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This file contains government correspondence with the Ministry of Community and Social Services and newly elected officials in Northwestern Ontario regarding advocacy concerns for child care issues; participation in the Funding Advisory Committee; responses to the OCBCC survey; and feedback to "New Directions for Child Care".

This file contains correspondence from the NWORDCC with key advocates Margaret Phillips and Anita Price to local, regional and national government officials. Included are letters regarding the issues of funding for women and First Nation programming; lobby efforts; pay equity; child care funding, research and reports; grant applications; and the Canada Assistance Plan. Also included in the file is a letter about a new medical training program at Lakehead University; a telegram to Prime Minister Mulroney; 1990 election results from The Ottawa Citizen; and letter to Frank Miclash, M.P.P., Town of Dryden. This file also contains two thank you letters to the NWORDCC for the report "Child Care Funding: An Equity Challenge" from the Ministry of Community and Social Services and Robert Nault MP Kenora-Rainy River.

This file contains a collection of correspondence that is support letters, inter-advocacy contacts, conference confirmations and updates with NWORDCC and encompasses personal, regional, cooperative child care centred advocacy.

This file contains correspondence from the NWORDCC with Child care advocacy organizations. Included in the file is information about the report "Child Care Funding: An Equity Challenge"; the Coalition on Language Tolerance; The Canadian Day Care Advocacy Association; the Pay Equity Commission; university Social Work programmes at Lakehead University; and Community Futures Committees.

This file contains correspondence from the NWORDCC with letters to advocate for child care; events planning; grant updates; presentation reports; and legislative correspondence. Information about "indirect subsidy"; promotion of non-profit childcare services; network actions; and regional grants is included in the file.

This file contains a collection of correspondence with Government representatives regarding child care reform consultations; emergency child care funding; transitional grants; and women's programs. Key communications with NWORDCC and the Ministry of Social Services; local and provincial politicians; and NWORDCC advocacy in response to political party publications and legislative actions are included in the file.

This file contains correspondence with the Ministry of Community and Social Services and local government representatives. Included is information about the issues of direct operating grants; re-election; Northern Initiatives for Children with Special Needs; provincial funding; child care legislation; non-profit centres; representation; and subsidies. The file also includes publications from the House of Commons Debates regarding child care and wages of employees for day care.

This file contains a collection of general correspondence from the years 1990 to 1992. Included in the file are letters about the jobsOntario Training fund; the provision for regional day care services and supports; requests for lobby kit information; collaborative advocacy events; and communications with the Ministry of Community and Social Services. A copy of application to the Canadian Women's Movement Archives and memberships to child care advocacy organizations are included in the file as well. Administrative applications are present in the file.

This file contains general correspondence regarding education, training, child care, women's issues, parent education, grants, and memberships. Included in the file are communications with Lakehead University Women's Studies; Confederation College Early Childhood Education; Ministry of Community and Social Services Child Care Program; National Action Committee on the Status of Women; Coalition for Better Child Care; and The Canadian Day Care Advocacy Association. The NWORDCC Northwestern Ontario Regional Report and correspondence with regional child care providers is also in the file.

This file contains a copy of the Staff Report; membership to the Coalition for Better Child Care; lobby efforts with MPPs Lyn McLeod and Shelly Wark-Martyn with report forms; Share the News

This file contains correspondence with about the Work and Family Symposium; Thunder Bay District Health Unit presentations; Child Care Advisory Committee; Council Meeting Minutes; and the Executive Agenda and updates from the Coalition.

This file contains correspondence with MPP Shelley Wark-Martin and lobby efforts; newsletters of OCFBCC - Child Care Challenge and The Canadian Day Care Advocacy Association -Vision; with update/action summary. Also included is a series of letters thanking NWORDCC for their advocacy work and participation.

This file contains information about Contact North with a focus from 1990. Included in the file are pamphlets regarding audio-conferencing for learners; requests for booking; instructions and fees; with an article "Advantages of Teleconferencing and Teleconferencing Tips" by Wayne Ladouceur, Instructional Design Officer, Contact North.

This file contains information about Contact North that includes a newsletter; contact information; and memorandums about user fees and charges. An information package for Contact North, pamphlet, information sheet, and notice of the Contact North project between Lakehead University and Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology is also included.

This file contains information about educational programming, advisory and child care at Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology in Thunder Bay. A copy of the Advisory Committee guidelines; correspondence regarding Confederation College's Children and Family Centre and Early Childhood Education programme; and research planning notes are included in the file.

This file contains information about the Early Education Advisory Committee at Confederation College. Included in the file are Meeting Minutes; a sub-committee report on per diem, transition funding and enrollment; and correspondence with Confederation College regarding funding for Early Childhood Education and the Children & Family Centre. The file also contains the resignation letter of Committee Member Margaret Phillips.

The Childcare Resource and Research Unit

This file contains government funding information for NWO. Included in the file are publications from the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture for Municipal Library Service; Ministry of Culture and Communications grants; Ministry of Community and Social Services Northern Bursary Program; and Ministry of Northern Development and Mines extended care capital assistance program with guidelines for medical/dental centre projects. A copy of the publication "Northern Directions for the Delivery of Services to Special Needs Children and Their Families" is also in the file.

Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, November 1987

This file contains research articles and updates toward a collective Northwestern Ontario action to secure and develop child care for the region. Included in the file are the reports "Re-Convening the Forum" from Margaret Phillips NWORDCC; and a "Summary of SPR Associates Inc. Study for the Special Parliamentary Committee on Childcare". Research articles cover the issues of child care business; the crisis in day day care; wages and working conditions; family needs and access; provincial approaches; and quality and standards

This file contains information about conversion funds for existing commercial child care spaces to become non-profit. Included in the file is correspondence with the Honourable Marion Boyd, Minister of Community and Social Services; newspaper articles detailing response of private day cares; and news releases for support from child care advocates. The file also includes the paper "Toward a High Quality Child Care System in Ontario: Why Commercial Child Care is not the Way to Go" from the OCBCC; a response from United Voices for the Fair Treatment in Child Care; "kids not cash - Non-profit Child Care" information package from the Ontario Federation of Labour; with NWORDCC fact sheets in association with OCBCC. The file also holds a cassette tape entitled "Great Northwest Day Care Centres non-profit/profit" from December 4, 1991.

This file contains information from the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care including Council Meeting minutes; membership and Ministry listings; correspondence for support and action; response to the Direct Operating Grant implementation; Coalition conference reports, lobby and resolutions; with surveys and polls. Political party responses to OCBCC questionnaire are included in the file with summaries of childcare issues in Ontario and responses.

This file includes Trillium grant proposals that restructure the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and a Child Care Network. The file includes correspondence; a historical profile of the organization; draft budgets; application for consolidation with letters from network interests.

This file contains a new staff orientation to the Coalition Network. Included in the file is an introduction letter with overview; new member correspondence; Child Care Network News newsletter; and life insurance information with note for network workshop.

This file contains minutes of the Executive Meetings of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care from 1993-1997, Included in Executive Meeting Minutes are the Agendas, Committee Reports, Executive Council List, Updates, Issues and Financial Reports.