Provision, policy, and politics in early childhood education and care in Canada

Recent Perspectives on Early Childhood Education in Canada

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 50-78

  Friendly, Martha ^a   Prentice, Susan ^b  

^a Childcare Research and Resource Unit   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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