Thousands of planned child care spaces may never be built because of Ford government funding cut
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Ontario is at risk of losing thousands of planned child care spaces, including 3,049 spaces in Toronto because of the Ford government’s cuts to child care. A list obtained by the OCBCC from the City of Toronto...
Paternal leave extremely important to reach gender equality
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“Today’s paternal leave legislation gives employers a lot of room to negotiate with men whether they should take leave or not. We need less flexible solutions,” says Anne Lise Ellingsæter, who has led a Nordic...
More than 3,000 new Toronto child care spaces at risk due to provincial cuts
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Thousands of new child cares spaces approved by the previous provincial government — including 3,049 in Toronto — may never get built due to the latest Ford government cuts.
A total of 51 new child care centres...
For more mothers to run, the political workplace has to evolve
Job-sharing is one big way Canada could lead in modernizing political life, which is nearly impossible to balance with parenting young children.
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“You’ll miss birthdays, you’ll miss...
Childcare centres ease parents’ anxiety for having second child
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Lyu Jiawei had not decided to have a second child until she found a new childcare center in her community in east Beijing’s suburban district of Tongzhou.
Even though running her own business enabled Lyu to...
Letter: Quality early childhood education: It does matter
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In response to a Forum article recently published titled, “North Dakota has the highest rate of young kids not in school. Does it matter?” We know that yes, it does matter.
Here’s why:
National research points...
Daycare costs could spike if city subsidy to school-based centres isn’t renewed
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Daycares located inside Toronto schools are warning parents that already sky-high child care fees could go up if the centres lose a city subsidy that is set to expire at the end of this year.
Nearly 350...
Letter: Quality early childhood education: It does matter
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In response to a Forum article recently published titled, “North Dakota has the highest rate of young kids not in school. Does it matter?” We know that yes, it does matter.
Here’s why:
National research points...
$500K project underway for new Northumberland child care, EarlyON spaces
Grafton Community Centre undergoing renovations now
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NORTHUMBERLAND — Work on an early learning space and first-of-its-kind child care centre which will foster sibling relationships...
Women’s pensions £100,000 less than men’s due to gender pay gap and childcare commitments
1.2 million women approaching retirement age have no savings at all, report finds
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Women save only a third of the amount that men do by the time they approach retirement, primarily...
