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Looking for in-depth information on early learning and care in Edmonton? Download and read the published reports, papers and briefs produced by, or on behalf of, the Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care.

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Journeys through early learning and child care in Edmonton: The Experiences of ethnocultural families

In January 2021, we launched the Journeys Project. The Journeys Project is a collaboration between the Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative, the Community-University Partnership and the Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care. The aim of the project was to gather rich firsthand accounts of the experiences of ethnocultural parents with young children (birth to 5 years old) in early learning and childcare (ELCC) in Edmonton. The Journeys Project drew on the cultural brokering practice and intercultural expertise of the MCHB. We engaged 30 parents from 6 ethnocultural communities: Kurdish-speaking, Eritrean and Ethiopian, Bhutanese Filipino, Spanish-speaking, and Chinese-speaking.

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What We Heard About Child Care: Focus Groups with Educators & Indigenous 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.

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Rising Early Learning and Care Fees in Edmonton

In this brief, Rob Buschmann and Jennifer Fischer-Summers provide an update on the latest fees for licensed early learning and care in Edmonton. They also 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 Edmonton might look like in 2021.

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An Examination of Regulatory and Other Measures to Support Quality Early Learning and Care in Alberta

The Child Care Act and Regulation provides the legislative basis for early learning and care in Alberta. The Act has undergone review by the Ministry of Children’s Services, and a new Act was tabled in the Legislature in November 2020. This report is a comprehensive review of how jurisdictions can, and do, support quality in early learning and care through a combination of regulation and other policy vehicles and mechanisms.

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SUMMARY of More Work to Be Done: An Analysis of Child Care Subsidies in Alberta

Provides an introduction to child care subsidies in Alberta, outlines and analyzes some of the recent changes to subsidies, provides suggestions for improving the subsidy system and the general affordability of early learning and care in Alberta, and concludes by providing some perspective on the role of affordability within a high-quality early learning and care system.

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More Work to Be Done: An Analysis of Child Care Subsidies in Alberta

Provides an introduction to child care subsidies in Alberta, outlines and analyzes some of the recent changes to subsidies, provides suggestions for improving the subsidy system and the general affordability of early learning and care in Alberta, and concludes by providing some perspective on the role of affordability within a high-quality early learning and care system.

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Indigenous Early Learning & Care in the city of Edmonton

The purpose of Indigenous Early Learning and Care in the city of Edmonton: Articulating the experiences, perspectives and needs of Indigenous parents/caregivers (2019) is to inform and guide future advances in the design of a system of early learning and care that is responsive to the needs of Indigenous children and their families in Edmonton.

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A Profile of Edmonton Child Care in 2019

A Profile of Child Care in Edmonton (2019) was developed for the ECELC to provide a shared foundation of knowledge about the current state of licensed, full-day, unparented child care programs for children who have not yet entered kindergarten in the city of Edmonton.

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