NEW POSTINGS AVAILABLE ON THE
CHILDCARE RESOURCE AND RESEARCH UNIT’S WEBSITE
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27-Aug-04

All postings available on CRRU’s homepage
http://www.childcarecanada.org/


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WHAT’S NEW
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 >> A new deal for children? Re-forming education and care in England,
Scotland
by Cohen, Bronwen; Moss, Peter; Petrie, Pat & Wallace, Jennifer
Book from Policy Press compares ECEC in the UK and Sweden; finds that
“Sweden
shows the value of long-term goals, sustained investment…and treating child
care
as a public good, not a private commodity – this is a challenge for England
and
Scotland.”
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=62488

 >> Low-income in the States
by National Center for Children in Poverty
Series from the National Center for Children in Poverty (US) charts the
course
of hypothetical families living in different states of the US to reveal the
gaps
in social policy for families as parents move from unemployment to
employment.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=62490

 >> Welfare states, family policies, and early childhood education, care,
and
family support
by Kamerman, Sheila
Report prepared for UNESCO examines the child and family policy experience
of
western democracies and the policy options faced by central and eastern
European
countries.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=62491

 >> Beyond Employment Insurance
by Maxwell, Judith
Presentation by CPRN President Judith Maxwell argues that EI does not
address
Canadians’ realities: low wages, increased skill requirements, insecure
employment and new family roles without adequate public supports.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=62489


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CHILD CARE IN THE NEWS
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 >> Poverty key factor in crime rates, health trouble, conference hears
[CA]
Charlottetown Guardian, Aug. 23, 2004
Dennis Raphael spoke to a conference in Charlottetown, telling participants
that
“people who live lives of exclusion, particularly children raised on
society's
margins, are the people at greatest risk of becoming criminals, of becoming
victims of crime, of developing health problems later in life.”
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=62486

 >> Child care must take back seat to health, Dryden. But social
development
minister insists national program won't be far behind [CA]
Ottawa Citizen, Aug. 22, 2004
Minister of Social Development, Ken Dryden, says that although it’s less
high
profile than the impeding health care talks, work is proceeding on putting
in
place a national child care program.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=62487

 >> Workers' helper [CA]
Straight Goods, Aug. 20, 2004
Since the 1980s, unions have been leading the way helping their members
secure
quality child care; let’s hope the federal government can do as well for
all
Canadians.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=62483

 >> A conversation with Ken Dryden [CA]
Toronto Star, Aug. 20, 2004
Minister of Social Development says that children in poverty experience a
"chipping away of possibilities. How can we change those assumptions and
expectations? A child care system can do that."
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=62485

 >> Where's the fall agenda? [CA]
Globe and Mail, Aug. 19, 2004
The federal government promises to follow through with their campaign
promises
of child care, health care and aid to cities. But the question remains:
“What
actual bills will the Paul Martin government bring forward in the fall?”
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=62482

 >> Funding crisis hits child care [GB]
Belfast Telegraph, Aug. 18, 2004
500 child care jobs, 800 child care places and 867 after-school places are
in
jeopardy in north and west Belfast due to a lack of funding local advocates
say.
  http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=62484


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