PARENT VOICES - RESOURCE DATABASE

a project of the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada

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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