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Congratulations to Martha Friendly on the formal presentation of her Insignia of the Officer of the Order of Canada
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Dans les Nouvelles — 28 août 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.
Dans les Nouvelles — 7 août 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.
Dans les Nouvelles — 25 juin 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.
Dans les Nouvelles — 21 avril 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.
Dans les Nouvelles — 15 avril 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.
Dans les Nouvelles — 9 avril 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 »
Dans les Nouvelles — 26 novembre 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.
Dans les Nouvelles — 20 novembre 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.
Dans les Nouvelles — 31 octobre 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).
Dans les Nouvelles — 29 octobre 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