Early
Learning and Child Care in Canada
[Early Childhood Development]
-
Federal, Provincial and Territorial Governments -
Early
Learning and Child Care in Canada | Apprentissage
et garde des jeunes enfants au Canada |
Related Canadian Social Research Links pages: -
Early Learning and Child Care in Canada - Canadian NGO Links |
From the Government of Ontario:
With Our Best Future in
Mind:
Implementing Early Learning in Ontario
June 2009
Complete
report:
PDF
(2.1MB, 68 pages)
HTML
- table of contents + links to individual chapters of the report
News
Release (June 15)
Summary
Related links from the Toronto Star:
Opportunity
to transform early learning in Ontario
Evidence supports Pascal's blueprint
for an integrated approach for children under 6
June
16, 2009
Opinion
By Jim Grieve and Bill Hogarth
We know for certain that
every dollar we invest in children before they are 6-years-old saves us up to
$17 in social service costs. So why does Canada shamefully spend so little in
support of its youngest and most vulnerable citizens? What will it take to change
the status quo – to move from talk to action and make a difference for children,
families and our communities?The good news is we finally have an opportunity to
make that difference. A new report entitled With Our Best Future in Mind
by Charles Pascal, early learning adviser to Premier Dalton McGuinty, presents
a clear and powerful blueprint for Ontario. The report calls for sweeping, collaborative
action to place early learning firmly on the public agenda for Ontario and the
rest of Canada. With Our Best Future in Mind calls attention to the need
to build on best practice and embed proven strategies uniformly toward a total
transformation of our approach to early learning. The report proposes expanded
Best Start Child and Family Centres and introduces early learning programs as
the enhanced full-day model for 4- and 5-year-olds.
Early
Learning : A Star special on a new vision for Ontario Children
- includes
links to a number of articles on the report on early learning:
* `Seamless'
program urged for kids (by Andrea Gordon) - June 16, 2009
* The case for full-day
learning (by Kenyon Wallace) - June 16, 2009
* Can teachers, daycare staff
play together? (by Laurie Monsebraaten) - June 16, 2009
* Not known which schools
will get kindergarten program: Premier (by Rob Ferguson) - June 15, 2009
*
Full-day learning starts next year (by Laurie Monsebraaten) - June 15, 2009
*
Take over daycares, Ontario schools told (by Kristin Rushowy) - June 14, 2009
*
Single system for child care encouraged Laurie Monsebraaten - November 4, 2008
*The
people behind the report
Fraser Mustard, Charles Pascal and
Lorna Weigand were all
instrumental in the Ontario plan to make elementary
schools full-day hubs for 4- and 5-year olds
June 15, 2009
Source:
The
Toronto Star
From the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre: The
child care transition: A league table of * The
child care transition (report) - (PDF - 602K, 40 pages) Background
information: Related
resources: Response from UNICEF Canada: UNICEF
Canada calls for measurable standards, -------------------------------------------- Opposition
parties respond to UNICEF report card -------------------------------------------- From CTV.ca : Canada
tied for last in UNICEF child care ranking |
Child
Care in Canada: The Federal Role Highly recommended! this is
a good primer on the federal role in child care in Canada as well as a timeline
of federal involvement in this field. Source: |
Making
the Connections: Using Public Reporting NOTE Clicking on the title of the report opens a page that includes links to the complete study and executive summary, to the individual sections of the report and its two appendices, and to information about child care expenditures in each province and territory and by the Government of Canada. Source: |
Canada's
Universal Child Care Plan - "Choice. Support.
Spaces." Canada's
New Government Celebrates Giving Parents Greater Choice in Child Care Happy
Anniversary! One
year later, Canadian families still have no child care solution Also from CUPE: Early
learning and child care - It's time (PDF file - 2.5MB, 24 pages) More
talk, still no action, says CUPE on new federal child care committee - more CUPE website content on child care -------------------------------- Supporting
Canadian Children & Families : Addressing the Gap Between Table
of Contents (selected content) NOTE: Government report appendices
often contain precious info-nuggets that are not found elsewhere. Related link: Canada's
Universal Child Care Plan - "Provides Choice,
Support and Spaces." Source: -------------------------------- Minister
Finley announces creation of Ministerial Advisory Committee on the Child Care
Spaces Initiative Related
coverage from the Toronto Star: Editorial:
Harper's dubious child-care panel Advocates fear Tory committee
too biased ----------------------------------------------- From the Prime Minister of Canada: Prime
Minister pushes childcare for all Prime
Minister Harper to ask Parliament to approve choice in child care allowance Notes
for an Address by the Prime Minister on the Child Care Choice Facing Parliament ---------------------------------------- A
new $1,200 Choice in Child Care Allowance for pre-school kids |
*
The Well-Being
of Canada’s Young Children: Government of Canada Report 2006 Two reports in one: Source: |
From April 2005 until the 2006 federal election was called, the governments of Canada and the provinces negotiated and signed agreements or agreements-in-principle on early learning and child care. After an initial spate of announcements in late spring, the initiative appeared to move to the back burner, but bilateral negotiations continued on a number of fronts. "These historic agreements build on a meeting of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services in November 2004 and a subsequent meeting in February 2005. They (with the exception of Quebec) agreed to shared principles to guide the development of a new national system of early learning and child care." By the time Parliament shut down for the duration of the election campaign over the winter of 2005-2006, agreements were in place with all provinces. Here's the most current and comprehensive ELCC website: Towards
a national system of early learning and child care NOTE: this is a large collection that includes government and non-governmental reports, press releases, news articles and other documents dealing with the new federal-provincial-territorial arrangements for early learning and child care in Canada. The Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) has created this special resource, which I highly recommend, to help us keep track of all of the background material that's relevant to the big picture. This new section of the CRRU site already contains dozens of links to related info. Because the CRRU resource is so current and so comprehensive, I've decided not to replicate this work on the page you're now reading; please follow the link above for all info concerning ELCC. Source: Earlier fed-prov. agreements
Federal/Provincial/Territorial
Communiqué on Early Childhood Development Federal/Provincial/Territorial
Multilateral Framework on Early Learning and Child Care |
Media
Release (PDF file - 40K, 4 pages) "The Childcare Resource and Research Unit has periodically assembled pan Canadian data to produce a national snapshot of early childhood care and education. The sixth edition of Early childhood education and care in Canada presents 2003 and 2004 data. Together with 1992, 1995, 1998 and 2004 data compiled for earlier editions, these data reveal trends in ECEC over more than a decade. Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2004 provides cross-Canada data and information on regulated child care, kindergarten, maternity and parental leave together with relevant demographic information. Provincial/territorial profiles on regulated child care include: varieties of ECEC services; number of spaces; standards and regulations; service monitoring and enforcement; funding; history; and recent developments. The Big Picture section presents cross-Canada table compilations of material topic-by-topic. The Long View presents cross-Canada tables of information on child care since the early 1990s. The report includes an examination of the state of ECEC in Canada, federal ECEC programs, Aboriginal ECEC, and further readings." Earlier Editions : Early
childhood education and care in Canada 2001 |
| Google
News search Results : "Child care, Canada" Google Web Search Results : "Child care, Canada" - each of the above links takes you to a Google.ca search results page Source: Google.ca |
| A
Canada Fit for Children : Canada’s plan of action in response to the May
2002 United Nations Special Session on Children Released May 10, 2004 See the Canadian Social Research Links Children's Rights page for links to this report and other information about Canada’s National Plan of Action for Children, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the work of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (Special Session on the Rights of the Child) and more... |
Federal and Joint Federal-Provincial-Territorial ("F/P/T") Government Links
[NOTE: The Canadian Social Research Links Unofficial Social Union / National Child Benefit Links Page (national) contains over 200 related links.]
