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Investing in non-profit programs that provide culturally-relevant education is important to children and families.

‘Child care’ or education? Words matter in how we envision living well with children

Nicole Land, Toronto Metropolitan University and Kathleen Kummen, Capilano University

Early childhood education isn’t about warehousing children so adults can go to work. There is an ethical imperative to support a paradigm shift in how our society values educating young children.
Children play at the Children’s Centre at Capilano University in Capilano, B.C. (Sylvia Kind)

Federal budget 2021: 7 actions to ensure Canada’s ‘child-care plan’ is about education

Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, Western University; Alex Berry, Western University; Cory Jobb, Western University; Cristina Delgado Vintimilla, York University, Canada; Fikile Nxumalo, University of Toronto; Kathleen Kummen, Capilano University; Kelly-Ann MacAlpine, Western University; Laurie Kocher, Capilano University; Meagan Montpetit, Western University; Narda Nelson, Western University; Nicole Land, Toronto Metropolitan University; Randa Khattar, Western University, and Sylvia Kind, Capilano University

Canada has an opportunity to become a world leader in early childhood education. With monumental federal support, this is the time to build a sustainable and relevant early education system.

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