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Working and mothering

All-day kindergarten recommended for Ontario

16 June 2009 Working and mothering

A couple of weeks back, I started writing a series of posts about the state of early education and child care in Canada. The first post was an introduction and summary of the Canadian Senate’s report called “Early Childhood Education and Care: Next Steps.” I was rather underwhelmed by the Senates main recommendations, which were [...]

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Letter to the editor: child care and early childhood education

4 June 2009 Working and mothering

Submitted this morning to the Ottawa Citizen: As the mother of three boys, ages seven, five and one year old, I read with interest Elizabeth Payne’s op-ed article (“When we are six“, June 4, 2009) about school readiness in Ottawa. I think Ms Payne missed a valuable opportunity to link the issue of school readiness [...]

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A call to action for my American friends

2 June 2009 Working and mothering

You know the topic of affordable, quality child care is dear to my heart, and I hope to continue my series on the Senate of Canada’s recent report on child care and early childhood education in Canada later this week. Today, I received this note from MomsRising.org about the Family Tax Relief Act of 2009 [...]

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The Senate Report on Childcare in Canada: Part 1

26 May 2009 Canadianisms

At the end of April 2009, the Senate of Canada released a report titled Early Childhood Education and Care: Next Steps. I printed it out and have been lugging it around with me (it runs more than 200 pages) for the better part of a month. If you are at all interested in the issues [...]

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More on the daycare debate

31 March 2009 Sideblog

Interesting interview in the G&M this morning with Penelope Leach, following up on her new book Child Care Today: Getting It Right for Everyone. I haven’t read the book, but I agree with what she’s saying in the interview.

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The case against The Case Against Breastfeeding

20 March 2009 Working and mothering

I was absolutely tickled when Kate over at One Tired Ema asked me to bring my posse of lactating Canucks into the conversation about an article in this month’s Atlantic called “The Case Against Breast Feeding.” You can go read the Atlantic piece if you like, or you can skip on over to Kate’s place [...]

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It’s all about balance

3 March 2009 Working and mothering

It’s been a full month since I’ve been back at work, and we’ve settled into a comfortable routine that seems to be working out well for everyone. I think that this four-day week thing was a brilliant choice, and I’m so happy we were able to make it work. It’s made a huge difference in [...]

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Follow-up: CBC on daycare costs

24 February 2009 Sideblog

A week or two ago, I blogged about an interactive widget from CBC.ca that compares national daycare costs. If you’re curious, the follow-up article from CBC is here. (Title = “Rising costs, waiting lists frustrate parents.” No kidding?

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Compare your childcare costs

9 February 2009 Life in Ottawa

I found this interesting little interactive report on daycare fees on CBC.ca. You can enter your city and total child care costs, then compare with others. Note to self to go back and play with it more later…

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Mother and child reunion

3 February 2009 Working and mothering

I step quietly into the house, not consciously intending to spy on the boys or the new nanny, but knowing that they aren’t expecting me home quite so early. I hear laughter, and realize while expelling a sigh that I’ve been holding my breath with dread. It’s the end of my long first day back [...]

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