Ministers
meet to discuss collaborative work on social issues
"OTTAWA,
October 20, 2005 — Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers responsible
for Social Services met today to talk about progress made on the Early Learning
and Child Care initiative, disability issues, caregiving, and child poverty. The
Federal/Provincial/Territorial Forum of Ministers responsible for Social Services
is co-chaired by Minister ofopment, Ken Dryden, and Minister of Health and Social
Services for Prince Edward Island, Chester Gillan. Both Ministers agreed that
governments will continue working together to address important social policy
issues."
Source:
Canadian
Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
Related NGO Link:
Open
Letter to Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Early Learning
and Child Care
October 20, 2005
"We are writing to urge
you to embark on a policy review of the important issue of ownership of early
learning and child care services. We believe that there is overwhelming evidence
that public and non-profit delivery is the best way to ensure that Canada’s
newest social program will meet the high expectations we all share for Canada’s
children and families."
Source:
Canadian
Council on Social Development
Early Childhood Development
Activities and Expenditures Version française:
Recommended reading! |
Federal-Provincial/Territorial
Social Services Ministers Reach Consensus on Early Learning and Child Care
News
Release
February 11, 2005
"Vancouver—Federal,
Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services met today
and discussed a national vision and principles for early learning and child care
systems in each province and territory in our country. Ministers acknowledged
that any approach must be flexible in its implementation and that we must focus
on quality outcomes for children."
Source:
Social
Development Canada
Google.ca News Search : "child
care, federal, provincial, government"
Google.ca Web Search :
"child care, federal, provincial, government"
Source:
Google.ca
http://www.google.ca/
November
3, 2004
One of the outcomes of the November
2 meeting of the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers responsible for Social
Services was a decision by Ministers to launch "a new joint Web portal
on early childhood development and early learning and child care that will make
it easier for Canadians to find information on their governments’ programs
for young children."
Early
Childhood Development / Early Learning and Child Care
Développement
de la petite enfance / Apprentissage et garde des jeunes enfants
From
this splash page, you can access both the French and English versions of the Early
Childhood Development* page and the Early
Learning and Child Care* page.
The English version of both pages appears below.
Federal/Provincial/Territorial
Communiqué on Early Childhood Development
"In September
2000, First Ministers [except for Quebec] reached an important agreement on early
childhood development to foster the well-being of Canada’s young children.
Under this agreement, the Government of Canada is providing $500 million per year
to help provincial and territorial governments improve and expand early childhood
development programs and services"
- incl. links to : ECD Communiqué
- Funding Profile - Shared Framework - 11 Indicators of Well-Being + links to
the respective federal and provincial-territorial ECD websites
Federal/Provincial/Territorial
Multilateral Framework on Early Learning and Child Care
"In March
2003, federal/provincial/territorial governments [except for Quebec] reached an
important agreement on early learning and child care programs and services to
foster the well-being of Canada’s young children . Under this framework,
the Government of Canada is providing $1.05 billion over 5 years to help provincial
and territorial governments improve access to affordable, provincially and territorially
regulated early learning and child care programs and services."
- incl.
links to : Multilateral Framework - Funding Profile - Provincial/Territorial Investments
- Tracking Government Progress + links to the respective federal and provincial-territorial
websites (same as the ECD links above except for the federal link)
*Why two separate pages? For the uninitiated reader, it isn't immediately apparent how this new Web portal "make(s) it easier for Canadians to find information on their governments’ programs for young children." Visitors arriving on the splash
page are immediately confronted with a choice : Early Childhood Development
(ECC) or Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC)? Reading the opening sentence for each of the two pages (see above) might lead one to deduce that the ECD Communiqué was "in effect" from September 2000 until March 2003, when the Early Learning and Child Care kicked in. If one reads further in each opening paragraph, however, it would appear that the total federal contribution for ECD/ELCC has actually decreased from $2.5 billion over 5 years (5 X $500 million per year under the September 2000 agreement) to $1.05 billion over 5 years under the ELCC agreement. Or are these are two separate federal funds? According to the text
of the 2003 Multilateral Framework, "this initiative is consistent with,
and builds upon, the commitments made by First Ministers in September 2000",
and the Ministers "agree to make additional investments in the specific area
of early learning and child care." If you click on the links to info by
jurisdiction in the left margin for either ECD or ELCC, the links take you to
the same provincial-territorial government sites in both cases. The only link
that changes is the federal one, and that takes you to the Social Union website,
where you can find info on ECD and ELCC on separate pages. And
this Web portal "make(s) it easier to find information"? |
Early
Childhood Development Activities and Expenditures: Government of Canada Report
2002-2003 The
Well-Being of Canada's Young Children: Government of Canada Report 2003 ...................................................................................................................................................... Putting
children and families first – Source: |
Federal/Provincial/Territorial
Agreement on Early Learning and Child Care Supporting
Canada’s Children and Families Multilateral
Framework on Early Learning and Child Care Early
Childhood Development Agreement page Enhancing
Early Learning and Child Care Minister
Supports Nova Scotia Child-Care System Supporting
Canada's Children and Families Intervention
fédérale dans les services de garde : "Un financement sans
condition pour le Québec", déclare Linda Goupil Critique of the Agreement on Early Learning and Child Care From the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada: Response
to the Intergovernmental Agreement on Child Care |
| September
2000 First Ministers' Meeting News Release on Early Childhood Development Official text of the Early Childhood Development Agreement from the Social Union website | The
Early Childhood Development Agreement - Resources from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) - |
From The Social Union Website : Government
of Canada reports focus on early childhood development Government
of Canada’s initiatives—Helping to give Canadian children the best possible
start in life Early
Childhood Development Activities and Expenditures: Government of Canada Report
2001-2002 The Well-Being
of Canada’s Young Children: Government of Canada Report 2002 |
| Government
of Canada Releases Report on Early Childhood Development (ECD) Activities and
Expenditures Early Childhood
Development Agreement From the Social Union website : Complete
report online (HTML) |
Understanding the Early Years (UEY) "studies the influences of community environments and other factors on children’s readiness to learn."
