The child care system is facing serious challenges. It’s not clear that changing the funding model would help.
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The most commonly reported incident type was ‘injury, illness, or trauma’, which accounted for almost 80% of reports.
It is never too early to teach kids body autonomy and normalise safety in relationships.
About 100 early childhood experts are meeting in Canberra today for a national summit on children who are five and under.
Stable child care can protect kids in the face of major life stressors — so should subsidy policies.
Cutting the cost of childcare for families won’t help them if there are no places available at local childcare centres or people to staff them.
Among provinces, Ontario is the least generous supporter of its childhood educator workforce. Parents pay the price in available child-care spaces if a staffing recruitment crisis does not improve.
Planning outdoor early learning and child care has implications for training and recruiting educators as well as for planning, developing and funding physical spaces.
Restructuring children’s outdoor play in child care centres into shorter, more frequent bouts helps maximize children’s physical activity.
As provinces and territories beyond Québec develop early learning and care plans, they should be aware of the pitfalls of taking shortcuts in response to parent demand.
Top contributors
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Professor and Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Research Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Assistant Researcher, Perlman Lab, Ontario Institute for the Studies of Education, University of Toronto
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PhD Student, Developmental Psychology and Education, University of Toronto
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Adjunct Professor, Victoria University
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Post-Doctoral Associate, Child Health and Physical Activity Lab, Western University
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PhD, University of Toronto
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Doctoral Student, Developmental Psychology and Education, University of Toronto
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto
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Lecturer, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Adelaide University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at Ontario Institute for the Study of Education (OISE) and Executive Director at the Atkinson Centre, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University