Canada’s Children Need a Professional Early Childhood Education Workforce (original) (raw)

2022, Canada’s Children Need a Professional Early Childhood Education Workforce

In 2021, the Government of Canada committed to providing sustained funding to provinces and territories to expand access to more affordable child care. The ultimate goal is to create a Canada-wide early learning and child care plan to drive economic growth, support women's workforce participation, and give every Canadian child a head start. Achieving these objectives requires a qualified early childhood education workforce. The early childhood education workforce is large, with 300,000 plus members representing more than1% of the working population. Workforce members can be found in many sectors, including licensed child care, health, education, family support, and settlement services. Every Canadian jurisdiction has legislation governing the provision of regulated, or licensed, 1 child care services. This report focuses on those working in child care centres or group care. It provides a status report on today's child care workforce and the challenges it faces, along with promising practices. It concludes with a series of recommendations. The intent is to draw attention to the centrality of educators in creating Canada's newest social program and the policies and resources they require to make it a success.

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