The Journeys Project engaged 30 parents from 8 ethnocultural communities in focus groups. This included participants from the Bhutanese, Chinese-speaking, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Filipino, Kurdish-speaking, Somali, and  Spanish-speaking communities.  

We then undertook an empathy and journey mapping process to produce ‘personas” and composite stories that illustrate the complex experiences of parents. Each persona/ composite story is a semi-fictional account woven together from what we heard from multiple participants and informed by the experiences of the brokers who work directly with ethnocultural families.

The results illuminate opportunities to improve early learning and care for ethnocultural families and their children. 

In this paper, Jennifer Fischer-Summers examines the accessibility, affordability, quality, flexibility, and inclusivity of early learning and child care in Edmonton day homes. The paper provides a summary of interviews with licensed family day home agencies in Edmonton. The findings highlight some considerable variations that exist between and within Edmonton family day homes and agencies.

This brief provides an overview of the state of early learning and child care in Edmonton family day homes and agencies.