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Video: Early Learning is Economic Development
Produced in 2023, "Early Learning is Economic Development" highlights Economic Development leaders across Ontario who explain how investing in early learning and child care is fundamental to prosperous economies. Produced by Better Together & Workforce Collective.
"Quality Early Learning and Child Care is Economic Infrastructure" - Armine Yalnizyan— Economist & Atkinson Fellow on The Future Of Workers
Synopsis
Our new childcare policy in Canada, CWELCC, is an opportunity.
It has put childcare on the map as an economic foundation and promises to reduce fees for parents. We now need to shift its focus to wages for Early Learning and Child Care workers.
We can’t have a Canada-wide childcare program without qualified and appropriately compensated early childhood educators and other child care staff. Attracting and retaining quality staff is the primary stumbling block when it comes to affordable childcare for all.
Credits
This video was developed by Workforce Collective, in partnership with and on behalf of Better Together.
In Video
Marco Marino— Associate Director of Economic Development at Niagara Region
Armine Yalnizyan— Economist & Atkinson Fellow on The Future Of Workers
Dr. Emis Akbari— Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre, Professor and Program Coordinator in the School of Early Childhood at George Brown College & Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at OISE, University of Toronto.
Supported by
In light of wide-spread Early Learning and Child Care Workforce Challenges, leaders from Children’s Services in 6 communities across Ontario came together in 2023 to advance strategic projects tied to workforce sustainability. The communities represented include:
City of Cornwall
City of Greater Sudbury
County of Simcoe
Municipality of Chatham-Kent
Prince Edward-Lennox and Addington
United Counties of Leeds & Grenville