Presented By: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)
Child care policy and advocacy in federal states: Ontario and Michigan in Comparison
Cheryl N. Collier, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Windsor
Free and open to the public
11:30am-1:00pm (lunch provided at 11:30am, lecture begins at 11:40am)
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Frey Classroom (1210), Weill Hall
735 S. State Street, Ann Arbor 48109-3091
Sponsored by:
Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)
Co-Sponsors:
School of Social Work
School of Public Health
Description:
Universal child care has been a longstanding goal of child care advocates in both Canada and the United States since the 1960s, yet in 2016 that goal remains stubbornly elusive in both federations despite decades of activism. Responsibility for child care delivery has been shared in both countries between federal, “meso” (provincial/state), and local governments with more of that responsibility being downloaded to the state/provincial level since the 1990s. In this research presentation, I compare two of these meso level cases (Ontario and Michigan) to understand how child care advocates have navigated these decentralized landscapes. What factors explain successful policy outcomes and what barriers persist? Are universal programs and longer term social justice advocacy claims viable in decentralized federations?
About the speaker:
Cheryl N. Collier is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair in the Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor and the co-director of the university’s cross-disciplinary Health Research Centre for the Study of Violence against Women. Her primary areas of research include Canadian federal and provincial child care and anti-violence policy, comparative women’s movements and gender, federalism and political parties. This semester she is teaching a graduate seminar in Public Management in the Ford School of Public Policy as an Adjunct Professor. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto and an MA in Canadian Studies and a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University.
For more information contact Bonnie Roberts at fischerb@umich.edu or 734-647-4091, or visit www.closup.umich.edu.
11:30am-1:00pm (lunch provided at 11:30am, lecture begins at 11:40am)
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Frey Classroom (1210), Weill Hall
735 S. State Street, Ann Arbor 48109-3091
Sponsored by:
Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)
Co-Sponsors:
School of Social Work
School of Public Health
Description:
Universal child care has been a longstanding goal of child care advocates in both Canada and the United States since the 1960s, yet in 2016 that goal remains stubbornly elusive in both federations despite decades of activism. Responsibility for child care delivery has been shared in both countries between federal, “meso” (provincial/state), and local governments with more of that responsibility being downloaded to the state/provincial level since the 1990s. In this research presentation, I compare two of these meso level cases (Ontario and Michigan) to understand how child care advocates have navigated these decentralized landscapes. What factors explain successful policy outcomes and what barriers persist? Are universal programs and longer term social justice advocacy claims viable in decentralized federations?
About the speaker:
Cheryl N. Collier is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair in the Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor and the co-director of the university’s cross-disciplinary Health Research Centre for the Study of Violence against Women. Her primary areas of research include Canadian federal and provincial child care and anti-violence policy, comparative women’s movements and gender, federalism and political parties. This semester she is teaching a graduate seminar in Public Management in the Ford School of Public Policy as an Adjunct Professor. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto and an MA in Canadian Studies and a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University.
For more information contact Bonnie Roberts at fischerb@umich.edu or 734-647-4091, or visit www.closup.umich.edu.
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