Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance Report: The Municipal Role in Child Care (POSTPONED)

Thank you for your interest in our Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance Report: The Municipal Role in Child Care Speakers Series webinar on October 9, 2024. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, OMSSA will postpone this session. 

In May 2024, the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance at the University of Toronto released a report called “The Municipal Role in Child Care.” This report is comprised of four key sections, each with separate authors outlining their vision for municipally-led child care. This session will bring together some of these authors to provide an overview of their analyses and an update on their work since the report was published. Their presentations will each focus on what they see as strengths and opportunities here in Ontario, including the unique role of municipal service system managers.

Drawing on the report, the speakers will provide analyses of international examples that Ontario can learn from, how different levels of government can better coordinate on implementing the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program, the advantages of municipally operated child care and its effects on staffing, and the municipal role in planning and building equitable and accessible child care. Additionally, the session will look at the future of municipally-led child care in Ontario, and will consider ways to move forward in light of the release of the province’s new funding formula and the possibility of for-profit expansion in the system.

This session will be of interest to all members and partners working in municipal and not-for-profit child care, child care policy analysts, city planners, and more.

Please see our invited speakers and presenters.

Speakers:

• Moderator: Sonali Chakraborti, Manager of Programs and Research, Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance, University of Toronto
• Dr. Gordon Cleveland, Associate Professor Emeritus, Economics Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough, Member, National Advisory Council on Early Learning and Child Care
• Sue Colley, Co-Founder and Chair, Building Blocks for Child Care
• Carolyn Ferns, Public Policy and Government Relations Coordinator, Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
• Martha Friendly, Executive Director, Childcare Resource and Research Unit
• Carley Holt, Principal Planner, City of Edmonton