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The Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF) is Canada’s largest national service based early learning and child care organization. Registered as a charitable status non-profit with Canada Revenue Agency since 1987, CCCF is a federation of 20 provincial/territorial organizations from across the country, representing 9,000 members – practitioners, academics, parents and policy makers. The organization aims to improve child care and early learning in Canada by supporting child care practitioners through the dissemination of applied research and best and promising practices. Some of its cornerstone publications and resources include, the National Statement on Quality Child Care,(CCCF 1991), Occupational Standards for Child Care Practitioners (CCCF 2004) and Meeting the Challenge: Effective Strategies for Challenging Behaviours in Early Childhood Environments (1999) and their magazine, ''Interaction'' (ISSN 0835-5819)with their inaugural issue published in 1987. The CCCF believes strongly in social-emotional development and child-centred, play-based learning as approaches to quality child care. Crucial elements of quality child care also include collaborative relationship with families and a purposeful program that promotes children’s development and a supported workforce. ==Funding== Primarily funded through project and program grants from the Government of Canada, Health and Welfare Minister Jake Epp announced the CCCF would be one of the first two projects funded under the Child Care Initiatives Fund back in 1988. Over the years, Health and Welfare Canada, now named, Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), would be key supporters and funders for projects to support various research and outreach initiatives for children and child care as well as developing the early learning sector in Canada for child care services. In more recent years, since 2006, the CCCF has turned to private funders to support their work as the current Conservative Government under Prime Minister Stephen Harper has shifted its child care policy by transferring the responsibility of child care to the provinces and to parents and the private sector. ==Children’s rights== In its 25 years in operation, the CCCF has also played a role in advocating for children’s rights both nationally and internationally. Since 1999, CCCF has been promoting children’s rights and working in partnerships with leading children’s rights organizations and leaders to develop resources for practitioners and parents. In 2005, in Geneva, Switzerland, the CCCF along with Senator Landon Pearson participated in the United Nations Day of General Discussion on Implementing Children’s Rights. The CCCF contributed a paper entitled, “Keeping Our Promises: Rights from the Start,” which analyzed the challenges inherent in promoting young children’s rights in Canada.〔Crossman, Lana (Spring 2007). "A Journey to Achieve Excellence in Early Learning and Child Care". Interaction. 1 21 (0835-5819): 35〕 Along with the Canadian International Development Agency and UNICEF, the CCCF developed a poster entitled UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (in child-friendly language!). One way the CCCF promotes children’s rights awareness is by celebrating National Child Day, which is now celebrated across Canada on November 20 each year. The day was proclaimed by the Government of Canada on March 19, 1993, to commemorate two historic events for children: the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child in 1959, and the UN adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1989. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canadian Child Care Federation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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