Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) Association

Purpose

Through this 33-month system-change project, the Childcare Resource and Research Unit will scale up the project ‘’Taking child care system change to the next stage to advance equality for all women’’ to advance women’s economic security and representation in leadership roles. It will scale to ensure that the new Canada-wide child care plan is implemented to advance equality for all women. It will address: equity and efficacy of child care policy, funding, service provision; barriers to access and inclusion; best structures and models; and the alignment of child care/parental leave. The project will develop, engage in, share and popularize research, policy and practice and make it accessible to partners, strengthening existing partnerships and developing new ones. The project will also mentor emerging feminist leaders to play key roles in the child care movement. With the Supplemental funds and 12-month extension provided in early 2026, the Childcare Resource and Research Unit will create new, accessible, popular child care knowledge resources; expand outreach to key, underrepresented sectors to strengthen their capacity to participate and lead; support and collaborate on child care system‑building research to help ensure the evolving child care system advances women’s equality and economic security; and assess and improve the CRRU website and other resources as leading child care knowledge‑mobilization tools. Through this they will further advance Gender Equality.