manitoba to increase the recruitment and retention of qualified child care workers
Other
