Banning giveaways won't stop early learning centres putting business first
EXCERPTS Free iPads. Cut-price holidays. Mortgage payment contributions. Free petrol.
These are some of the "giveaways" that childcare centres are using to spruik their services: you could be forgiven for thinking...
Paternity leave and the motherhood penalty: New causal evidence
AbstractObjective: The objective of this study was to test how a father’s paternity leave affects the within-household gender wage gap among heterosexual couples.
Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson: ‘Inequality strikes at our health and happiness’
Social injustice has a profound psychological impact – and it’s tearing our society apart, say the authors of The Spirit Level
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New analysis this week showing that 14 million people...
Baby Mac's parents allege negligence in lawsuit filed over their son's death at a Vancouver daycare
Court documents name the daycare operator, Vancouver Coastal Health and the Ministry of Children and Families
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The mother of a child known as Baby Mac has described in agonizing...
Living a nonprofit lie
Childcare workers who can’t afford childcare
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OPINION: When a low census count hurts children’s well-being
The dangers of discrepancies for early education
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The 2020 census is mired in challenges that could shortchange the official count by 1.5 million children younger than age 5, a recent...
Labor unions help employees take more paid maternity leave
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Union-represented working mothers are at least 17 percent more likely to use paid maternity leave than comparable nonunion working mothers.
Facilitating working mothers' use of paid maternity leave is a key...
Child-care policy changes slowly creating improvements in B.C., advocate says
Advocate says there has been progress making child care more affordable in the province
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Even though it is slow going, one advocate says B.C. has made "giant" strides "towards fixing...
NDP promises affordable child care, ending privatization in health care
It's been 13 years since the NDP held a seat in the New Brunswick Legislature
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After more than a decade, the NDP is hoping to take back a seat in the New Brunswick Legislature in next...
An interview with… Tim Gill
A few months ago I was asked to do an email interview by Maya, a senior high school student from California, as part of her project. (She has asked me not to use her last name.)
The questions were smart, she knew her...
