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Child Care Funding Update: Manitoba—Years One and Two (2021–22 and 2022–23)
Implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreements
Aug 29, 2024
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Child Care Funding Update: Nova Scotia—Years One and Two (2021–22 and 2022–23)
Implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreements
Aug 29, 2024
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Child Care Funding Update
Implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreements
Aug 29, 2024
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Adoption Policies Across Canada
An overview of government benefits available to adoptive families at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels.
Aug 27, 2024
Research & Policy
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Education
Cardus Education studies excellence in education, graduate outcomes, and the development and accessibility of diverse schooling options to meet student and family needs.
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Work & Economics
Cardus Work & Economics studies policies related to organized labour, work, gambling and saving, and charities in order to support the common good.
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Family
Cardus Family studies the family, child care, and marriage, as well as the ways they can help strengthen civil society.
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Spirited Citizenship
Cardus Spirited Citizenship supports the ongoing development of the common good at a city scale, exploring social structures, relational networks, and emerging ideas and practices.
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Health
Cardus Health encourages the development of social systems that support the desire for a natural death, improve the quality and availability of palliative care, and equip patients and caregivers in end-of-life situations.
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Faith Communities
Cardus Faith Communities studies Canadians’ freedom of religion and conscience, the place and role of religion in society, and the ways in which religious congregations contribute to the common good.
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Research Approach
We use standard social-scientific methods and put our reports through a peer review process, using outside experts to evaluate and strengthen the quality of our work before publishing it.
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Disastrous Start to Nova Scotia’s $10-a-day Daycare System
The first two years of Nova Scotia’s daycare deal with the federal government have utterly failed to make it easier for parents to find the child care their families need.
Aug 29, 2024
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Manitoba Gets Mixed Results with Federal Child Care Funding
The creation of child care spaces continues to be a challenge in Manitoba even as fees fall.
Aug 29, 2024
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New Resource Aims to Make Adoption Easier for Families in Canada
National overview of benefits available to adoptive families
Aug 27, 2024
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Need to Utilize Canada’s Untapped Labour Pools
Is Canada broken? Canadians are grappling with a housing crisis, inflation, affordability and unemployment.
Aug 23, 2024