Childcare Resource and Research Unit
@childcarepolicy.bsky.social
CRRU, a policy research institute, has a mandate to work towards a Canada-wide early childhood education and child care system. https://childcarecanada.org
Five years into the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program, this newly released @policyalternatives.ca report analyzes the shifting landscape of licensed child care fees across 35 major Canadian cities. Read the report: childcarecanada.org/documents/re... #CDNChildCare
CRRU is hiring two social research assistants through the Canada Summer Jobs program. Apply by May 1, 2026! Read the job posting at childcarecanada.org/job-postings
Martha Friendly has been invested into the Order of Canada as an Officer. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition of child care advocacy. Her passion for universal child care has inspired, ignited, and fuelled the efforts of many.
CRRU is delighted to release Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2024/2025. It is an indispensable tool for researchers, advocates, and policy makers seeking to understand the changing landscape of child care in Canada. Check it out now at childcarecanada.org #CDNChildCare
CRRU is very pleased to let you know that Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2024/2025 will be released on February 4, 2026. Subscribe to the CRRU newsletter to be notified on launch day: childcarecanada.org/weekly-newsletter
Released today, Interim Space Statistics 2024 is the latest report in CRRU's ECEC in Canada series: childcarecanada.org/publications... #cdnchildcare
In this newly released @policyalternatives.ca report, authors David Macdonald and Martha Friendly present the 2025 findings from a regularly conducted survey of licensed child care fees in 37 cities across Canada: childcarecanada.org/documents/re...
Big #cdnchildcare contingent at Toronto's #IWD2025 march included my MP, @cafreeland, one of the intrepid women political leaders who put our 50-year struggle for universal childcare on the road to reality. As the marchers chanted "10-a-day - It's here to stay!"
EN debate: Really glad to hear @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social speaking so passionately about the importance of #cdnchildcare as fundamental social infrastructure - so right!
The CRRU website offers comprehensive resources on childcare for Canadians/others - a keyword searchable database, our publications, links. Sign up for our weekly newsletter childcarecanada.org/weekly-newsl..., or visit the website to browse its many resources childcarecanada.org
Re fed/MB childcare ministers' space expansion: Building non-profit/public #cdnchildcare this way is good for children/parents & now more essential than ever in light of USA attack on Canadian economy/integrity/ sovereignty. Must keep building made-in-Canada $10-a-day plan,coast-to-coast-to-coast.
Building non-profit/public #cdnchildcare in this way is not only good for children/parents but now more essential than ever in light of USA attack on Canadian economy, integrity and sovereignty. So must keep building made-in-Canada $10-a-day plan, coast-to-coast-to coast.
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