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Role of Child Care in Creating Inclusive Communities and Access for All

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ID11967180
AuthorsTricia van Rhijn (0000-0001-8570-3888, University of Guelph, corresponding author), Kathryn Underwood (0000-0003-4880-270X, Toronto Metropolitan University), Elaine B Frankel (Toronto Metropolitan University), Elaine Frankel (Toronto Metropolitan University), Donna S Lero (0000-0003-1678-1713, University of Guelph), Karen Spalding (Toronto Metropolitan University), Magdalena Janus (0000-0001-7806-1696, McMaster University), Martha Friendly (0000-0003-2280-1039, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Arlene Haché (Keepers of the Circle, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada)
Year2021
Volume47
Issue3
Pages399-409
Publication date2021-08-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/cpp.2021-010
OpenAlexW3187922126
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited19

To inform the development of an inclusive national child care system for all families and children, we examine the institutional interactions of 127 Canadian families with disabled children. Our analysis demonstrates that families participated in numerous early-years services, but 79.5% experienced exclusion. Using an institutional ethnography lens, we illustrate that exclusion occurs through policy and regulations families confront to gain entry, maintain enrolment, and contend with professional meta-texts. Key rights-based, economic, and inclusion policy considerations are provided. Our research and policy considerations recognize not only the importance of inclusion in child care but also the role of child care in creating inclusive communities

Child care · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · Inclusion (mineral · Inclusion–exclusion principle · Inclusive development · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Social Work Education and Practice

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Unique citing works4
Citations per year1
Citation span2022 - 2025 (4)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4

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