UEY
Publications
"This page provides links to the developmental reports,
community mapping reports, and early childhood development reports from the Understanding
the Early Years (UEY) pilot project sites."
Understanding the Early Years (UEY) "is a federal government initiative that provides communities with information on the 'readiness to learn' of their children, the family and community factors that influence child development, and the local resources available to support young children and their families. This neighbourhood-specific information is used by communities to design and implement focused policies, programs and investments that enable their young children to thrive in the early years. UEY is currently underway in 12 pilot communities across Canada. Building on the success of the UEY pilot program and its positive impact on the capacity of communities to support early childhood development, the Spring 2004 federal budget committed the Government of Canada to extend UEY to up to 100 communities across Canada over the next seven years. (bolding added)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Understanding
the Early Years:
An Update of Early Childhood Development Results in Four Canadian
Communities
July 2005 (Posted to the Internet January 2007)
HTML
Table of Contents - links to HTML files for each chapter in the report
HTML
Executive Summary
PDF
version - (169K, 52 pages)
This report highlights some of the key findings
from data collected from four diverse UEY pilot communities: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan;
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Prince Edward Island; and Southwest Newfoundland. The findings
address how kindergarten children are doing in each community and family and community
factors which influence young children’s development.
The author of the
report, J. Douglas Willms, is the University of New Brunswick’s Canada Research
Chair in Human Development and the director of the Canadian Research Institute
for Social Policy at the University of New Brunswick.
--------------------------------------------------------------
A Brief History of UEY - quite brief, actually...
UEY
Pilot Project Reports
- links to Early Childhood Development Reports
for several provinces --- UEY Phase I (2001-2002) and Phase II (2002-2003)
Source:
Understanding
the Early Years - Pilot Projects
[ Social
Development Canada ]
What's New from The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
October
29, 2008
Aboriginal
Children's Survey: Family, community and child care, 2006
Higher
proportions of young Aboriginal children are growing up in large families and
are being raised by young parents compared with non-Aboriginal children. There
is evidence that many people, including extended family and community members,
are involved in raising young Aboriginal children.
Related links:
Aboriginal Children's Survey 2006:
Family, Community and Child Care
* Intro/Highlights
*
Complete
report (PDF - 552K, 51 pages)
* Supporting Data Tables:
---
HTML
version
--- PDF
version (735K, 143 pages)
April
5, 2006
Child
care: An eight-year profile, 1994-1995 to 2002-2003
Over
the past eight years, the proportion of children in child care has increased significantly.
This increase has been accompanied by shifts in the use of different types
of care arrangements, according to a new report.
Complete report:
Child
Care in Canada (PDF file - 714K, 99 pages)
by Tracey Bushnik
More StatCan reports on child care
February 7, 2005
Child
care, 1994/95 and 2000/01
Over half of Canadian children were in some
form of child care by 2000/01 and a quarter of them were in a daycare centre,
according to a new analysis. The proportion of children
aged six months to five years who were in child care increased significantly between
1994/95 and 2000/01. In addition, during this six-year period, a shift occurred
in the type of main child care arrangement used. The use
of daycare centres, as well as care by a relative, became more popular as main
care arrangements than they were in 1994/95. At the same time, fewer children
were being cared for in their own home or in someone else's home by a person who
was not a relative.
- this report "profiles child care in Canada by examining
child care use during 1994/95 and 2000/01, using data from the National Longitudinal
Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY)."
Source:
The
Daily [Statistics
Canada]
Also from Statistics Canada:
Childcare
services industry 1999
April 26, 2002
"This article
examines the childcare services industry in Canada, and is divided into three
parts. The first analyses the demand for childcare services, including the $3.5
billion that households spent on these services. Part two examines the financial
characteristics of the industry and the roles played by the non-profit sector
and government fee-subsidy and grant programs. The final section looks at characteristics
of the childcare workforce."
Federal Budget (December 10, 2001) - see Chapter 6 of the Budget Plan for ECD info
Government
of Canada is helping children get a good start in life
News Release
November 20, 2001
The Government of Canada recognizes that helping
children in their early years is critical to their well-being later in life. The
Honourable Jane Stewart, Minister of Human Resources Development Canada, was at
the Children's Village of Ottawa-Carleton today to announce funding of $10
million over two years for Early Childhood Learning and Care projects. (...)
Also to mark National Child Day, the Government of Canada today released a report
entitled Federal/Provincial/Territorial Early Childhood Development Agreement:
Report on Government of Canada Activities and Expenditures 2000-2001. (...)
Federal
Government Moves to Implement its $23.4-Billion Commitment for Health and Social
Funding
Press Release
Finance Canada
October 4, 2000
The $23.4-billion funding commitment will be provided as follows:
- An additional $21.1 billion over five years through increased funding for
the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) for health, post-secondary education
and social assistance and services. Of this increase, $2.2 billion is provided
to support early childhood development.
Community
Action Program for Children (CAPC) - Health Canada
CAPC is a component of the Child Development Initiative, announced by the Government
of Canada in May 1992. Community Action is one in a series of steps taken in response
to the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child.
- Projects Directory Online
- see descriptions of hundreds of CAPC programs across the country, searchable
by region, by topic or by project name. Includes contacts for more information
on each project.
The
Framing of Poverty as "Child Poverty" and Its Implications for Women
Wanda Wiegers
June 2002
- incl. links to the Table of Contents, the Abstract
and the Executive Summary
Complete
Document (PDF file - 860K, 141 pages)
- includes extensive discussion
of the federal Child Support Guidelines, the National Child Benefit and the
Early Childhood Development Initiative under the National Children’s
Agenda
Excerpts:
On the NCB Supplement:
"Because there
are no legally binding standards or protocols attached to the federal Supplement,
reinvestments are neither mandatory nor subject to uniform standards."
On
the ECD Initiative:
"...the Early Childhood Development Initiative
of the National Children’s Agenda is potentially positive but one which can,
depending on the structure of the programming undertaken, also stigmatize and
segregate low-income children, increase burdens and invasions of privacy for low-income
mothers, and reinforce individualistic conceptions of poverty.
