Kaitlin Peters
@kaitlinpeters.bsky.social
PhD | Childcare Advocate | Feminist | Policy Analyst | See my publications with The Breach, The Monitor, Jacobin, Canadian Dimension, Spring, and Policy Options.
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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...
CUPW’s child care program is highly effective - CCPA
Unions have long been champions in the fight for better child care. From organizing child care workers to speaking out for more accessible, affordable, and high-quality services, they’ve played a vita...
www.policyalternatives.ca
October 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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...
My latest piece in Perspectives about key lessons gleaned from the European Child Guarantee strategy to support a rights-based national #childcare strategy in Canada that prioritizes the inclusion of marginalized children under #CWELCC.
Decommodified care doesn't have to be a pipedream.
Kaitlin Peters (@kaitlinpeters.bsky.social) shows how the European Child Care Strategy could guide universal child care in Canada.
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Kaitlin Peters (@kaitlinpeters.bsky.social) shows how the European Child Care Strategy could guide universal child care in Canada.
Read more 👉 perspectivesjournal.ca/rights-based...
Designing a Rights-Based National Child Care Strategy: Lessons from Europe | Perspectives Journal
Although economic uncertainty through the present crisis makes it challenging to envision a more ambitious national child care system, we should not be deterred in this goal to decommodify care.
perspectivesjournal.ca
May 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
My latest piece in Perspectives about key lessons gleaned from the European Child Guarantee strategy to support a rights-based national #childcare strategy in Canada that prioritizes the inclusion of marginalized children under #CWELCC.
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While other issues have loomed large in this election campaign, all party leaders should be paying more than lip service to the epidemic of intimate partner violence, writes feminist lawyer and author Pamela Cross.
Party leader’s domestic violence policy will fail survivors and communities
Survivors and family members of victims who criticize the current criminal justice system for not listening to the voices of survivors and for failing to keep them safe are right. We need to listen to...
canadiandimension.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
While other issues have loomed large in this election campaign, all party leaders should be paying more than lip service to the epidemic of intimate partner violence, writes feminist lawyer and author Pamela Cross.
When Poilievre says he's going to 'honour' the $10-per-day child care agreements, he means he's cancelling the program in 2026, when the agreements expire, so provinces can give you a tax credit instead of affordable child care #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Pierre Poilievre says he’d support Liberal pharmacare, dental-care programs — but questions remain over who would be covered
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has pledged that he won’t entirely dismantle two of the Liberals’ flagship programs if elected, pharmacare and dental care.
www.thestar.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
When Poilievre says he's going to 'honour' the $10-per-day child care agreements, he means he's cancelling the program in 2026, when the agreements expire, so provinces can give you a tax credit instead of affordable child care #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Idaho on the verge of some very, very bad policymaking. I sincerely hope the state Senate or Governor has more sense than the state House.
www.edsurge.com/news/2025-02...
www.edsurge.com/news/2025-02...
Idaho Moves to Deregulate Child Care in First-of-Its-Kind Legislation - EdSurge News
Idaho is poised to become the first state in the country to eliminate state-mandated child-to-staff ratios for early care and education settings, a ...
www.edsurge.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Idaho on the verge of some very, very bad policymaking. I sincerely hope the state Senate or Governor has more sense than the state House.
www.edsurge.com/news/2025-02...
www.edsurge.com/news/2025-02...
Check out my article for Spring about what we can expect from Poilievre around #CWELCC and why tax credits and universal benefits will not provide parents with more flexible and affordable childcare. #Canpoli #cdnpoli #childcare
springmag.ca/will-poiliev...
springmag.ca/will-poiliev...
Will Poilievre cancel $10-a-day child care?
With a federal election looming, many Canadians are worried about what will become of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system, otherwise known as $10-per-day child care. Conserva...
springmag.ca
January 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Check out my article for Spring about what we can expect from Poilievre around #CWELCC and why tax credits and universal benefits will not provide parents with more flexible and affordable childcare. #Canpoli #cdnpoli #childcare
springmag.ca/will-poiliev...
springmag.ca/will-poiliev...
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Investigating how kids are harmed by lower child care standards
Investigating how kids are harmed by lower child care standards
Lower standards are being masqueraded as a child care solution
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December 10, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Investigating how kids are harmed by lower child care standards
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🔦 Let's shine a light on all the workers in the early learning and child care sector. 🧸
Sign our petition to improve working conditions in early childhood education. cupe.ca/lets-shine-l...
Sign our petition to improve working conditions in early childhood education. cupe.ca/lets-shine-l...
December 9, 2024 at 8:29 PM
🔦 Let's shine a light on all the workers in the early learning and child care sector. 🧸
Sign our petition to improve working conditions in early childhood education. cupe.ca/lets-shine-l...
Sign our petition to improve working conditions in early childhood education. cupe.ca/lets-shine-l...
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New report from child care sector on what governments in Canada must do to improve wages and benefits ( and improve retention and recruitment rates). Canada’s new $10aDay cannot grow without a larger, qualified workforce childcarenow.ca/2024/11/28/w...
What governments must do to improve the wages, benefits and pension in the early learning and child care sector - Child Care Now
The National Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Workforce Policy Table has released its policy recommendations on wages, benefits and pensions providing a roadmap to a robust and sustainable ELCC wo...
childcarenow.ca
November 29, 2024 at 1:24 PM
New report from child care sector on what governments in Canada must do to improve wages and benefits ( and improve retention and recruitment rates). Canada’s new $10aDay cannot grow without a larger, qualified workforce childcarenow.ca/2024/11/28/w...
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Here's my summary for rabble of our new Centre for Future Work research cataloguing the economic benefits already visible from Canada's new national $10-a-day child care program: rabble.ca/economy/univ... #canlab #cdnecon /2
Universal early child care and education already generating multiple economic benefits
The national early learning child care (ELCC) program is providing economic benefits and opportunities not just for mothers, but their children as well.
rabble.ca
November 26, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Here's my summary for rabble of our new Centre for Future Work research cataloguing the economic benefits already visible from Canada's new national $10-a-day child care program: rabble.ca/economy/univ... #canlab #cdnecon /2