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Andrea Doucet speaks with CBC on the legacy of the 1981 Canadian Union of Postal Workers strike and the impact on well-paid inclusive parental leave in Canada
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RC/W News — December 11, 2024
RC/W Newsletter 6
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.
RC/W News — November 12, 2024
Several of our team members have joined the Vanier Institute of the Family’s Affiliate Network
The Vanier Institute of the Family’s Affiliates Network brings together people committed to advancing knowledge and understanding of families in Canada, in all their diversities. Several of our team members have joined, including Kim de Laat, Andrea Doucet, Eva Jewell, Donna Lero, Lindsey McKay, Susan Prentice, Yue Qian, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, and Lisa Wolff.
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.
In the News — September 11, 2024
Child Care Now’s submission on building a Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care System (ELCC)
Child Care Now has prepared a submission to The Department of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) on the high level challenges and recommendations to expand access to high quality public and not-for-profit ELCC for children and families, in line with the Government of Canada’s policy objective of building a primarily non-profit system of ELCC.