Source:
Status of Women Canada
Building
a Comprehensive Early Childhood Development System - Conference
May
25, 2004
Quebec City
"This conference, organized
by the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, in collaboration
with the Society for Prevention Research, is intended for policy and service planners,
and child development researchers. It will offer an opportunity to hear from experts
such as Fraser Mustard (The Founders Network), Sheila Kamerman (Columbia
University), Philip Merrigan (University of Quebec at Montreal), and John
Godfrey (Canadian Member of Parliament), on the biological, psychological
and economic importance of early childhood development. International examples
of comprehensive Early Childhood Development initiatives will be presented. The
conference will also allow discussions on the best ways to implement comprehensive
ECD systems in Canada."
- incl. links to the program and online registration
form, and contact information
Preliminary
Program (PDF file - 177K, 4 pages)
Source:
Centre
of Excellence for Early Child Development - University of Montreal
Investing
in Early Child Development: The Health Sector Contribution (PDF
file, 103K)
Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers
of Health
September 16, 1999
Prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Advisory Committee on Population
Health Working Group on Healthy Child Development, this paper identifies key opportunities
for action by the health sector on early child development (0-6 years).
Provincial-Territorial Government ECD Links
NOTE : The Canadian Social Research Links Unofficial Provincial/Territorial Social Union Links Page contains over 200 related links
Ministerial
Council on Early Childhood Learning established
News
Release
February 8, 2005
"Tom Hedderson, Minister of Education, is
pleased to announce the formation of a Ministerial Council on Early Childhood
Learning as indicated in the 2004 Speech from the Throne. Government
is fostering a cross-departmental approach to this important issue. Through the
council, Education Minister Tom Hedderson; Health and Community Services Minister
John Ottenheimer; Human Resources, Labour and Employment Minister and Minister
Responsible for the Status of Women Joan Burke; and Tom Rideout, Minister responsible
for Aboriginal Affairs, will provide strategic direction for provincial early
childhood learning programs and services. The council will foster the coordination
and development of comprehensive programs that focus on the early learning needs
of children and their families."
Source:
Department
of Education
Early
Childhood Development Initiative Annual Report 2001 - 02
(PDF file - 10MB, 35 pages)
August 2003
Newfoundland
and Labrador Early Childhood Development Initiative Baseline Report (PDF
file - 4.49MB, 11 pages)
October 2002
Minister
applauds federal government’s commitment to children and low-income families
Newfoundland
and Labrador
News Release
October 1, 2002
Human Resources and Employment
"Ralph
Wiseman, Minister of Human Resources and Employment, today applauded the Government
of Canada’s long-term commitment to support low-income families as outlined
in yesterday’s Speech from the Throne. The Government of Newfoundland and
Labrador is fully committed to ongoing actions on the issue of child poverty and
continues to make these programs a priority."
- scroll to the bottom
of the news release to find...
Backgrounder : Key Highlights of the Government
of Newfoundland and Labrador’s initiatives to address child poverty in the
province (incl. NCB and ECD initiatives)
Source: Dept.
of Human Resources and Employment
Minister
announces sites for new and enhanced Family Resource Programs
Newfoundland
and Labrador Health and Community Services
March 13, 2002
- "...six new Family Resource Programs and enhancement of five existing
Family Resource Programs throughout the province, for a total investment of $845,000
for this fiscal year.(...) These investments are part of the province’s Early
Childhood Development Initiative."
Early
childhood literacy grants announced (Newfoundland and Labrador)
News
Release
February 12, 2002
Department of Education
Education Minister
Judy Foote announced today the approval of $133, 521.40 in grants for early childhood
literacy programs. This funding is the Department of Education’s allocation
under the Early Childhood Development Initiative, Stepping into the future.
Government
committed to reducing child poverty in province
December 7, 2001
- includes a brief snapshot of almost a dozen initiatives to address child poverty
- social assistance redesign, the Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit, Early
Childhood Development and other health and literacy programs for children
$36.6
million for early childhood development initiatives
June 18, 2001
From the 2001-2002 Budget - March 22, 2001:
Early Childhood
Development a priority for government
Healthy Child Development - PEI Health and Social Services
New
Report Indicates PEI Children Are Doing Well
News Release
July 21,
2004
"CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI -- Compared to children in other provinces, PEI
children are doing very well based on national indicators of child health and
well-being. According to a report released today by the Premier’s Council
on Healthy Child Development, PEI leads the country in several areas of child
health such as healthy birthweights, positive personal and social behaviour and
low rates of hospitalization for childhood injury."
- includes a backgrounder
with highlights of the report
Complete report:
Annual Report on Children 2002-2003 (PDF file - 2.6MB, 94 pages)
Annual
Report on Children 2001-2002 (PDF file - 1.77MB, 63 pages)
April
2003
Enhancing
Early Learning and Child Care
News Release
March 14, 2003
Federal
and provincial governments make major investment in young children and families
November
1, 2002
Health and Social Services
"Pat Binns, Premier of Prince Edward
Island, and federal Solicitor General Wayne Easter, together announced a major
investment of more than $3.8 million over four years to the Building on Success:
Best Start Program. (...) Funding for this program is being provided by the Government
of PEI who will invest $2.3 million to expand the Building on Success: Best Start
Program to all areas of the province over the next four years, and the Government
of Canada's National Crime Prevention Strategy's Crime Prevention Investment Fund."
Related
Links:
Building
on Success: Best Start Program
Healthy
Child Development - [PEI Health
and Social Services]
Crime
Prevention Investment Fund [National
Crime Prevention Strategy]
Premier
Binns Announces Partnerships for Children Funding Initiative (PEI)
July
16, 2002
Premier's Office
[version
française]
"CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI -- A new funding initiative
to assist community-based networks that work on behalf of children, will support
the work of the provincial Healthy Child Development Strategy, says Premier Pat
Binns."
Early
Childhood Development Report on Prince Edward Island's Baseline Expenditures (2000-2001)
and Incremental Investments (PDF file - 20K, 5 pages)
May 28, 2002
-
includes information about : Publicly-funded Community-based Kindergarten Program
- Early Intervention Services - Healthy Child Development Strategy
[version
française - fichier PDF - 18Mo, 5 pages]
Related Links:
Annual
Report on Children -November 2001 (PDF file - 718K, 25 pages)
News
Release - "Premier's Council on Healthy Child Development Releases
First Annual Report"
November 15, 2001
Source : PEI
Healthy Child Development website
Helping our children through community research in Prince Edward Island (November 15, 2001)
Premier's Council on Healthy Child Development Releases First Annual Report (November 15, 2001)
For Our Children: A Strategy for Healthy Child Development
See also:
Early
Childhood Development in Prince Edward Island
November 2001
Community
Research in Child Development
Results of the Community Mapping Study on Prince
Edward Island
Source :
Understanding
the Early Years (UEY)
Child
and Youth Development
[Human
Resources Development Canada - Applied Research Branch]
Early Childhood Development Strategy For Nova Scotia
$500,000
for Child Care Resource and Referral Services
Department of Community
Services
November 20, 2002
"Young Nova Scotians are growing up
great through Early Childhood Development initiatives. The province announced
the allocation of $500,000 to establish 10 Child Care Resource and Referral Services
across the province today, Nov. 20, National Child Day."
