Economics
The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers
Interesting study on the value of quality early learning and care. While the methods may reflect skewed sense of worth, it's an interesting study nonetheless.
Economics
Child Labour in BC
From the new website No Child Labour in BC, part of a new campaign by BC First Call: If you aren’t familiar with what is happening in British Columbia you might be shaking your head right now wondering why we’re raising awareness about child labour in Canada! Well, in 2003 the BC government lowered [...]
Economics
NY Domestic Workers Secure Worker Rights
In June, domestic workers in New York state made history by securing legal protections, including rights to overtime pay, vacation time off and other employee rights. Domestic workers had organized for years to get the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights passed, a major milestone for the over 200,000 nannies and other domestic workers in the [...]
Economics
Income Inequality Widens
Policy Note reports on the widening income gap in B.C. (worst in terms of inequality after Alberta) and the rest of Canada (getting worse over time) (you can also read more at Progressive-Economics.ca): In a recent update of the Canadian data by Mike Veall of McMaster University, for the first time we have provincial data to [...]
Economics
Building on BC’s New Living Wage Laws: Not Just for City Workers
I recently moved to British Columbia and have been following the recent city living wage ordinances and proposals with great interest. Before moving to Vancouver from Toronto last July I worked on two living wage campaigns in the US, both of which built on living wage laws to extend the victories beyond those initially covered. Both [...]
Stewardship
Healing Walk around Tar Sands “Dead Zone”
Posted on 19 August 2010
People joined together in a walk organized by Indigenous people and welcome to everyone to witness and respond to the devastation of Alberta for Tar Sands developments, as reported by Rabble.ca. Continue Reading
Community
Laughter with the Dalai Lama
Posted on 19 August 2010
What is the secret of the Dalai Lama's power? This short video shows the power of compassion through the expression of laughter. Continue Reading
Child's Voice
Once Upon a Time…
Posted on 19 August 2010
La fabuleuse histoire de Winnie l'Ourson & Tigrou... A child telling an incredible story of adventure, including hippos in heaven who are allergic to magic. (French with English subtitles.) Continue Reading
Community
New Study: Benefits of Quality Child Care
Posted on 18 August 2010
The Victoria Times Colonist reports on a recent study of the benefits of quality child care. Here’s a highlight: Eight years after telling mothers that going out to work and leaving their children in substitute care was harmful to children’s development, academics combing through the same research material say that [...] Continue Reading
Family Time
Research Suggests Benefits of Responding to Baby’s Cries
Posted on 18 August 2010
The Globe and Mail reports on a recent study on the benefits of responding to a baby’s cries. Here’s a highlight: New research on infant sleep appears to deal a blow to those in the cry-it-out camp. Penn State researcher Douglas Teti examined the role of emotional availability on infant sleep and found that [...] Continue Reading
Family Time
New Research on Only Children
Posted on 18 August 2010
The Globe and Mail reports today on new research on only children. Here’s a highlight: Among the knocks against families with “only children,” one of the most troubling is that these kids will be lonely. New research suggests parents needn’t worry. Children who grow up without siblings have just as many friends as peers with them, [...] Continue Reading
Commentary
Mary Polak: Is child care a service or something more?
Posted on 04 August 2010
The CBC today covers recent calls of BC’s child care advocates for adequate funding for families and young children in need of quality daycare and other child care programs. While advocates point to Quebec’s $1.8 billion annual investment in child care, an example for what’s possible in BC, the government response is that costs [...] Continue Reading
Commentary
“Shorty List” Website is Sign of What’s Wrong with BC Child Care
Posted on 31 July 2010
The Vancouver Courier reports on the launch of a website – The Shorty List – that will provide families with access to anonymous reviews of child care centres, schools and preschools in Vancouver. The idea is hard to criticize on one level, given that families have both a right and a need to know about [...] Continue Reading
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