Working Parents

• Overwhelming majority of women return to jobs after childbirth leave: StatCan

  Statistics Canada released two reports Wednesday with new information on the makeup of working parents in the country, showing that mothers working is becoming more common.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2023
  
• ‘Vital to our economic recovery’: Alberta and Ottawa renew child care agreement, boost subsidy

  Alberta and Ottawa have renewed a child care agreement that will see a subsidy boost for working parents and build up the early childhood workforce.

  Education

  Jul 23, 2021
  
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• One-third of working moms mulled quitting their jobs due to COVID-19: survey

  A lasting drop in women's participation rate in the workforce could have significant implications for the economic recovery, experts warn.

  Money

  Sep 12, 2020
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• Dads are stepping up to help out more at home during the pandemic

  Mothers are still doing most of the housework, but researchers found that a number of fathers are increasingly engaged in childcare during the pandemic.

  Commentary

  Jul 25, 2020
• No light at the end of the tunnel: What a summer camps shortage means for working moms

  An expected dearth of summer camp options means there's no end in sight for working parents' juggling act.

  Money

  May 23, 2020
• Danielle Smith: Is It More Stressful to Work, or Stay Home with the Kids?

  Factoring in having to constantly clean up after messes, never having a moment alone and chronic sleep deprivation only compounds the stress, in my opinion.

  May 8, 2017
• National child care proposal ready by summer, minister says

  The broad strokes of a national child care agreement, to be used as the basis for individual funding agreements between Ottawa and the provinces, will be available by summer, says the provincial minister in charge of the file.

  Canada

  May 11, 2016