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.
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Canada has much to learn from other countries about better ways of providing learning and care for children.
Where new early learning and child-care programs are located, how they are designed, built and resourced, and what they teach can either add to the problem of climate change or help mitigate it.
Ontario’s flat fee for child care should be replaced by an income-tested fee reflecting family incomes.
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Kerry McCuaig is a Friend of The Conversation.Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto
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Assistant researcher, Perlman Lab, Ontario Institute for the Studies of Education, University of Toronto
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RBC Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at Ontario Institute for the Study of Education (OISE) and Senior Policy Fellow at the Atkinson Centre, University of Toronto
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Chair, Education and Childhood Studies, Capilano University
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Lecturer, Early Childhood Development, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
