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Lower child-care fees have helped increase employment among parents of young children in Canada while adding to the GDP, but there are access problems that policy could address. (Andrej Lisakov/Unsplash)

Have child, need job: How child‑care problems prevent many families from re‑entering the workforce

Alisaleh Shariati, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Emis Akbari, University of Toronto

A new report shows Canada’s $10-a-day child care has generated real returns, but unlocking more benefits depends partly on bolstering the child-care workforce.
Child-care policy needs to be designed to ensure children have stable access to high-quality care. (Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages)

Low‑income families should not lose child‑care subsidies while on parental leave

Samantha Burns, University of Toronto; Calpanaa Jegatheeswaran, University of Toronto; Michal Perlman, University of Toronto; Petr Varmuza, University of Toronto, and Sumayya Saleem, University of Toronto

Stable child care can protect kids in the face of major life stressors — so should subsidy policies.
Almost as many trained early childhood educators work outside licensed child care as in it. Many say they would return to the field if offered decent work. (Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages)

Children across Canada deserve a professional early childhood education workforce

Emis Akbari, University of Toronto and Kerry McCuaig, University of Toronto

Staff recruitment and retention challenges aren’t seen in public child-care centres, where educators are paid substantially more, are unionized and have professional development opportunities.
Children play at the Children’s Centre at Capilano University in Capilano, B.C. (Sylvia Kind)

Federal budget 2021: 7 actions to ensure Canada’s ‘child‑care plan’ is about education

Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, Western University; Alex Berry, Western University; Cory Jobb, Western University; Cristina Delgado Vintimilla, York University, Canada; Fikile Nxumalo, University of Toronto; Kathleen Kummen, Capilano University; Kelly-Ann MacAlpine, Western University; Laurie Kocher, Capilano University; Meagan Montpetit, Western University; Narda Nelson, Western University; Nicole Land, Toronto Metropolitan University; Randa Khattar, Western University, and Sylvia Kind, Capilano University

Canada has an opportunity to become a world leader in early childhood education. With monumental federal support, this is the time to build a sustainable and relevant early education system.

Related Topics

  1. Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care
  2. care economy
  3. Child care
  4. Childhood
  5. Early childhood education
  6. Early childhood educators
  7. Early learning and care
  8. Parental leave

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