“Daycare parents are angry about the loss of hot lunches, inadequate noon-hour supervision and the revolving door of staff their children will have to deal with during the day. They also worry they may be left with no care for their children during the summer if some kids drop out and the program has to fold.”

“Daycares outside Toronto are under pressure due to chronic under-funding and the loss of 4- and 5- year-olds to full day kindergarten, said Andrea Calver, of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care. » Continue reading “Toronto Star: Front Page Story: School-based centres facing troubles with full-day kindergarten, parents are concerned!”

MP Mike Sullivan, a federal MP, has come forward with a big question, “What’s going on in Child Care?!”

To look deeper into the issue he has invited YOU, parents and organizations, to meet up at the York Civic Centre on April 9th at 7pm to host a meeting to discuss the crisis in child care and find ways that it could be fixed. » Continue reading “Important Meeting with MP Mike Sullivan… and Olivia Chow!!”

Annual Report 2012

Student Outreach Kit

Doing a project or presentation on the OCBCC? Interested in getting fellow-students engaged in issues concerning early learning and child care?

We have created a simple kit that’ll help you do just that!

» Continue reading “Resources for students”

Annual Report 2011

Q: What is the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care?

A: The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC), founded in 1981, advocates for universally accessible, high quality, not-for-profit, regulated child care in the province of Ontario. » Continue reading “Q & A: Information about the OCBCC”

For a copy of our annual report, with information about our organization and our campaigns and activities over the past year, please click here.

To learn more about:
- Status of Toronto public child care
- Why public early childhood education and child care?
- History of municipal child care centres
- Toronto’s other child care roles

Please click here for Toronto, Ontario public child care profile

A terrific e-learning tool for child care staff, ECE’s and Supervisors.  A bi-lingual resource that makes the Day Nursuries Act come to life through an interactive presentation and question and answer exercises.

The website is available at www.childcarelearning.on.ca

To read a press release describing the website, please click here.

Here are helpful resources for basic child care statistics:

Ontario: Statistics and figures on child care funding, spaces, subsidies, and a recent history of child care in Ontario. Click here for Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2008, Ontario Chapter.

For the rest of this National Publication and the fact sheet 30 Quick Facts about Canadian ECEC, please click here.

Human Resources: Number and Education of Early Childhood Educators, click here for A Snapshot of the Child Care Workforce

Human Resources: Child Care Wages and a Quality Child Care System

Why Canada can’t work without good child care: How early childhood education and care supports the economy