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Care Economies in Context Canada Survey Fact Sheet
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| Early analysis of the data gathered in the Care Economy in Canada study shows the costs of childcare for caregivers across Canada extend into caregivers’ health, wellbeing, and careers. While all caregivers are susceptible to these impacts, women are consistently more likely to experience them than men. Women are joined by caregivers with three or more children and those with additional care responsibilities as the types of caregivers most likely to leave paid work as a result of childcare. |
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Canada Care Economies in Context Team Biography
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The Care Economies Canada team is made up of university professors, students, policy sector and NGO representatives. To view the biographies, click here
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Ito Peng and the Study of Care Economy
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In a video, Dr. Ito Peng, Director of the Centre for Global Social Policy of the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto and the country lead of Canada’s Care Economies in Context project describes what drew her to study the care economy. |
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Care Economy in Context: An interview with Ito Peng
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| In an interview, Ito Peng, Director of the Centre for Global Social Policy of the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto and the country lead of Canada’s Care Economies in Context project, answers questions addressing the work she has done on the project, the major issues she sees facing Canada’s care economy, and the kinds of change she would like to see. She also describes the barriers that exist and the hopes she has for economic modelling. |
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CEC Researchers Writing on Care in Canada
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Covid-19 and Childcare in Canada
The paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave on Canadian childcare. The research shows how limited public funding and reliance on fees from parents made childcare unsustainable when these centers closed. Read more
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Schooled in Pandemic Politics: A comparison of Ontario and Quebec school policies in 2020-2021
As schools in Quebec and Ontario reopen for in-person learning after an extended winter break, it is an opportune moment to reflect on the impacts and effectiveness of school closures over the past two years. Read more
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Schooled in Pandemic Politics: A comparison of Ontario and Quebec school policies in 2020-2021
As schools in Quebec and Ontario reopen for in-person learning after an extended winter break, it is an opportune moment to reflect on the impacts and effectiveness of school closures over the past two years. Read more
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We Cannot Ignore the Unique Care Needs and Resilience of Indigenous Elders and Communities
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on Canada’s neglected long-term care (LTC) system. Read more
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To Better Support Immigrant Seniors in Canada, We Need to reconceptualize How We See Them
Canada’s demographics are changing in a variety of ways. Our population is both aging and increasingly made up of immigrants. Read more
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Canada Would be Better Served by Long Term Care Insurance
The essay argues that a universal, public long-term care insurance system would provide Canadians with a continuum of care options from care at home to care in institutions. Read more
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To Better Support Immigrant Seniors in Canada, We Need to reconceptualize How We See Them
Canada’s demographics are changing in a variety of ways. Our population is both aging and increasingly made up of immigrants. Read more
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Canada Would be Better Served by Long Term Care Insurance
The essay argues that a universal, public long-term care insurance system would provide Canadians with a continuum of care options from care at home to care in institutions. Read more
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Canada Care Economies Team Publications and Activities
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Working Precariously Within the Social Welfare System in Japan During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Izumi Niki, a member of the Care Economies in Context Canada Team, and her co-authors highlight the experiences of non-regular workers in Japanese municipal governments during the pandemic. Read more
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A Demographic Apocalypse Lies Behind Chinese Protests
Ito Peng, Director of the Centre for Global Social Policy discussed the social and economic inequalities in China with The Global and Mail, Canada’s foremost news media company. Read more
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A Pressure Release Valve: South Korean Long-Term Care Policy as Supplemental to Family Elder Care
Alexa Carson, a member of the Care Economies in Context Canada Team, highlights numerous strengths of South Korea’s long-term care policy yet finds it still supplemental to family elder care. Read more
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Care Economies in Context project meeting
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In September 2022, the Centre for Global Social Policy hosted The Care Economies in Context project meeting at the Department of Sociology of the University of Toronto. The three days meetings included thirty-two in-person and sixteen online researchers involved in the project. Presenters discussed the challenges, opportunities, and next steps of the Care Economies in Context project. On the first two days of the conference, the country teams from Canada, Colombia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Italy, Mongolia, and Kenya presented reports outlining current knowledge about the care economies in their country. The reports were followed with commentary and lively discussions. On the third day of the meeting, PhD students presented papers based on their own research related to care economy topics.
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In 2022, the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto and the School of Policy Studies at the Queen’s University hosted the 26th annual International Institute on Social Policy: Next Wave: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Policy in the Coming Decade.
The Care Economy was the fourth online policy seminar in the series, Challenges and Opportunities for Social Policy in the Coming Decade. Along with other panel members, Ito Peng, Director of the Centre for Global Social Policy discussed the importance of care sector in Canada’s economy. “The care economy in Canada is a huge and important segment of the economy. Depending on the methods used, the value of unpaid household and care work accounts for 25 to 40% of our national GDP.” said Ito Peng. The care sector (including childcare, long-term care, education, and other direct and indirect care services) is now understood to be a key engine of economic growth and employment generation. Read more |
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Latest Developments within Canada’s Care Sector
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Government of Canada introduced Bill C-35 for a Canada-wide early learning and childcare system
Canadian federal and provincial governments are making significant investment in childcare through the Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) agreements. In December 2022, the federal government announced Bill C-35 for a Canada-wide early learning and childcare system. Read more
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Ontario Will Need Thousands More Workers to Deliver $10-a-day Childcare
Ontario will need thousands more workers to deliver $10-a-day childcare, advocates warn. The provincial government needs a plan to attract and retain early childhood educators and other staff. Read more
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Individuals with chronic conditions were more likely to experience difficulties accessing health care services during the pandemic than those without chronic conditions
Statistics Canada’s latest study reveals how individuals with chronic conditions were more likely to experience difficulties accessing health care services during the pandemic than those without chronic conditions. Read more
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Health Care Surpasses Inflation as Top National Issue of Concern in Canada
With reports of hospital emergency rooms under strain and cases of flu, RSV & COVID-19 spiking across Canada, healthcare has surpassed inflation and jobs as the top national issue of concern, according to Nanos Research’s weekly tracking. Read more
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For family caregivers, cost of unpaid care work is both personal and professional
Canadians spend 5.7 billion unpaid hours each year on caregiving, with many of them struggling to balance the demands of care and paid work, according to The Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence. Read more
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No interest in ‘watering down’ LTC standards: Ontario’s Calandra
Ontario will take a look at new national standards for long-term care, the minister responsible for the sector said Tuesday, but wouldn’t want to “water down” what the province is already doing to improve care. Read more
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