Blog
Ed Finn
| "Canada's children are worlds apart from the happiest, healthiest children in rich countries and worlds apart from each other due to wide inequalities," said David Morley, president of UNICEF Canada. |
Blog
Martha Friendly, Morna Ballantyne, Lynell Anderson
| The shuttering of child care in Canada has put parents and providers in an untenable position, but has also given policy-makers critical insights. |
Podcast
Marc Belanger, C. Marie Ainsborough, Derek Blackadder
| RadioLabour's Canada Report: An interview with CLC president Hassan Yussuff. Child care during the pandemic. And more. |
Podcast
Marc Belanger, C. Marie Ainsborough, Derek Blackadder
| RadioLabour's Canada Report: Activists were thrown out of the COP25 conference in Madrid when governments refused to act, but the struggle continues. |
Blog
Ed Finn
| A new report is just the latest account detailing the extent of child poverty and dereliction that has blemished this country's image for a very long time. |
Blog
Dorothy MacLeod
| One woman's experience of difficulty accessing child care paints a bigger picture that illustrates why Canada needs universal child care to close the gender wage gap and achieve gender equity. |
Blog
Martha Friendly, Susan Prentice, Morna Ballantyne
| Without the publicly funded child care now commonplace in many countries, Canada lacks this essential pillar of support for women's equality. |
Blog
Martha Friendly
| International comparative research shows Canada lags behind other countries when it comes to child care. This article explores two possible ideological and structural explanations. |
Blog
Martha Friendly
| A recent CBC Cross Country Check Up devoted itself to child-care policy. We unpack multiple interesting and noteworthy points while considering the four that especially stood out. |
Blog
Emilie Taman
| Promises to fix child care, maternity leave, and pensions that treat women fairly have all been broken -- and can't be forgotten because the PM has a nice tweet game. |
Blog
Martha Friendly
| Child care is quite the election issue in the U.S., taking up much more space in this election campaign. Canadian women and families should take note. |
Blog
Doreen Nicoll
| After participating in an International Women's Day roundtable I have great hope that we're well on our way to creating an equitable Canada. |