As society emerges from COVID-19 into a recovery economy, questions about the future of care also emerge. What organizational and policy changes are needed to ensure that care work and caregiving is more equal and sustainable?
The pandemic has forced society to recognize that care work is inextricably linked to social and economic outcomes. Prioritizing it will help us all in future crises.
We can’t fix the care crisis without taking care of the care workers, Sarah Kaplan, Carmina Ravanera and Laura Lam discuss in Policy Options key strategies to create a sustainable and equitable care infrastructure.
A new report, Care Work in the Recovery Economy: Towards a Caring Economy, from GATE highlights key issues about a post-COVID-19 society where care is centred and provides considerations and research questions for care policies and care research.
GATE Director Sarah Kaplan speaks to The Guardian about Ontario signing on to the federal government's subsidized childcare plan, and ways in which the deal could still fall short for low income families.
GATE Director Sarah Kaplan speaks to CTV News about new measures companies are taking to attract employees back into the workforce.
Rotman Management Magazine
Carmina Ravanera offers insight on what an equitable care economy could look like post COVID.
(GATE) has received funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada for a two-year project, which will provide a roadmap for how Canada can lift the economy from the bottom up.
The Hill Times
Sarah Kaplan writes about how the pandemic has shifted our understanding of care work and why now is the time to invest in accessible early childhood learning and care.
This policy brief, co-written by Sarah Kaplan, offers a new strategy to expand high-quality and affordable early childhood education and care in Ontario.
