Resources - Childcare

Reports

Municipal Child Care in Alberta: An Alternative Approach to the Funding and Delivery of Early Learning and Care for Children and Their Families, the Muttart Foundation, November 2011

Documents and Presentations

Deborah Brennan's presentation on corporate childcare for PIA's 2008 Advocacy Conference

Articles

Child care: not as easy as ABC, by Deborah Brennan for The Age, 2008

What is the future of learning in Canada? - The Final Report of the Canadian Council on Learning

This report, released October 2011, describes Canada’s performance in each stage of learning—from early childhood through to the senior years. It shows that Canada continues to slip further down the learning curve and is falling behind the international competition in many stages of education and learning. The report outlines positive developments in each area as well as troublesome trends and makes recommendations for improvement.

A key finding of the report: "Early childhood education and learning (ECEL) affects a child’s health, well-being and skills development, yet research indicates that 25% of Canadian children entering school lack the foundation needed for successful acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills."

Click here for the full report in PDF, or click here for the press release on the release of the report.

Organizations

The Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC) is dedicated to promoting quality, publicly funded child care accessible to all.

The Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) focuses on research and policy resources, advancing a universal, high quality, publicly-funded, not-for-profit, inclusive system of early childhood education and care in Canada.