Taking care of the care workers
We can’t fix the care crisis without taking care of the care workers, Sarah Kaplan, Carmina Ravanera and Laura Lam discuss in Policy Options key strategies to create a sustainable and equitable care infrastructure.
Towards a Caring Economy. New Report from GATE Highlights Issues Surrounding the Future of the Care Economy
A new report, Care Work in the Recovery Economy: Towards a Caring Economy, from GATE highlights key issues about a post-COVID-19 society where care is centred and provides considerations and research questions for care policies and care research.
‘Historic moment’ in Canada as Ontario strikes deal for $10-a-day childcare
GATE Director Sarah Kaplan speaks to The Guardian about Ontario signing on to the federal government's subsidized childcare plan, and ways in which the deal could still fall short for low income families.
These Toronto-based companies are letting their employees expense daycare
GATE Director Sarah Kaplan speaks to CTV News about new measures companies are taking to attract employees back into the workforce.
Creating an Economy (and Society) of Care
Rotman Management Magazine
Carmina Ravanera offers insight on what an equitable care economy could look like post COVID.
GATE Receives Funding to Scale Work on Gender Inequality
(GATE) has received funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada for a two-year project, which will provide a roadmap for how Canada can lift the economy from the bottom up.
Who cares about child care?
The Hill Times
Sarah Kaplan writes about how the pandemic has shifted our understanding of care work and why now is the time to invest in accessible early childhood learning and care.
Early Childhood Education and Care – Transition Briefing
This policy brief, co-written by Sarah Kaplan, offers a new strategy to expand high-quality and affordable early childhood education and care in Ontario.
Equitable, affordable childcare key to “she-cession” recovery
CERIC
GATE's Carmina Ravanera writes about the key to a 'she-cession' recovery — equitable, affordable child care.
How the caring economy can revive us
Corporate Knights
Sarah Kaplan writes about the need to put caring back into the economy in order to achieve economic recovery.