RC/W Principal Investigator @andreadoucet.bsky.social has a new open access paper on lessons from ecologist Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring, which helped start the environmental movement & offers parallels with contemporary care ethics. Doucet identifies three key lessons:

RC/W Co-Investigator Eva Jewell was recently made a Distinguished Visiting Indigenous Faculty Fellow at Jackman Humanities Institute! Jewell’s work brings an Anishinaabe perspectives & anti-colonial critical lense to the concept of care. buff.ly/VmfBY4b @jhievents.bsky.social

Registration is now open! Join us on May 1, 2026, for a full day of learning, dialogue, and connection focused on the power of the early childhood education workforce to drive meaningful systems change. www.oise.utoronto.ca/atkinson/eve... #SI2026 #Workforce #ELCC

We are excited to share this new report from the Childcare Resource & Research Unit! It shows significant progress since 2021/22 when the provinces received funding to develop/implement plans for $10 a day care, though work remains to be done. See the full report here! buff.ly/8GxPSE8 #CWELCC

@unicef.ca recently published an urgent paper on the status of parental leave in Canada showing the dichotomy between the right to parental leave & the reality: it's unavailable for many parents. Working with partners including @gensqueeze.bsky.social & the RC/W @rcwpolicies.bsky.social ...

NEW VIDEOS We’re pleased to share 2 new videos from Waterloo Region. One highlights the benefits of #ExtendedDay for children, families, & educators - the other focuses on partnerships between the Region, school board, & system partners www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #ELCC #SeamlessDay

Costanzo Ranci and LP&R Member Tine Rostgaard’s introductory chapter to Research handbook on social care policy argues that social care has become a distinct, mature policy domain globally. www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/res...

Recent research by RC/W Co-Investigator Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, "Redefining the Workplace: A Quantitative Examination of Coworking Spaces in Québec," investigates coworking spaces as "third spaces" for professional work.

The RCW's @kdelaat.bsky.social and @andreadoucet.bsky.social investigate how methodology can shape survey responses. Their study examines how fathers answering surveys on household chores give different answers to the same questions when they are interviewed alongside their partner. buff.ly/5oAe0ga

Unpredictable work schedules are a growing burden for parents. @sylviafuller.bsky.social, Manlin Cai, Richard Petts, @andreadoucet.bsky.social, Anna Kurowska, Donna Lero & Thordis Reimer explore how unpredictable scheduling and gendered expectations influence the domestic division of labour.

Tomorrow is National Child Care Day! From 1:00-2:30pm UNICEF will hold its annual Youth Advocacy Summit featuring youth leaders from across Canada. We look forward to their insights into children’s rights, education & climate change. You can learn more or register to attend here: buff.ly/XNwGX4E

Ontario & the feds have extended the national 10-dollar-a-day child care program for another year. Yet fees remain capped at $22. CBC’s David Common interviews Carolyn Ferns about why both levels of government have fallen short of their affordable childcare goals. buff.ly/nGXTK9i

A new article from RC/W Co-Investigator Member Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay with Ali Salehi, Sandra Dubouloz, and Céline Desmarais explores how culture shapes telework adoption: doi.org/10.33423/jop...

A new research paper from the RC/W written by @sylviafuller.bsky.social, Manlin Cai, @andreadoucet.bsky.social & Siqi Qin is out. They use Canadian survey data to track how Covid interventions like school closures & WFH influenced social reproduction within dual-earner households. buff.ly/gzv1LQB

New article by Mila Kingsbury & RC/W collaborator Leanne Findlay shows the impact of child care for low-income families. They find that socio-emotional outcomes for young children were significantly impacted by child care participation but care quality remains difficult to measure.

New book from RC/W Co-Investigator Dr. Janna Klostermann! "At the Limits of Care: Gendered Work and Stories that Matter" highlights counter-stories of what happens when women reach their limits, cross ethical lines, and step back from caring roles. www.csa-scs.ca/news/meet-th...

The RC/W’s Co-Investigator Vanessa Watts has been named as a Canadian Research Chair at McMaster! Vanessa’s work will explore stories & lessons from Indigenous residents of Mohawk Institute Residential School & Hamilton Mountain Sanatorium utilizing a new “re-neighboring” framework.

Kaitlin Peters & Ariane Hotte of CCPA describe the evolution of CUPW’s Child Care Fund. Started in 1991, it expanded high-quality care & advanced a conversation around policy gaps & challenges for working parents. buff.ly/r2BaZDx @policyalternatives.ca

RC/W Co-Investigator Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay’s new article in the Open Journal of Social Sciences explores how working environments impact workers and opportunities for collaboration. doi.org/10.4236/jss....

The wait is over! The ECE Workforce Knowledge HUB is now live — connecting research, data, and stories to strengthen Canada’s early learning and child care workforce. Discover the HUB: eceknowledgehub.ca #ECEHub #EarlyLearning #ChildCare #ECEWorkforce

For decades, @cupwsttp.bsky.social has run one of the most important child care funds in the country. It should be studied and emulated by policymakers and unions alike. By @kaitlinpeters.bsky.social and Ariane Hotte. #canlab @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The Vanier Institute of the Family & RC/W have released a paper addressing attribution in the field of ‘grey literature’, a critical question in open-access scientific communication. Authors Serena Danssen, Jennifer Turner, Margo Hilbrecht & @andreadoucet.bsky.social describe how Vanier & RC/W...

