Rachel Langford
Rachel Langford PhD is a Professor in the School of Early Childhood Studies at Ryerson University. She is the principal investigator of SSHRC-awarded project that seeks to theorize and frame a robust and coherent integration of care, ethics of care, and care work into Canadian childcare advocacy, policy, and practice. She is a co-editor of a UBC Press edited volume, Caring for children: social movements and public policy in Canada and the editor of an anthology Theorizing feminist ethics of care in early childhood practice: Possibilities and dangers (Bloomsbury Academic Press) .
Patrizia Albanese
Dr. Patrizia Albanese is the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson University; Chair of the Board of Directors of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences; and professor of Sociology. She was a past Chair of the Ryerson University Research Ethics Board and a past president of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA).
She is the recipient of the 2018 CSA Outstanding Contribution Award, the 2019 CSA Outstanding Service Award and the 2018 Faculty of Arts Dean’s Service Award. She is doing research and publishing in the area of policies affecting children, youth and families, including past SSHRC-funded research on youth in Canadian Forces families, on child care policies, on child poverty, and on how care is conceptualized in Canadian family policies (with Drs. Rachel Langford; Ryerson U; Kate Bezanson, Brock U.; and Susan Prentice, U. of Manitoba).
Patrizia Albanese
Dr. Patrizia Albanese is the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson University; Chair of the Board of Directors of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences; and professor of Sociology. She was a past Chair of the Ryerson University Research Ethics Board and a past president of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA).
She is the recipient of the 2018 CSA Outstanding Contribution Award, the 2019 CSA Outstanding Service Award and the 2018 Faculty of Arts Dean’s Service Award. She is doing research and publishing in the area of policies affecting children, youth and families, including past SSHRC-funded research on youth in Canadian Forces families, on child care policies, on child poverty, and on how care is conceptualized in Canadian family policies (with Drs. Rachel Langford; Ryerson U; Kate Bezanson, Brock U.; and Susan Prentice, U. of Manitoba).
Kate Bezanson
Dr. Kate Bezanson is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean of Social Sciences at Brock University. Dr. Bezanson specializes and advises in the areas of social/family/labour market policy, gender, social reproduction/care, public law, political economy, and federalism. In 2019, she completed an LLM in Constitutional Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. Dr. Bezanson serves as a University Senator, is the Chair of the Senate Student Appeals Board, and is on the editorial boards of the Canadian Review of Social Policy and the Canadian Review of Sociology. Her current policy related research involves assessments of gender, social policy architecture, taxation, parental and other leaves, and child care. Her legal research interests centre on public law, particularly in relation to policy, federalism and Charter equality issues. Dr. Bezanson also has training in dispute resolution (legal and managerial). An avid runner and self-described policy nerd, she lives in St. Catharines, Ontario with her partner and two sons.
Susan Prentice
Susan Prentice is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manitoba. A feminist family sociologist, and former Margaret Laurence Chair in Women’s Studies, she focuses primarily on care, gender, and public policy, with a speciality in childcare. She also conducts research on systemic discrimination, including in higher education. In both domains, she practices public sociology. Among her appointments, Dr. Prentice holds a seat on the Tri-Council Agency Institutional Programs Secretariat’s (TIPS) Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy. In 2019, she was appointed to the first national Expert Panel on Early Learning and Child Care. She has been active in childcare public education and advocacy campaigns at the local, provincial, and national level. More information, including selected publications, can be found on the University of Manitoba Sociology Website. She tweets at @SusanPrentice.
Susan Prentice
Susan Prentice is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manitoba. A feminist family sociologist, and former Margaret Laurence Chair in Women’s Studies, she focuses primarily on care, gender, and public policy, with a speciality in childcare. She also conducts research on systemic discrimination, including in higher education. In both domains, she practices public sociology. Among her appointments, Dr. Prentice holds a seat on the Tri-Council Agency Institutional Programs Secretariat’s (TIPS) Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy. In 2019, she was appointed to the first national Expert Panel on Early Learning and Child Care. She has been active in childcare public education and advocacy campaigns at the local, provincial, and national level. More information, including selected publications, can be found on the University of Manitoba Sociology Website. She tweets at @SusanPrentice.
Brooke Richardson
Brooke Richardson is an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Sociology at Brock University (Canada) and President of the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario. Brooke has published and presented nationally and internationally on topics related to social policy and Canadian children/families. Her SSHRC-funded postdoctoral research problematizes the increasing privatization of the childcare sector from a feminist, ethics of care perspective. She is also currently working on an edited anthology titled Mothering on the edge: A critical examination of mothering within the child protection system (Demeter Press).
Alana Powell
Alana Powell is a Registered Early Childhood Educator, and the Executive Coordinator at the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario. Alana completed her MA in Early Childhood Studies from Ryerson University and is a Registered Early Childhood Educator. Prior to her role at the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario, she was a contract lecturer at George Brown College’s School of Early Childhood. Her research engages in critical exploration of care discourses in early childhood and seeks to reposition care as central in politics, practice, and advocacy.
Alana Powell
Alana Powell is a Registered Early Childhood Educator, and the Executive Coordinator at the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario. Alana completed her MA in Early Childhood Studies from Ryerson University and is a Registered Early Childhood Educator. Prior to her role at the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario, she was a contract lecturer at George Brown College’s School of Early Childhood. Her research engages in critical exploration of care discourses in early childhood and seeks to reposition care as central in politics, practice, and advocacy.
Madison Banks
Madison Banks is an Early Childhood Educator and a graduate of the Masters of Arts in Early Childhood Studies Program at Ryerson University. She is an advocate for affordable and accessible quality childcare and has been a front line worker in the field of early childhood for over 10 years. Her areas of research include the feminist ethics of care, family equity and support systems, and motherhood studies.