Source :
Department of Department of Community Services
Quality Child Care Through Quality People - June 3, 2002
Portable Child-Care Spaces - June 3, 2002
Supplementary
Estimates, Budget 2002-2003 (PDF file - 496K, 205 pages)
- Click on "Community
Services" for allocations to child care and early child development programs
Province
Announces Early Childhood Funding (November 27, 2001)
Child Care Funding Review Released (June 22, 2001)
Strategy for Early-Childhood Development Released (May 9, 2001)
Children
and Families (Budget Bulletin from the 2001-02
Nova Scotia Budget - March 29, 2001) - Early Childhood Development Program
- Nova Scotia Child Benefit - Support for children with special needs
New
Brunswick Family and Community Services
Early Childhood Development Agenda
presented
January 20, 2005
"FREDERICTON
(CNB) - Increased funding in day care services in New Brunswick is one of the
highlights of the provincial government's fourth report on the Early Childhood
Development Agenda, presented today by Family and Community Services Minister
Tony Huntjens. 'I am pleased to report that in 2002-2003, we increased funding
to improve the working conditions and training of staff in the province's day
care centres,' Huntjens said. 'We increased opportunities for children with special
needs to attend full-time day care. We also provided funding to improve the health
of pregnant women and their newborns, and we supported mothers and young children
living in transition houses.'"
Complete report:
Greater
Opportunities for New Brunswick Children:
An Early Childhood Development Agenda
Investments
and Outcomes(2002–03) (PDF file - 798K, 35
pages)
Source:
Family
and Community Services
Financial
assistance for day care services - New Brunswick
News
Release
August 25, 2004
"FREDERICTON (CNB) - Beginning on Sept. 1,
more New Brunswick parents will be eligible for funding under the Day Care Assistance
Program to access affordable and quality child care. The provincial government
reminds parents that significant enhancements have been made to the Day Care Assistance
Program. First, the family income threshold for a full day care subsidy has been
raised from $15,000 to $22,000 yearly net family income. The government also increased
the subsidy rate to $22 per day for children under the age of two, $20 per day
for children over the age of two; and $10.75 per day for after-school children.
All these changes come into effect on Sept. 1, 2004. (...)
The Day Care Assistance
Program is part of the New Brunswick's investments under the Early Learning and
Child Care agreement." (bolding added)
Source:
Department
of Family and Community Services
From Social
Development Canada:
Posted in May 2003
Early
Childhood Development in Hampton/Sussex, New Brunswick
April 2003
Greater
Opportunities for New Brunswick Children: An Early Childhood Development Agenda
Update - June 2002
(PDF file - 6.9MB, 10 pages)
Second phase of Early Childhood Development Agenda - June 11, 2002
Greater
Opportunities for New Brunswick Children: An Early Childhood Development Agenda
Phase
1: 2001-2002
PDF file - 830K, 11 pages
April 2001 (Modified June
2002)
Funding to promote reading program - June 18, 2002
Prenatal
Benefit Program launched - January 17, 2002
This program is one of
the initiatives included in the Early Childhood Development Agenda.
2002-2003
Estimates - Family and Community Services
Highlights of the 2002-2003
Budget for Family and Community Services
News Release
April 10, 2002
"FREDERICTON (CNB) - Government will invest almost $696 million in families
and community services in New Brunswick this year. That's an increase of almost
$16 million over last year. Family and Community Services Minister Joan MacAlpine
announced the increase today."
Launch of Children's Support Program - Dec. 12, 2001 (...one of seven initiatives of the Early Childhood Development Agenda (ECD) which will invest about $50 million in New Brunswick children over the next five years).
Early
Childhood Development Agenda - Backgrounders
-
incl. links to : Child Witnesses of Family Violence - Community Capacity Building
for Children and Families - Early Language Program for Preschool Children - Enhanced
Child Day Care Services - Enhancements to Early Childhood Initiatives - Excellence
in Parenting - Prenatal Benefit Program
Budget
estimates - Family and Community Services - April 10, 2001
Governments
of Canada and Quebec Sign First Funding Agreement on Early Learning and Child
Care
News Release
October
28, 2005
"Montreal, Quebec — Prime Minister Paul Martin and Quebec
Premier Jean Charest, along with federal Social Development Minister Ken Dryden,
Quebec’s Minister of Families, Seniors and the Status of Women Carole Théberge,
President of the Privy Council and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Lucienne
Robillard, and Quebec’s Minister for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs Benoît
Pelletier,announced today an historic agreement concerning the transfer of $1.125
billion over five years under the federal government’s Early Learning and
Child Care Initiative."
Canada
- Québec Agreement on Early Learning and Child Care (PDF file
- 78K, 8 pages)
- text of the agreement
Source:
Social
Development Canada
Version française:
Les
gouvernements du Canada et du Québec signent le premier accord
de financement
sur l'apprentissage et la garde des jeunes enfants
Communiqué
Le
28 octobre 2005
Entente
Canada-Québec concernant l'apprentissage et la garde des jeunes enfants
(Fichier PDF, 7 pages, 49 Ko)
- texte de l'entente
Source:
Site
du Premier ministre du Québec
----------------------
Google
Web search Results : "Child care, Quebec
"
Google News Search Results : "Child
care, Quebec"
- each of the above links takes you to a Google.ca
search results page
Source:
Google.ca
Reforming
Québec's early childhood care and education: The first five years
April 2002
Five years after the launch of Quebec's family policy, author
Jocelyn Tougas reviews the first five years and examines the successes, challenges
and lessons learned.
The link above takes you to a short description of the
review and links to the full report in English and in French.
Source : Childcare
Resource and Research Unit
Understanding
the Early Years
Early Childhood Development in the Montreal study area (Quebec)
November
2003
Executive
Summary + links to the complete report
What
is Understanding the Early Years? (Applied Research Branch - HRDC)
Source:
Applied
Research Branch
[Human
Resources Development Canada]
From the Ministry of Children's Services :
NOTE: some of the older links below are broken because the content was from the former Tory government in Ontario and the new Liberal government has apparently decided it doesn't want old *historical* info on its site. If you find a broken link below, select and copy the entire link (URL), then paste it into the box on the home page of The Internet Archive [ http://www.archive.org/ ] and click "Take Me Back". On the results page, you'll find links to archived copies of the missing file.