The 2025 Newsletter of the International Network on Leave Policies and Research is out now! Many of our RC/W members, including Andrea Doucet (@andreadoucet.bsky.social), are key members from Canada. Check it out to learn more about their work!

The Vanier Institute of the Family, one of our key partner organizations, is seeking four new board members to help guide their work advancing understanding of the wellbeing of diverse families across Canada. secure.collage.co/jobs/vanieri...

Income inequality hit a new high in 2025 as the RCW's Katherine Scott highlights the contrast between high unemployment for young grads and stable investment incomes for the wealthy. theglobeandmail.com/business/article-income-gap-hit-record-high-in-first-quarter-statscan-says/

RC/W Collaborator Marian Baird recently published an edited collection, "The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work,” including a chapter on care as a key component. Read more in the thread below, or check out the book here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

RC/W Co-Investigator Sylvia Fuller spoke to HRReporter to discuss the challenges of return-to-office (RTO) mandates, warning arbitrary full-time RTO can be "disastrous" for employee morale. www.hrreporter.com/focus-areas/...

How Universal Child Care Could Change the Economy www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...

RC/W Co-Investigator Kim de Laat spoke about our research on Metro Morning recently, talking about why people are using workplace apps to manage personal lives and offering key insights into modern family dynamics. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

RC/W Co-Investigator Rachael Pettigrew recently spoke with HRReporter to discuss challenges return-to-office mandates as potentially undermining workplace gains for women, and flexibility gaps in our new era of illness. www.hrreporter.com/focus-areas/...

Many members of the RC/W team—Andrea Doucet, Sophie Mathieu, PhD, Lindsey McKay, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Donna Lero, and Kenya Thompson—contributed to this years’ International Review of Leave Policies. www.leavenetwork.org/annual-revie...

A recent chapter by RC/W Collaborator Marian Baird with Myra Hamilton and Nate Zettna looks at care as a central pillar for managing multigenerational workforces, challenging the notion that unpaid care is only provided by younger workers for their children. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

New research by the RC/W’s Andrea Doucet and co-authors examines LGBTQ+ parents' care and work arrangements during COVID-19 in Canada. doi.org/10.1080/0091...

Manlin Cai, RA with the RC/W and UBC PhD Candidate, recently spoke to The Tyee about the gaps in Canada's support for working parents, describing how Canada is lagging internationally in flexible work arrangements and personal leave policies. thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

RC/W Co-Investigator Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay's new paper, "Does perceived organizational support for strength use enhance employee well-being and task performance?" examines how supporting employees' strengths improves both well-being and performance. doi.org/10.1108/JOEP...

Delighted to announce this forthcoming chapter with Martha Friendly and Jenna Quelch on CWELCC and Canadian federalism. Thanks to all the interview participants who gave so generously of their time @rcwpolicies.bsky.social utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

New research from Margaret Gibson, Bridget Livingstone, Andrea Doucet & Jenna Cooper sheds light on the underexplored question of gendered divisions of labour within LGBTQ+ households during the pandemic, a cohort that is usually excluded from studies on the household division of labour...

Thank you to RC/W partner Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives for this new report on the rate of affordable child care expansion across the country! @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

New research by Adrienne Davidson, Jenna Quelch & Linda White @lindawhite.bsky.social explores policy feedback effects in the early childhood education & care sector. They find the institutionalization of private actors (both for and not-for-profit) accumulates and institutionalizes over time...

Many congrats to @lindawhite.bsky.social and team! See our @rcwpolicies.bsky.social website for more excellent, timely contributions on #childcare #parentalleave and more!

A recent report from RC/W partner organization Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, "Support for parents in a post-pandemic world: Options for enhancing federal maternity and parental leave" highlights how Canada's parental leave system falls short. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Another great contribution from our RC/W team members!

Income inequality hit a new high in 2025 as the RCW's Katherine Scott highlights the contrast between high unemployment for young grads and stable investment incomes for the wealthy. theglobeandmail.com/business/article-income-gap-hit-record-high-in-first-quarter-statscan-says/

New research by Mara Yerkes et. al. explores scaling parenting support to prevent violence against children in Tanzania: implementationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A policy brief by RC/W team members Manlin Cai, Donna Lero, and Sylvia Fuller with The Vanier Institute of the Family highlights the critical gap in Canada's care/work policies for parents juggling employment and caregiving responsibilities. vanierinstitute.ca/resource/pol...

Released today, Interim Space Statistics 2024 is the latest report in CRRU's ECEC in Canada series: childcarecanada.org/publications... #cdnchildcare

We organized a panel at the Canadian Sociological Association, "Social Impact Research on Canadian Care/Work Policies," to explore how sociological research can drive policy change for families balancing work and caregiving responsibilities. event.fourwaves.com/csa-scs-conf...

RC/W Co-Founder Martha Friendly was awarded a Community Recognition Award by MPP Jessica Bell, highlighting Martha's impact as a leading voice in Canada’s child care movement for nearly 50 years. www.jessicabellmpp.ca/meet_the_202....

Did you hear? We just released out latest Newsletter, highlighting the research of our team of researchers and multi-sectoral partners exploring policies, practices, and meanings of care/work for diverse families in Canada. Find it on our website here: rcwproject.ca/wp-content/u...

Back in May, the Vanier Institute of the Family partnered with the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta to host the panel discussion "Who Is Family and Why Should We Care?” vanierinstitute.ca/resource/who...