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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
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In the News — October 30, 2020
Sophie Mathieu was interviewed for an article by Marie Eve Morasse (2020). “ On est fatiguées, mais on ne pense pas à nous
Des travailleuses des services de garde des écoles de la province digèrent mal les trois journées pédagogiques supplémentaires accordées aux enseignantes par Québec.
In the News — September 14, 2020
TVO, Kate Bezanson and Carolyn Ferns (from partner organization OCBCC) Reigniting the Economy through Childcare
Childcare in Ontario is the most expensive in Canada. The system has been broken for a long time, according to experts, and the pandemic has only exacerbated th…
In the News — August 18, 2020
Sylvia Fuller and Yue Qian were featured in an article by Sabrina Maddeaux. (2020).There’s no economic recovery without working moms
It was always absurd. Even pre-pandemic, the cultural myth that working moms can “have it all” was in the midst of a brutal reality check. Fed up with the impossible task of excelling at parenthood, nurturing relationships and friendships, growing careers, and keeping up with household chores (“me” time, what’s that?!), moms began to reject the status quo
In the News — August 15, 2020
Sophie Mathieu featured in an article by Jean-Thomas Léveillé (2020). Services de garde en milieu scolaire : Est-ce que les bulles vont éclater?
Les services de garde constituent une faille dans le plan de Québec pour la rentrée scolaire, préviennent différents observateurs.
In the News — July 8, 2020
The research of Sylvia Fuller and Yue Qian was highlighted in: COVID-19 has fostered ‘perfect storm pushing women out of their jobs’: UBC Study co-author.
When Deb Perlman wrote in a New York Times oped last week that “In the COVID-19 economy, you’re allowed only a kid or a job,” she didn’t specify that mothers have been particularly hard hit by the catastrophe.