Ontario's
Baseline Report on Early Learning and Child Care 2004 (PDF file - 259K,
14 pages)
May 2004
Source:
Publications
- this page also includes links to : The Early Years Study (1999) - Ontario's
Early Childhood Development Investments and Outcomes 2002 - 2003 - Ontario's Early
Childhood Development and Early Learning and Child Care Investments 2003 - 2004
[
Ministry of Children
and Youth Services ]
Related Links:
Best
Start : Ontario's Plan for Early
Learning and Child Care (PDF file
- 363K, 8 pages)
Source:
Best
Start: Helping Young Children Get the Best Start in Life
Ontario
Early Years Centres
"...a place where parents and caregivers
can get answers to questions, information about programs and services that are
available for young children, and an opportunity to talk to early years professionals,
as well as other parents and caregivers in the community."
McGuinty
Government Investing in Early Childhood Development
Premier Encourages Ontarians
To Help Tackle The Deficit And Set Goals
News Release
January 19,
2004
"(...)'The government is making $9.7 million in federal funds available
to child care centres throughout the province (...) There's so much more we want
to do -- and that's why we're working hard to tackle the $5.6 billion deficit
that we've inherited from the previous government. It's an obstacle to the change
Ontarians want and need."
Source: Ontario
Premier's Website
Related Link:
Child care community welcomes
new funding - first of its kind for years!
News release
January
8, 2004
"Yesterday Minister Bountrogianni announced that this year's federal
Multi-lateral Framework money - 9.7 million dollars - will go to non-profit, regulated,
child care centres for capital repairs and upgrades. This is the first announcement
of new funding for child care in Ontario for some time and is welcomed by the
child care community. It meets an important need and is an encouraging sign that
the new Liberal government recognizes the value of not-for-profit and regulated
care.
Source: Ontario Coalition
for Better Child Care
What is Understanding the Early Years? (Applied Research Branch - HRDC) Understanding
the Early Years Understanding
the Early Years: Young children in Niagara Falls developing well, HRDC research
report finds Source:
|
Baseline
Expenditures and Activities - Ontario's Early Years Plan
October 16,
2003
- listing of initiatives that meet the objectives as set out in the September
11, 2000 First Ministers' communiqué in each of the four areas for action:
Promote Healthy Pregnancy, Birth and Infancy - Improve Parenting and Family Supports
- Strengthen Early Childhood Development, Learning and Care - Strengthen Community
Supports.
NOTE: I can't find this report on the Ontario Government website
anymore, but if you use the Internet Archive (see NOTE above), you'll find a copy
at this URL:
http://tinyurl.com/2tpem
(TinyURL is a web utility that shortens URLs to prevent line wrap)
April
17, 2003
Ontario's
Children To Benefit From Eves' Government Early Years Challenge Fund
"Brenda Elliott, Ontario’s Minister of Community Family and Children’s
Services today announced more than $55 million over three years, in a joint government
and community investment, for 239 new Early Years Challenge Fund initiatives across
the province."
Source : Ministry
of Community, Family and Children's Services
Eves
Government Announces An Additional $46.6 Million for Ontario Early Years Centres
News
Release
March 6, 2003
"Brenda Elliott, Minister of Community, Family
and Children's Services, announced today that thousands more of Ontario's youngest
kids and their families will benefit from a province-wide $46.6-million investment
by the Ernie Eves government in Ontario Early Years Centres."
Ontario's
Early Years Plan: A Report to Ontario Families (PDF file - 109K, 41 pages)
February
2003
Eves
Government makes record investments to help children and families in 2002
December
31, 2002
Backgrounder
"Unprecedented
investments aimed at improving services for children and families are among the
key achievements celebrated by Brenda Elliott, Ontario's Minister of Community,
Family and Children's Services today. In an annual review of the ministry's significant
accomplishments, the opening of 42 Ontario Early Years Centres as well as a landmark
investment in autism treatment for children demonstrates that the Ernie Eves government
cares about and has made children and their families a priority."
Ontario's
Early Years Plan: Baseline Expenditures and Activities
"Funding for
Ontario's new Early Years initiatives is part of the National Children's Agenda,
through which the federal government is transferring funds to provinces to enhance
Early Years programs and services. Ontario's share of the federal funds is $114
million for the 2001-02 fiscal year. Ontario spent $162 million in the previous
2000-01 fiscal year on the programs targeted for new funding under the Ontario
Early Years Plan."
Ontario
Child Care Supplement for Working Families (OCCS)
Source : Ontario
Ministry of Finance Tax Revenue Division
Harris
Government launches Ontario's Early Years Centres and Early Years Plan
May
10, 2001
- "... a $114 million investment in programs and services to support
young children and their families"
Backgrounder
Reversing
the Brain Drain : The Early Years Study The
Early Years Study - Three Years Later Source: |
An
Eye on Early Learning and Child Care in Manitoba
(PDF file - 1,160 KB, 11 pages)
The Manitoba Child Care Program's online newsletter
for child care providers.
October 2005 issue
Source:
Manitoba
Child Care Online
[ Manitoba Family
Services and Housing ]
Early
Learning and Child Care Services in Manitoba
May 6, 2005
Source:
Manitoba
Family Services and Housing
Child
Care Online
Source:
Govt.
of Manitoba Human Services Online
Healthy
Child Manitoba - Putting children and families first
"Healthy
Child Manitoba is a cross-departmental effort led by the Healthy Child Committee
of Cabinet, chaired by Tim Sale and including the ministers of Aboriginal and
northern
affairs; culture, heritage and tourism; education and youth; family services and
housing; health; justice; and the status of women. In support of a joint commitment
by governments to expand early childhood development programs and services, the
Government of Canada has transferred $14.8 million to the Manitoba government.
This funding contributes to Manitoba’s support for children and families."
Early
Childhood Development
"The Province of Manitoba is pleased to acknowledge
its partnership with the Government of Canada in supporting Early Childhood Development
(ECD) initiatives. Of the $40 million incremental investment for ECD in Manitoba
since April 2000, Canada contributed $14.8 million to date."
- incl. links
to info about the following ECD programs and services : Parent-Child Centred Approach
- FAS Strategy - Healthy Baby - BabyFirst - Early Start - Healthy Schools - Healthy
Adolescent Development Strategy - Children's Special Services - Early Childhood
Health Promotion - National Child Benefit (NCB) Restoration - Child Day Care -
Early Start - Early Childhood Development Initiative (ECDI) of Manitoba Education
and Youth.
