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Fast Facts: No Jesuit School in Winnipeg’s North End
The Catholic Church ran more than half of Canada’s residential schools. In these schools they immersed Indigenous children and youth in Catholic culture. The effect…
Fast Facts: Mothering Project – Effective prevention with vulnerable families
“The root causes of neglect—including poverty, poor housing, food insecurity, and substance abuse—lie beyond the scope of the child welfare system to resolve. But a…
And for my next trick… The child care juggling act
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New study reveals the most and least expensive Canadian cities for child care
OTTAWA—A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals the most and least expensive cities for child care in Canada.
They Go Up So Fast
2015 Child Care Fees in Canadian Cities Download 832.74 KB 40 pages The study reveals the most and least expensive cities for child care in…
State of the Inner City Report 2015
Drawing on our strengths Download 1.57 MB76 pages Poverty is deeply-rooted, spatially-concentrated, complex, often racialized, and not quickly solved. It damages, and in some cases…
Infographie: frais de garde d’enfants, 2015
Ils grandissent si vite Les coûts élevés des services de garde dans de nombreuses villes constituent, entre autres, un problème majeur. Notre rapport récent examine…
Ils grandissent si vite
Frais de garde d’enfants dans les villes canadiennes 2015 Download 927.05 KB 44 pages Cet étude révèle les villes où les garderies sont les plus…
Infographic: 2015 Child Care Fees
They Go Up So Fast Canada’s child care systems can vary dramatically from province to province and city to city, but two things hold true…
Nurturing early childhood development in times of austerity in BC
Download 600.71 KB20 pages Early childhood development plays a critical role in a person’s health and welfare throughout their life, affecting everything from scholastic success…
Nannygate: time for a grown up conversation
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2015 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia
End It Now Download 1.07 MB28 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track progress…
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