Reimagining Care/Work Policies

Lu Hu is a master’s candidate in the Early Childhood Studies program at Toronto Metropolitan University, with research centered on the intersection of childcare, media framing, and political discourse in Canada. Their master’s research paper examines how newspapers across Canada have framed childcare issues since the implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system. They are particularly interested in how key political events, media narratives, power dynamics, and the economy of the media shape public opinion and policy on childcare.