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In the News — December 10, 2025
Kenya Thompson and colleagues on Nova Scotia’s child care system
In this recent report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Nova Scotia Office, Kenya Thompson and colleagues outline a roadmap to follow to take full advantage of the investments that have been made in Nova Scotia, offering recommendations for federal and provincial governments to deliver a system of universal, comprehensive, publicly funded, high-quality, affordable, accessible, accountable, non-profit early learning and child care that advances social inclusion.
In the News — November 17, 2025
Gordon Cleveland on the federal budget for early learning and child care
Canada’s child-care system is at risk of stagnation because the federal budget is not investing in expanding spaces or improving educator wages. Without treating child care as critical infrastructure—similar to housing—the country will fall short of meeting demand, leaving families on long waiting lists and missing out on major economic benefits from increased workforce participation.
In the News — November 6, 2025
Janna Klostermann discusses her new book, At the Limits of Care
On November 5th 2025, the Canadian Sociological Association hosted a meet the author webinar with Janna Klostermann, author of “At the Limits of Care: Gendered Work and Stories that Matter” with University of Toronto Press.
In the News — October 22, 2025
Vanessa Watts named Canada Research Chair in Colonial Histories and Indigenous Futures
McMaster University has named Vanessa Watts (Assistant Professor) as a new Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Colonial Histories and Indigenous Futures
In the News — August 28, 2025
Sylvia Fuller on return-to-office mandates
Sylvia Fuller discusses employee resistance to back to the office mandates and shares that when workers have more flexibility, they are happier with their jobs, they are more committed to their employers, they are less stressed, they report better health, they’re more engaged in their work, and they have lower rates of sickness and absenteeism.
In the News — August 7, 2025
Manlin Cai on flexible work arrangements
Manlin Cai (Doctoral Candidate at UBC and RC/W research assistant) discusses how Canada lags behind peer countries in the rights it gives workers to ask for flexible work options.
In the News — June 25, 2025
CCPA on maternity and parental leave
Katherine Scott, David MacDonald, and Ryan Heasman of the CCPA have written an article on enhancing federal maternity and parental leave in a post-pandemic world.
In the News — April 21, 2025
Gordon Cleveland on where the parties stand on child care in the federal election
Depending on who becomes prime minister, parents now paying $10 a day for child care could continue to do so and many additional parents could access affordable day care in the future due to plans to expand. Or, the cap on child-care fees could be eliminated in a return to market provision of child-care services, in at least some provinces.
In the News — April 15, 2025
Sophie Mathieu on women and the federal election
Amid talk of trade and tariffs, family and gender equity issues are missing from the federal campaign — and so are women’s voices.
In the News — April 9, 2025
Kenya Thompson has co-authored a chapter on improving upon Quebec’s childcare policy model in the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Plan
Kenya Thompson, RC/W Research Assistant and Doctoral Student at York University, and co-author Emma Willert, York University, have published a chapter on improving upon Quebec’s childcare policy model in the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Plan, in the book “Assessing Justin Trudeau’s Minority Governments (2019–2025): Navigating Through 697 Promises in Times of Crisis”