Brooke Richardson (she/her) is a care activist, scholar and mother motivated by the belief that good care is foundational to meaningful lives and a democratic society.  Brooke completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), first in Early Childhood Studies and then shifting to Policy Studies (focus on childcare policy). Her research and scholarly work focus on reimagining child welfare systems through a feminist ethics of care lens, the political positioning of child care in contemporary welfare states, reconceptualizing and reasserting care in early childhood education and child welfare settings, and the ongoing professionalization of gendered unpaid and (poorly) paid care labour. She has published and presented nationally and internationally on topics related to caring for children and published two edited volumes in 2022:  Feminisms and the Early Childhood Educator: Critical Conversations (Bloomsbury) and Mothering on the Edge: A Critical Examination of Mothering within Child Protection Systems (Demeter Press).

She is currently editing a follow-up book to Mothering on the Edge titled, Voices from the edge: First person voices of mothers who have survived child protection systems (Demeter Press, projected publication spring 2026). She is also excited to be working with her ECE colleagues to edit a forthcoming anthology titled Disrupting Developmentalism in Canadian Early Years Education: Critical Activist Knowledges (Canadian Scholars Press, projected publication Fall 2025).