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The
Resource Database contains a list of resources that have proven
to be informative and helpful throughout the work of Parent Voices.
It is divided into four sections, with books, articles and websites
falling under the following categories:
The
Database will be added to and updated throughout the project.
Lessons
to be Learned from Research and Advocacy
Action
Alliance for Children
Oakland, California
What
is Advocacy?
Advocacy
Intsitute: Making Social Justice Leadership Strategic, Effective
and Sustainable
BC
Child Care Funding Options Project
Background Information Package
Prepared by Lynell Anderson, Rita Chudnovsky, Paul Kershaw for the
BC Association of Child Care Services
Our
Child Care Workforce: From Recognition to Remuneration
A Human Resource Study of Child Care in Canada
Authors: Jane Beach, Jane Bertrand, Gordon Cleveland
Prepared for: The Child Care Sector Study Steering Committee (Child
Care Human Resources Round Table)
Alternative
Federal Budget 2003
Economic and Fiscal Update, Oct 29 2002
Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives
The
Issue of Auspice
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC)
www.cccabc.bc.ca/res/pdf/Auspice.pdf
[PDF]
Innovative
Approaches: Engaging Parents
The
Child Care Partnership Project
funded by: Child Care Bureau, US Dept of Health
Québec's
New Family Policy
Childcare
Resource and Research Unit
Advocate's
Quick Facts
Coalition
of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC)
Commission
on Early Learning and Child Care for the City of Toronto
Co-chairs: Charles Coffey and Hon. Margaret Norrie McCain, May 2002
Speaking
Out: Early Childhood Advocacy
S.G. Coffin and J. Lombardi
NAEYC, 1989
Preschool
For All
Investing in a Productive and Just Society
Research and Policy Committee of the Committee
for Economic Development
Toolkit
for Action
Connect
for Kids
Shifting
Patterns of Representation: The politics of "children", "families",
"women"
Alexandra Dobrowolsky and Jane Jenson
www.fas.umontreal.ca/POL/cohesionsociale
(Publications -> Working Paper #7)
Volunteerism,
Gender and the Changing Welfare State: A Case-study in Child Daycare
Evelyn B. Ferguson and Susan L. Prentice
Social
Inclusion Through Early Childhood Education and Care
Martha Friendly and Donna S. Lero, June 2002
The Laidlaw
Foundation (Children's Agenda)
Leave
No Child Behind! Social Exclusion and Child Development
Clyde Hertzman, May 2002
The Laidlaw
Foundation (Children's Agenda)
Does
Work Include Children? The Effects of the Labour Market on Family
Income, Time and Stress
Andrew Jackson and Katherine Scott, May 2002
The Laidlaw
Foundation (Children's Agenda)
Ethical
Reflections on Social Inclusion
Dow Marmur, May 2002
The Laidlaw
Foundation (Children's Agenda)
Early
Childhood Services for Kindergarten-age children in Four Canadian
Provinces: Scope, Nature and Models for the Future
Julie Mathien and Laura Johnston, Sept 1998
Caledon Institute of Social Policy
Stepping
Up for Child Care
Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and CUPE
Parent
Voices
A Project of California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
Changing
Child Care: Five Decades of Child Care Advocacy and Policy in Canada
Editor: Susan Prentice, 2001
Includes the following articles:
Community
Activism in Edmonton 1940 -1970
Sheila D Campbell
From
Social Movement to Marginalized Interest Groups: Advocating for
Quality Child Care in Alberta, 1965 - 86
Tom Langford
Family
Policy, Child Care and Social Solidarity: The Case of Quebec
Jane Jensen
History,
Lessons and a Case For Change in Child Care Advocacy
Judith Martin
Workers,
Mothers, Reds: Toronto's Postwar Daycare Fight
Susan L. Prentice
Child
and Family Policies - Struggles, Strategies, and Options
Editors: Jane Pulkingham and Gordon Ternowetsky, 1997
Includes the following articles:
Advocacy,
Political Alliances and the Implementation of Family Policies
Maureen Baker
"My
Kids Come First": The Contradictions of Mothers' "Involvement"
in Childcare Delivery
Susan Prentice and Evelyn Ferguson
Good
Daycare: Fighting for It, Getting It, Keeping It
Editor: K.G. Ross, 1978
The
Dynamics of Decentralization
Canada's Shifting Citizenship Regime: Investing in Children
Editors: T.C. Salmon and M. Keating, 2001
Saskatchewan
Child Care
Needs and Preferences Survey
Saskatchewan Social Services, Dec 2001
Exploring
Constituency Building Strategies for Children's Issues: "What's
Working"
E. Schrayer, 1998
The
Children's Partnership (TCP)
Stand
Up for Your Gifted Child
J.F. Smutny, 2001
Caring
for Canada's Kids
The Vanier Institute of the Family
Transition
Magazine, Winter 2001, Vol 31 No. 4
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Advocacy
Strategies and Activities, Capacity Building and Collaborative Approaches
Advocacy
Without Burnout - A Self Help Manual
Advocacy Access Team, 1993
Tools
For Building Healthy Communities: Skills, Resources and Models for
Action
Conference Report 1990
Forming Coalitions: Cultivating the Friends and Allies Needed to
Develop a Healthy Community
D. Beck
Naming
the Moment - Political Analysis for Action
A Manual for Community Groups
D. Brandt, 1991
Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice
Advocacy
Techniques
Diane Brennan, Legal Information Counsellor
Doug Traill Law Centre, Nanaimo BC
Parent
Advocacy Network
Dianne L. Ferguson
The Exceptional Parent, March 1984 (Vol. 14, #2)
Parent
Advocacy
Margaret Ferguson
LawNow, June/July 1995
Every
Kid Counts
Noel Herron, 2001
Child
Advocacy in 10 Easy Steps: A Resource Guide
Marilyn L. Pearce
Published by California Association for the Education of Young Children
(CAEYC)
Knowledge
and Skills for Effective Advocacy - The Advokit
Penticton Advocacy Network, 1997
Effective
Parent Advocacy: How to Take Charge
Helen Rader and Jennifer Simpson
(adapted in Exceptional Parent, Sept 1993, from Advocacy Ð Taking
Charge: How To Do It)
Speaking
Out! [PDF]
Salt Spring Island Community Services, March 2002
Community
Action Handbook
Healthy Child Care America - Blueprint for Action
US National Child Care Health Care Forum, 1995
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Understanding
Community Development
Accidental
Activists
Sarah Cox
The Georgia Straight, Oct. 23, 2002
The
Community Development Handbook: A Tool to Build Community Capacity
F Frank and A Smith, 1999
Human
Resources Development Canada
How
to Build Coalitions: Planning
Jim Meek, Iowa State University
National
Network for Child Care
Community
Development: A Road Much Traveled
SPARC News, Winter 1992/93, Vol. 9 Number 2, Pages 3-5
Social Planning and Research Council of BC, Len Richards
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Other
Architecture
for National Child Care
Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman (November 2002)
Caledon
Institute of Social Policy
Early
childhood education and care in Canada 2001: Summary
Martha Friendly
Childcare
Resource and Research Unit
Getting
Attention: Helping Nonprofits Succeed through Effective Communications
Nancy
Schwartz & Co.
Tips
on Writing a Brief
Esther Shannon, Legal Services Society, Community Programs
Canada:
People, Places and Priorities
Report
of the Standing Committee on Finance (November 2002)
The
Early Years
Voices
for Children
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