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Spaces for Female Immigrant Youth
Girls Night Program Evaluation – Perspectives of Participants Download 596.24 KB24 pages Programming for youth is an important part of many community organizations’ mandates and…
Social Impact Bonds and the Financing of Child Welfare
Download 802.78 KB28 pages Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are a relatively new way of financing social services in Canada. They differ from the normal way…
Towards universal child care in Canada: A tale of two policies
When the Ontario government rolled out its five-year child care action plan for children under 4 years earlier this month, the child care movement applauded—perhaps…
You must be kidding: Confronting key myths about Quebec’s child care system
Eighteen months into the federal government’s mandate, with several provincial elections approaching, child care is once again a topic of debate. And, inevitably, Quebec’s system…
Finding Her Home
A gender-based analysis of the homelessness crisis in Winnipeg Download 780.67 KB46 pages This winter, a 53 year-old woman died overnight in minus 32-degree temperatures,…
Better Child Care for Ontario
In a response to the Ontario Ministry of Education’s consultations on child care and early years strategy, CCPA-Ontario Director Trish Hennessy says that child care…
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
January 2017 Download 2.59 MB12 pages Looking for BC Update and BC Commentary? Look no further. We’ve combined the two to create BC Solutions. Through this…
Fast Facts: How to really help Manitoba families
Build a universal childcare system First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Dec 22, 2016 Manitoba’s childcare system is staggering to meet the needs of…
Growth Spurt: What skyrocketing child care fees mean for families
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Study reveals the most and least expensive cities for child care in 2016
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) updates the most and least…
A Growing Concern
2016 child care fees in Canada’s big cities Download 828.12 KB 31 pages This study, the third in a series beginning in 2014, reveals the…
Infographic: 2016 Child Care Fees
A Growing Concern Canada’s child care systems can vary dramatically from province to province and city to city. But no matter where you live, one…
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