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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”
In the News — November 26, 2024
Families Count 2024
The Vanier Institute’s new resource explores three decades of change, continuity, and complexity among families in Canada. Released during the International Year of the Family’s 30th anniversary, Families Count 2024 provides statistical portraits of families in Canada, highlights trends over time, and offers insights on what it all means for families and family life.
In the News — November 20, 2024
Susan Prentice on child care spaces in Manitoba
Susan Prentice speaks at the child-care news conference on November 20th, calling on the province to create more spaces and a publicly managed system to operate them.
In the News — October 31, 2024
Gordon Cleveland on Ontario’s new funding formula
Gordon Cleveland evaluates Ontario’s new funding formula for child-care centres participating in the $10 a day program (CWELCC).
In the News — October 29, 2024
Martha Friendly honoured with key to the city of Toronto
Martha Friendly has been honoured with a key to the city of Toronto for her dedication to families and children and for helping to shape a universally available, affordable and high-quality early childhood education program for children in Toronto
In the News — October 23, 2024
Martha Friendly and Leila Sarangi awarded King Charles III Coronation medals
Martha Friendly (Childcare Resource and Research Unit) has been awarded a King Charles III Coronation medal for her contributions to child care for more than 50 years, and Leila Sarangi (Campaign 2000) has been awarded a King Charles III Coronation medal for her work in eliminating child and family poverty.
In the News — September 30, 2024
Vanessa Watts awarded Reconciliation Network Grant
Vanessa Watts has been awarded $2M from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and SSHRC to examine the experiences of Indigenous residents of the Mohawk Institute Residential School and the Hamilton Mountain Sanatorium.
In the News — September 19, 2024
Kim de Laat awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Kim de Laat has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Development grant with Erin Reid and Andrea Doucet to explore hybrid work arrangements and cognitive labour and the implications for gender inequality at work and home.