Modernizing child care: An open letter to Ontario's Minister of Education

September 13, 2012 | by Andrea Mrozek , Manager of Research and Communications, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. Early Learning Division: Child Care Modernization. (June 2012). Modernizing child care in Ontario: Sharing conversations, strengthening partnerships, working together. Queen’s Printer for Ontario. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/childcare/Modernizing_Child_Care.pdf
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