Child Care Now extends our warmest well wishes and gratitude for Lynell Anderson as she retires from her role with the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC. Lynell has been instrumental in advancing the $10aDay child care campaign in BC as well as advocating for high quality universal child care across Canada. Drawing on…
Governments must put in place strategies to raise the formal education qualifications of those who work in licensed child care centres, says the National Early Learning and Child Care Workforce Policy Table, a group of early childhood education experts and practitioners established through Child Care Now’s Educators Matter project. Their new publication, A vision and…
A new report, published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS), estimates that the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program increased maternal employment by approximately 29,000 workers by the end of 2025, corresponding to a direct GDP gain of roughly $2.7 billion annually. Lower fees associated with higher maternal employment…
The Quebec government has announced that Canadian citizens, permanent residents and those with closed work permits will get priority access to Quebec’s directly funded child care programs over parents with refugee claims in progress, temporary work permits, or international student visas. This policy announcement was made in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling that…
OTTAWA, 19 JUNE 2026 – Child Care Now, Canada’s national child care advocacy association, applauds the federal government’s decision to provide an additional $5.4 billion dollars to sustain the Canada-wide early learning and child care program over the next two years, but warns that a longer-term plan to support the child care sector and expand…
Child Care Now entered into a collaborative research agreement with the University of British Columbia to prepare this report, as part of the Growth by Design project. Authors: Khadija Anjum and Craig Jones, Housing Assessment Resource Tools Read the PDF here (ISBN 978-1-997048-27-5) Executive Summary This report examines the structure, governance, and financing of Canada’s…
Read the PDF here (ISBN 978-1-997048-16-9) Introduction Growth by Design, Child Care Now’s federally funded Innovation Project, is examining and promoting innovative strategies to support the sustainable expansion of public and not-for-profit Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) in Canada. As part of this work, seven provincial and territorial case studies have been undertaken—in Newfoundland…
Read the PDF here (ISBN 978-1-997048-10-7) Introduction and methodology Child Care Now’s Innovation Project: Growth by Design explores, evaluates, and proposes innovative strategies to enhance the sustainability and expansion of public and not-for-profit early learning and child care (ELCC) in Canada. As part of this initiative, seven case studies – in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince…
Read the PDF here (ISBN 978-1-997048-06-0) Introduction and methodology Child Care Now’s Innovation Project: Growth by Design is exploring, evaluating, and proposing innovative strategies to enhance the sustainability and expansion of public and not-for-profit Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) in Canada. As part of this initiative, seven case studies – in Newfoundland and Labrador,…
Child Care Now is seeking a dynamic and experienced Executive Director (ED) to lead the organization in its next phase of growth and impact on the development of a publicly funded and managed universal and primarily not-for-profit system of child care in Canada. Reporting to and working closely with a volunteer Board of Directors elected…
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