Notes from the Dome
Celebrating excellence in child development
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Nine caring and compassionate Albertans were honoured at Government House recently for their commitment to quality child care and child...
City of Victoria considers offering childcare options at City Hall
Council’s draft strategic plan aims to get more parents out for public discussion
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Parents interested in participating in municipal discussions may have more options in the future....
Child poverty rates unacceptable
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A newly-released report on child poverty in Alberta should be a wake-up call for all stakeholders, including politicians at every level.
Prepared by Public Interest Alberta, the Alberta College of Social...
Child poverty decreasing 'pitifully slowly' in B.C., report finds
1 in 5 kids in B.C. live in families that struggle to pay bills, rent and living costs
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One in five children continue to live in poverty in British Columbia, according to the latest...
Sask. Child poverty rates still among highest in Canada: report
The province's child poverty rates have consistently measured higher than other provinces
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Saskatchewan's child poverty rates are higher than almost all other provinces, according to...
2018 Provinical reports and supporting material on child and family poverty: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia
Prince Edward Island report card, November 2018PEI Coalition for a Poverty Eradication Strategy and the MacKillop Centre for Social Justice.
Ontario child poverty infographics & media release
Ontario Campaign 2000 media release, Nov. 2018Poverty hurts OntarioIncome securityWorkers’ rights
Working dads now entitled to 10 days' leave on birth of a child
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Employees who were not entitled to maternity leave before will now on be entitled to 10 days’ paid parental leave to be paid out of the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
This follows the signing of the Labour Laws...
An incomplete revolution? Changes and challenges within German early childhood education and care policy
In: Miller, Linda/Cameron, Claire/Dalli, Caremen/Barbour, Nancy (Hrsg.): The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Policy. London; Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, S. 49-70....
Use of parental benefits by family income in Canada: Two policy changes
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Objective: This article examines how two recent policy extensions affected the use and sharing of parental benefits in Canada and how this differed by family income.
Background: Paid parental benefits...
