In this Op Ed, published in the Edmonton Journal on September 23, 2021, Jeff Bisanz, Jennifer Fischer-Summers and Brett Lambert provide an overview of why child care should be a priority in Edmonton’s Civic Election.

Business Council of Alberta recently posted on their “Insight and Analysis” blog a commentary on child care affordability.

If you missed the two Lunch & Learn talks hosted by Edmonton Social Planning Council on issues related to early learning and care you can access the recordings on their You Tube page.

In this brief, Rob Buschmann, Miranda Brown, and Gordon Cleveland provide an overview and analysis of the two major federal early learning and child care plans (Liberal and Conservative) and analyze their effects on early learning and child care affordability for an example family in Calgary. Both the Liberal and Conservative plans would help, but the Liberal plan would make early learning and child care considerably more affordable for the example family at all levels of income.

The Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care recommends 13 actions that can be taken by Alberta Children’s Services and that will support many families, contribute to economic and social recovery from the COVID pandemic, and help to address some of the critical priorities of EndPovertyEdmonton.

Authors Chelsea Freeborn, MEd., Alvina Mardhani-Bayne, PhD., and Cheyanne Soetaert, using findings from case studies, developed a series of documents on various topics to support child care educators and directors in their work in meeting the needs of newcomer and Indigenous families.

In this brief, Rob Buschmann provides an overview and analysis of the September 2021 changes to Alberta's child care subsidies.

The Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care has identified 10 recommended actions that can be taken by the City of Edmonton in support of early learning and care.

The Edmonton Social Planning Council and the Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care has issued a joint statement concerning the recent announcement of British Columbia and federal government agreement on a national system of early learning and care.

The Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care recommends 5 actions that can be taken by School Boards and that will support many families, contribute to economic and social recovery from the COVID pandemic, and help to address some critical educational priorities.

The Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care recommends 10 actions that can be taken by the City of Edmonton and that will support many families, contribute to economic and social recovery from the COVID pandemic, and help to address some critical municipal priorities.

Authors Chelsea Freeborn, MEd., Alvina Mardhani-Bayne, PhD., and Cheyanne Soetaert provide an overview of the joint research between Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care (ECELC) and MacEwan University and findings.

Authors Chelsea Freeborn, MEd., Alvina Mardhani-Bayne, PhD., and Cheyanne Soetaert conducted case studies with child care directors and senior staff to ascertain how support for Indigenous and newcomer families can be realized in Edmonton child care contexts.

Authors Chelsea Freeborn, MEd., Alvina Mardhani-Bayne, PhD., and Cheyanne Soetaert using the information from a scoping review of current academic literature to identified existing understandings of indicators of quality and desirable educator dispositions created guiding questions for focus groups made up of educators who support newcomer families.

Authors Chelsea Freeborn, MEd., Alvina Mardhani-Bayne, PhD., and Cheyanne Soetaert using information from a scoping review of current academic literature to identified existing understandings of indicators of quality and desirable educator dispositions created guiding questions for focus groups made up of Indigenous families and educators who support Indigenous families.

The Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care (ECELC) now has a map of licensed early learning and care programs in Edmonton!

In this brief, Rob Buschmann and Jennifer Fischer-Summers provide an overview of the latest fees for licensed early learning and care in Calgary. They show that 2020 continues an ongoing trend of early learning and care fees outpacing inflation in the city since 2014. Finally, they discuss what fees in Calgary might look like in 2021

In Quality Indicators and Dispositions in the Early Learning and Child Care Sector:
Learning from Indigenous Families authors Chelsea Freeborn, MEd., Alvina Mardhani-Bayne, PhD., and Cheyanne Soetaert bring attention to a range of quality indicators and educator dispositions valued by Indigenous Families.

In Quality Indicators and Dispositions in the Early Learning and Child Care Sector:
Learning from Newcomer Families authors Chelsea Freeborn, MEd., Alvina Mardhani-Bayne, PhD., and Cheyanne Soetaert bring attention to a range of quality indicators and educator dispositions valued by Newcomer families.

The following opinion written by Jeff Bisanz and Rob Buschmann titled, ”National child care would boost Alberta’s economy and support families” was published originally in the Edmonton Journal May 01, 2021.