In this session, Beth Dhuey, Kerry McCuaig, and Dr. Emis Akbari discuss the cost-benefits of public child care, focusing on its social and economic advantages. They highlight how divesting from public programs has led to job loss, reduced community standards, and decreased access for vulnerable groups.
In this presentation, Kerry McCuaig, Fellow in Early Childhood Policy at the Atkinson Centre/OISE, reviews recent policy developments in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Early Learning and Child Care sector, highlighting changes funding, child care spaces, and educator wages.
In this session, Kerry McCuaig, Fellow in Early Childhood Policy at the Atkinson Centre/OISE, examines how changes in ECE delivery are tracked, with a focus on the UK model. Survey findings on child care providers, staffing, and parent fees highlight how data can inform policies to enhance accessibility, affordability, and support for the ECE workforce.
Presented by Dr. Emis Akbari, Executive Director of the Atkinson Centre at OISE/University of Toronto, to the Early Learning and Child Care sector at Red River College, Winnipeg, on February 7, 2025. This presentation explores the challenges facing Canada’s ECE workforce—job satisfaction, discrimination, wages, stress, and ECE spending—while highlighting promising practices shaping the sector’s future.
Presented by Dr. Emis Akbari, Executive Director of the Atkinson Centre at OISE/University of Toronto, to Hamilton's Early Learning and Child Care sector on February 25, 2025. This presentation explores key trends within Ontario's ECE workforce, including job satisfaction, discrimination, equity, stress levels, and wages, focusing specifically on Hamilton's insights. Results are from the Knowing Our Numbers study.
On February 25, 2025, Dr. Emis Akbari, Executive Director of the Atkinson Centre at OISE/University of Toronto, presented to the Réseau Interagir, Ontario’s Provincial Francophone Early Years Network. Using insights from the Knowing Our Numbers study, this presentation discusses the challenges and opportunities that Francophone Early Childhood Educators face in Ontario, including wages, job stress, and satisfaction, and discrimination.
In this article by Dr. Emis Akbari and Kerry McCuaig, the authors explore the critical need for a professional early childhood education workforce in Canada. They highlight how ECEs are undervalued, underpaid, and under-resourced. The authors argue that improving wages, benefits, professional development, and training is essential to ensure ECEs can provide the high-quality care children require.
This blog from the Atkinson Centre explores ongoing challenges within the early childhood education workforce, including low pay and heavy workloads. The Knowing Our Numbers initiative collects data from Ontario's children’s services managers and the College of Early Childhood Educators to understand workforce needs and improve policies. Through surveys, educators are encouraged to share their experiences to drive meaningful change.
This Atkinson Centre blog examines the struggles faced by Early Childhood Educators in Canada, who face low wages, part-time work, and limited career prospects. With a growing child care workforce shortage, this blog suggests that better pay could be the key to enhancing job satisfaction, retaining educators and addressing the increasing demand for new child care spaces.
This Atkinson Centre blog explores the expansion of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program into the early childhood education sector, focusing on Quebec and Nova Scotia’s recruitment of foreign-trained educators. It raises concerns about exploitation, wage stagnation, and impacts on Canadian workers. As part of the Centre’s weekly series, it highlights ongoing challenges facing the ECE workforce.
