NEW POSTINGS AVAILABLE ON THE
CHILDCARE RESOURCE AND RESEARCH UNIT'S WEBSITE
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30-Jul-04

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


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WHAT'S NEW
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 >> BC families to benefit from child care spending
by British Columbia. Ministry of Children and Family Development
Government of BC announces $4.9 million in child care funding.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=61227

 >> Size of government and economic performance: What does the evidence
say?
by Lee, Mark
Brief from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives challenges belief
that
big government hurts economic growth; concludes that expansion of public
services, like child care, would have a positive economic impact.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=61231

 >> Building bridges from pre-kindergarten to infants and toddlers
by Lombardi, Joan; Cohen, Julie; Stebbins, Helene; Lurie-Hurvitz, Erica;
Jacobson Chernoff, Jodi; Denton, Kristin; Abbey, Rachel & Ewen, Danielle
Discussion paper from the Zero to Three Policy Center examines interactions
between pre-K and infant and toddler initiatives in four U.S. states;
recommendations include the development of an effective infant and toddler
program policy agenda.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=61228

 >> High-quality pre-kindergarten: The key to crime prevention and school
success in Tennessee
by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
Report from Fight Crime: Invest in Kids finds that "investment in quality
pre-kindergarten now will save taxpayers money in future crime cost".
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=61230


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CHILD CARE IN THE NEWS
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 >> The personal is political, the social is physical [CA]
Toronto Star, July 30, 2004
"Social determinants of health: Canadian perspectives" (edited by York
University professor Dennis Raphael; foreword by Roy Romanow), provides a
collection of research and observations by academics and leading-edge
thinkers
about how social determinants of health play out in Canadian life. Early
childhood education included as one of the main determinants of health.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=61220

 >> Province OKs funding boost for child care [CA-ON]
Clinton News-Record, July 28, 2004
The Ontario government's recent announcement of $58.2 million in federal
child
care transfer funds will mean $215,500 for Huron County and $243,000 for
Bruce
County.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=61224

 >> Child care tops agenda, Dryden says [CA]
Canadian Press, July 27, 2004
Minister of Social Development Ken Dryden insists that the Liberal promise
of a
$5-billion national child care program isn't "just another election
nose-stretcher". Affordable child care for all Canadians tops his agenda,
Dryden
said in an interview.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=61222

 >> Don't forget plight of poor children [CA]
Toronto Star, July 27, 2004
As Canada's premiers meet this week in Niagara-on-the-Lake they must know
that
the well-being of children and the health of Canadians need to be
approached as
one and the same. They must significantly increase investments in a
comprehensive plan for children ? one that promotes a healthy and inclusive
society.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=61225

 >> B.C. pledges $5M to expand day-care spaces, but advocate says too
little
[CA-BC]
Canadian Press, July 27, 2004
The B.C. government has announced $4.9 million in child care funding, but
child
care advocates are saying it's only a tiny fraction of the money the
Liberals
have cut from such services.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=61226

 >> A goal for Ken Dryden: Act on child care vows [CA]
Toronto Star, July 25, 2004
The appointment of Ken Dryden creates the "best chance in a long while"
that
Ottawa will act on its promises to create a national child care program.
"It
would be a positive sign if Dryden would forget the $5 billion
figure?.Better to
paint broadly and passionately his over-all vision for the shape early
childhood
development should take."
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=61223

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