Quality Early Learning & Childcare is Economic Infrastructure
The work that Early Learning & Childcare (ELCC) workers do, in educating and nurturing the next generation— one of our most precious economic resources— matters.
Our new childcare policy in Canada, CWELCC, is an opportunity. It has put childcare on the map as an economic foundation and promises to reduce fees for parents. We now need to shift its focus to wages for Early Learning and Child Care workers.
We can’t have a Canada-wide childcare program without qualified and appropriately compensated early childhood educators and other child care staff. Attracting and retaining quality staff is the primary stumbling block when it comes to affordable childcare for all.
This video was developed, in partnership, through the "Better Together 2023 project" and features:
Marco Marino— Associate Director of Economic Development at Niagara Region, Armine Yalnizyan— Economist & Atkinson Fellow on The Future Of Workers, and Dr. Emis Akbari— Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre, Professor and Program Coordinator in the School of Early Childhood at George Brown College & Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at OISE, University of Toronto.
In light of wide-spread Early Learning and Child Care Workforce Challenges, leaders from Children’s Services in 6 communities across Ontario have come together in 2023 to advance strategic projects tied to workforce sustainability. The communities represented include: City of Cornwall, City of Greater Sudbury, County of Simcoe, Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Prince Edward-Lennox and Addington, United Counties of Leeds & Grenville.
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