Governments
of Canada and Manitoba announce five-year collaboration agreement and release
report showing family environment changing dramatically
News Release
September
8, 2003
"The Honourable Jane Stewart, Minister of Human Resources Development,
and the Honourable Tim Sale, Chair of the Government of Manitoba's Healthy Child
Committee of Cabinet and Minister of Energy, Science and Technology, announced
today a five-year (2002-2007) agreement between Human Resources Development Canada
(HRDC) and the Government of Manitoba. The agreement supports the ongoing collaboration
on early childhood research, evaluation and accountability for public expenditures
that began in October 1998. Ministers Stewart and Sale also released a first report
under the agreement, A New Generation of Canadian Families Raising Young Children:
A new look at data from national surveys. The report shows how dramatically
the family environment in which young children are growing up in Canada has changed
over the last two decades."
Complete
report (PDF file - 925K, 32 pages)
Manitoba
Announces New Support For Families And Children
April 28, 2003
"More
for Day Care and Children with Disabilities, Legislation to Improve Collection
of Child Support Payments"
Source: Department
of Family Services and Housing
Manitoba
Announces New Support For Families And Children
April 28, 2003
"More
for Day Care and Children with Disabilities, Legislation to Improve Collection
of Child Support Payments"
Report
Released on Support for Early Childhood Development
Progress Highlighted,
Future Opportunities Identified
News Release
November 20, 2002
"Tim
Sale, chair of the Healthy Child Committee of Cabinet, and Drew Caldwell, family
services and housing minister, today issued a progress report on Manitoba’s
support
for early childhood development as part of activities marking National Child Day
in Manitoba."
Investing
in Early Childhood Development: 2002 Progress Report to Manitobans (PDF
file - 524K, 44 pages)
November 20, 2002
2002
ECD Progress Report Supplement (PDF file - 481K, 64 pages)
November
20, 2002
Understanding the Early Years Winnipeg - incl. links to : UEY Components - Reports - Newsletters - Other UEY Sites - Other Links - Press Releases
Additional
Funding Enhances Early Childhood Development In Manitoba
April 29,
2002
"New Milk Benefit to Help Babies, Mothers Receive Proper Nutrition"
New
Five-Year Plan For Child Care Unveiled By Province
April 29, 2002
"More Support For Child Care Workers, Additional Spaces Included
in Plan"
Increased
Funding for Early Childhood Development - April 26, 2001
"...increasing funding to create a comprehensive approach to provide support to
families in the ‘early years’..."
- incl. child care
centres and family child care homes - pass-on of the National Child Benefit Supplement
- the Baby First Program - Parent-Child Centred Activities - Early Start
Manitoba
Introduces Unique Prenatal Benefit Program - April 17, 2001
Increased Spending to Enhance Programs, Services for Children and Youth - July 23, 1999
Province
Releases ChildrenFirst Status Report - May 31, 1999
Early
Childhood Development
"The KidsFirst program was designed to implement
the provincial Early Childhood Development Strategy and calls for a community
based network of supports and services that focuses on the healthy growth and
development of children and supports the primary role of families."
Early
Childhood Development Progress Report 2003/2004
(PDF file - 889K, 28 pages)
November 2004
Saskatchewan Departments of Community
Resources, Health and Learning
- incl. links to : Message from the Ministers
- Executive Summary - Introduction - An Investment in Our Future - Impact on Society
- Early Learning and Care - Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Intervention Program
- Infant Mortality Risk Reduction Initiatives - KidsFirst Program Progress 2003-04
- The Path Forward - Early Childhood Development - Summary of Investments in 2003-04
- Investments in Early Learning and Care in 2003-04 - Appendix A: KidsFirst.
Making
Children A Priority: Saskatchewan Listens
Report on Early Learning and Care
Discussion Forums 2004 (PDF file - 1MB, 85 pages)
August 2004
Prepared
for: Department of Community Resources / Department of Learning / Government of
Saskatchewan
Related Link:
Provincial
Consultation to Enhance Early Learning and Care
Community Resources/Learning
News
Release
May 3, 2004
"The Government of Saskatchewan is launching a
series of discussion forums with key stakeholders as an important step in the
creation of a strategy and action plan that will address preschool learning, child
care and parenting supports in the province."
2004-2005
Saskatchewan Provincial Budget
Performance Plan KidsFirst Strategy (PDF
file - 130K, 15 pages)
March 2004
[The KidsFirst program was designed to
implement the provincial Early Childhood Development Strategy]
Government
invests in healthy and self-reliant Families
News Release
March
28, 2003
Budget measures, incl. enhancements to child care - Early Childhood
Development strategy - social assistance for people with disabilities
Source
: Saskatchewan Government
Budget
2003 information affecting Community Resources departmental programs
- incl.
links to the following (small PDF files):
Community
Resources Budget 2003 highlights (PDF file)
Persons
with Disabilities
Child
Care Saskatchewan Announcement
Early
Childhood Services Grant
Child
Care Subsidy
Source : Saskatchewan
Community Resources
Expanded
Funding for Child Care - Saskatchewan
News Release
March 27, 2003
Social
Services
"Premier Lorne Calvert says the largest child care expansion
in the history of the province will occur this year. (...)the Premier announced
1,200 new, licensed child care spaces over the next four years.(...) "The
$3 million for Child Care Saskatchewan is made up of $2.2 million in provincial
funding and $800,000 from the federal government," Community Resources (formerly
Social Services) Minister Glenn Hagel said. "Saskatchewan is playing an important
leadership role in the new federal/provincial/territorial Early Learning and Child
Care framework."
Understanding
the Early Years : Early Childhood Development in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
KSI
Research International Inc.
November, 2002
(Posted to the Applied Research
website in January 2003)
Source : [Human
Resources Development Canada - Applied Research Branch]
2000-2001 Baseline Report - May 2002
Saskatchewan Social Services: Budget 2002/2003 - Online Powerpoint presentation
Kids
First Supports Saskatchewan's Children
News Release - Health
March
11, 2002
New KidsFirst Partnership
"KidsFirst targets communities
that have a significant number of high-risk children and families who will benefit
from a range of community supports. Local KidsFirst Committees in communities
across Saskatchewan received $3 million this start-up year to help address the
needs of at-risk children and their families during the critical pre-natal period
to age five. The Battlefords Health District received $453,000 to support KidsFirst.(...)
The federal government is providing Saskatchewan with $73 million over five years
for these programs."
Program
offers children a better start
News Release - Health
April 4,
2001
"Kids First, a program to give the province's children a better
start in life, was unveiled today by the provincial government. Ten million dollars
will be directed this year toward intensive early childhood supports for vulnerable
children up to the age of five and their families."
