Childcare - Canada
Child Care Advocacy Association
of Canada
The national organization for childcare advocacy, dedicated to promoting
quality, publicly funded child care accessible to all.
Canadian Child Care Federation
The bilingual national organization of professional early childhood educators.
Child Care Human Resources Sector Council
The bilingual organization working to reflect the interests of the more
than 300,000 members of the child care workforce in Canada.
Child Care Resource and Research
Unit
Canada's premiere site for national and international news, resources and
publications on early childhood education. Part of the University of Toronto's
Centre for Urban and Community Studies, and publisher of the invaluable
publication, Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2001.
Integration Network
The Integration Network was established to develop new policy recommendations
which address the critical issue of the lack of intergtation or bridging
between "care" programs in childcare centres and "education"
(kindergarten) programs in the schools.
Manitoba Child Care Association
The professional organization representing early childhood educators in
Manitoba.
Rural Voices
A project designed to meet the needs of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where
farm safety issues raise the importance of child care to an even greater
level.
Specialink: The National
Centre for Childcare Inclusion
A Canadian organization working on behalf of young children with special
needs and their families.
Kids Canada Policy Digest
A one-stop location for current and comparable information about policies
and programs for children and families across the country, hosted by the
Canadian Research Policy Network (CPRN)
Childcare - International
Cornell Linking Childcare and Economic Development This site, overseen by Dr. Mildred Warner, provides a quantitative database of economic demographic and policy data for all 50 states and a qualitative database
of all state and local studies (completed and in-progress). The site
also includes research reports, copies of state studies, advice on
economic analysis, and profiles of new approaches to child care policy.
The Institute for Child and Family
Policy at Columbia University and its partner The
Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies
at Columbia University.
The Institute addresses social policies for children, youth, and families.
The Clearinghouse provides access to national and international research
and reports.
National Association for the Education
of Young Children (NAEYC)
America's largest organization of early childhood educators and others dedicated
to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third
grade.
National Institute for Early Education Research
A leading American site, based at Rutgers University, with a rich set of
links to research.
Government
Child
Day Care, Manitoba
Child Day Care (of the Child and Family Services Division, Department of
Family Services and Housing) is the provincial department that oversees
child care in Manitoba.
City of Winnipeg
The home page of the City of Winnipeg.
Government of Canada
The main entrance to all federal government departments, including Human
Resources Development Canada which addresses childcare.
Assembly of First Nations
The national organization of the First Nations in Canada. The bilingual
website includes links to many press releases, current events, fact sheets,
information about various social programs.
Assembly of Manitoba
Chiefs
The AMC is working on a childcare initiative, in addition to wide-ranging
other work.
Social Policy
Caledon Institute of Social Policy
An independent think-tank working on smart social policy.
Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives - Manitoba
Manitoba's leading progressive think tank.
Canadian Policy Research Networks
The CPRN Family Network has produced extensive materials on childcare and
social policy, both Canadian and comparative.
Centre for Families,
Work and Well-being, at the University of Guelph
The University of Guelph's research centre on work-family issues.
Vanier Institute of the Family
Working on behalf of Canada's 8.4 million families.
Winnipeg Social Planning Council
Winnipeg's community-based organization providing leadership on social planning,
and hosting Manitoba's Campaign 2000 network.
Feminist/Women
Institute for Women's Policy Research
American public policy research organization public policy issues of importance
to women and their families.
Policy, Action, Research-List
(PAR-L)
A bilingual moderated listserv and a website for women-centred policy, providing
support for feminist researchers and activists in Canada and Québec.
UN Platform for Action Committee
(UNPAC) Women & Economy Project
The economomy has long been used to intimidate and exclude. Women are especially
affected becasue so much of women's work is undervalued by the mainstream
economy. The Women and Economy website is a place for learning, sharing
and imagining alternatives to mainstream notions of economics.
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