Saskatchewan's
Action Plan for Children
Children
benefit from Provincial Budget
March 30, 2001
Children
Benefit from Federal-Provincial Agreement (Early Childhood Development)
September 12, 2000
Alberta Children and Youth Initiative
Alberta’s Early Childhood Development Baseline Expenditure and Investments Report (May 2002 PDF file - 139K, 5 pages)
Evaluation of the Alberta Child Health Benefit (October 2001)
Early
Childhood Development
"Seven BC ministries have responsibility for
the varied aspects of services to children. Our vision emphasizes a cross-government
strategy for children from pre-conception to six years of age."
- incl.
links to the following:
Cross Government ECD Programs & Information
(Adoption - BC Early Childhood Development Legacy Fund - Behavioural Support for
children with autism - Child Care Resource and Referral - Child Care Subsidy Program
- Children First Learning Sites - Family Support for Children with Special Needs
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - Health Files - Healthy Kids Dental - Human
Early Learning Partnership - Infant Development Program - Parent information Publications
- Pediatric Brain Injury - Public Health - Supported Child Care -
Success
by 6
Publications (ECD Baseline Report - ECD Annual Report 2001/02
- Terms of Reference for BC's Early Childhood development Strategy - British Columbia
Early Childhood Development Action Plan: A Work in Progress (pdf) - Indicators
of Early Childhood Health and well-being in BC - Baseline Report
Other
Resources and Links (Caring for Kids - Fetal Alcohol Research Roundtable -
The Early Years - Infant Development Program of BC - BC Council for Families -
Roots of Empathy
Source : Ministry
of Children and Family Development
Early
Childhood DevelopmentEarly Childhood Development - British Columbia
- from
AchieveBC
"What children experience
in the first five years of life stays with them forever. Much of what they will
achieve physically, intellectually and socially in later life is determined during
this time. This Web site provides advice and information for every step along
the way: pregnancy, your child's first year, toddlerhood and early childhood."
Funding
Creates Child Care Spaces, Supports Providers
August 10, 2005
"RICHMOND
– Child care providers will benefit from an $8.1-million investment in child
care supporting the creation of more quality child care spaces, staff training
and other service improvements, Minister of State for Child Care Linda Reid announced."
Backgrounder - list of projects, number of spaces created and funding amounts
Related Link:
Child Care in British Columbia
Source:
Ministry
of Children and Family Development
British
Columbia’s Annual Report on Early Childhood Development Activities –
2002/2003 (PDF file - 4.7MB, 28 pages)
2003
Understanding
the Early Years (UEY): Report finds young children in Abbotsford [BC] developing
well |
BC
Child Care Services - incl. info about the Child Care Subsidy Program - Early
Childhood Development Baseline Report - Supported Child Care - Community Care
Facilities - Licensed Child Care Info - Parents' Guide to Selecting Child Care
Brochure - Provincial Child Care Programs - much more
Source :Ministry
of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services
British
Columbia Early Childhood Development Action Plan: A Work in Progress -
(PDF file - 522K, 23 pages)
Government of British Columbia - May 2002
British
Columbia's Expenditures 2000-2001 on Early Childhood Development
May
10, 2002
- includes info about the following ECD initiatives in BC : Healthy
Pregnancy, Birth and Infancy - Early Childhood Development Learning and Care -
Parental and Family Supports - Community Supports
Ministry of Children and Family Development Service Plan 2002/03 - 2004/05
................................................................................................
Human
Early Learning Partnership (HELP)
"HELP is a pioneering, interdisciplinary
research partnership that is directing a world-leading contribution to new understandings
and approaches to early child development. Directed by Dr. Clyde Hertzman,
HELP is a network of faculty, researchers and graduate students from British Columbia's
four major universities. HELP facilitates the creation of new knowledge, and helps
apply this knowledge in the community by working directly with government and
communities. HELP works in partnership with the BC Minister of State for Early
Childhood Development. HELP is partially funded by MCFD and maintains a close
liaison with other provincial government ministries."
- incl. links to the Vancouver Map Report - Early Development Instruments - View maps from the Vancouver Community Asset Mapping Project - LISTSERV (Sign up for our listserv and view archives) - BC Health Atlas (current provincial and Vancouver health maps) - References on child and population health - Dr. Clyde Hertzman's presentations and slides - other HELP publications.
Resources
- "includes a variety of resources for researchers, government, community
organizations, service providers, and parents".
- links to Publications
(reports, other online articles and selected readings, Community Asset Mapping
Project maps) - Reference Library (a searchable, electronic database with 8000+
articles on child health, human development, population health, and determinants
of health - Journals (info about and access to the most common journals used by
HELP researchers) - Community Resources ( provincial organizations and online
resources in BC of interest to parents, service providers, and those working in
the area of community development).
Early
Childhood Development: Activities and expenditures, 2001-2002 (PDF file
- 1.29MB, 14 pages)
September 2003
Source : Yukon
Health and Social Services
Early
Intervention Best Place for Investment in Children (small PDF file, one
page)
Yukon Government
November 28, 2001
"WHITEHORSE –
Early intervention programs and supports for families and children will benefit
from approximately $1.6 million dollars over the next four years, starting with
$370,000 in the next fiscal year. The announcement was made today by the Ministerial
Advisory Committee on Early Childhood Development."
Improving and Expanding
Early Childhood Development Programs and Services in the NWT (November 2002)
Baseline
Indicators of Young Children's Well-Being
English
- Full Document (PDF - 318.50 KB)
English
Report - Table of Contents and links to individual sections
[version
française - fichier PDF]
Government
of the Northwest Territories Early Childhood Development
Baseline Report 2000
– 2001: Activities and Expenditures (PDF file - 29K, 8 pages)
[version
française - fichier PDF]
September 2002
2002-2003 Budget Highlights - see "Children and Youth"
Day
Care Investment reflects GNWT Commitment to Early Childhood Priority
Northwest
Territories
February 22, 2002
"YELLOWKNIFE (February 22) -- Minister
of Education, Culture and Employment Jake Ootes says the Government of the Northwest
Territories’ investment in early childhood programs will give NWT families
greater access to affordable, quality day-care and a greater opportunity to realize
their own career dreams."
Early
Childhood Development Action Plan (Links to individual chapters and to
the whole report, all in PDF format)
May 2001
Related Link - see the
2001-2002 Budget
Speech (scroll halfway down the page)
Check out these related Canadian Social Research Links pages:
-
Early Learning and Child Care in Canada - Canadian NGO Links
-
Children, Families and Youth - Canadian Government Links
- Children, Families and Youth - Canadian Non-Governmental
Links
- International Children, Families and Youth
Links
- Children's Rights Links page
-
Unofficial Social Union Links Page (national)
- Unofficial
Provincial/Territorial Social Union Links Page
See these related outside
sites also...
- The (official)
Social Union website
- The
National Child Benefit website
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