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Looking Back: Amanda Lang Interviews Margaret McCain

Bill C-35 Second Reading

Senator Rosemary Moodie, Senate of Canada, September 19, 2023 Excerpt: "The choice of public and not-for-profit care over private care. I believe that this choice is a good one and needs to be an essential principle underscoring any national child care Program. We must recognize that there are private operators...

Children’s early learning belongs in neighbourhood schools

The Conversation, August 28, 2023 Excerpt: "The beginning of each school year brings an opportunity to reflect, for children, families and also for policymakers. Some important lessons pertain to effective ways provinces and territories can expand children’s and families’ access to early learning programs.Canada-wide early learning and child-care agreements established...

Advocates criticize N.L. government's child-care update

CBC News, August 28, 2023 Excerpt: "Though Newfoundland and Labrador's education minister has been touting an increased number of child-care spaces operating at $10-a-day or lower across the province, advocates say those numbers don't paint the full picture. In a child-care update on Wednesday, Minister of Education Krista Lynn Howell...

Early Learning and Child Care Access Increasing Throughout Newfoundland and Labrador

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, August 23, 2023 Excerpt: "The Honourable Krista Lynn Howell, Minister of Education, provided an update today on actions underway as part of the $347 million in investments relating to early learning and child care training, staffing and space creation in Newfoundland and Labrador.As part of...

Creating more child care spaces and making investments to support early childhood educators

Government of Prince Edward Island, August 21, 2023 Excerpt: "Today the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, Prince Edward Island Premier, Dennis King, federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jenna Sudds, and provincial Minister of Education and Early Years, Natalie Jameson joined the PEI Early Childhood Development Association (ECDA) to...

Making Space: 2023 Roadmap on Early Learning and Childcare

Jimmy Pratt Foundation | July 6, 2023 It is an exciting time for young children and their families in Newfoundland and Labrador. Fees for regulated child care are set at $10/day. Our Early Childhood Educators are well-qualified to provide high-quality programs – and the workforce is growing.Still, most parents cannot...

Why early childhood education?

Carol Loughrey, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc. Board MemberPresentation to the Headstart Gala Moncton, May 18, 2023 Thank you for that kind introduction.C’est un grand plaisir pour moi d’être ici ce soir pour le premier gala de levée de fonds pour Moncton Headstart. I am honoured to be...

More kindergartners, families will benefit from pilot expansion

Government of British Columbia, May 15, 2023 Excerpt: "A pilot has expanded to nearly double the number of schools in B.C., providing more families with access to affordable early learning and child care, before and after school, conveniently located in the kindergarten classroom.“Adding more Seamless classrooms means providing continuity for...

The 19th Annual Summer Institute on Early Childhood Development Ensuring equity and inclusion in early learning and child care

May 11, 2023 | George Brown College, Waterfront Campus, 51 Dockside Drive, Toronto, ON The Summer Institute is an annual collaboration between the School of Early Childhood at George Brown College and the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto....

How to Remove the Barriers to Child Care Expansion - A Survey of Non-Profit and Public Child Care Licensees in Ontario

Building Blocks for Child Care | November 2022 Excerpt: "The messages we hear from these survey results comes through loud and clear. Governments can and should act now to facilitate expansion of child care to meet parents’ needs (and to fulfill the promises they have made to parents). Child care...

Government of Canada announces members of new National Advisory Council on Early Learning and Child Care

Government of Canada, November 24, 2022 Excerpt: "Now, more than ever, increased access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive early learning and child care is crucial to meet the needs of children and families across Canada. That is why the Government of Canada is making a historic investment of $30...

How To Make Child Care Expansion Happen In Ontario

Building Blocks for Child Care | October 27, 2022 10 recommendations for action in Ontario to grow not-for-profit and a public Early Learning and Child Career in Ontario.

Early Learning and Child Care in Canada: Where Have We Come From, Where Are We Going?

Institute for Research on Public Policy, October 19, 2022 Excerpt: "Canada is on the cusp of a major leap forward in child care with the roll out of a Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system that promises to lower child care fees by the end of 2022 and achieve...

The true challenge with N.L.'s pre-kindergarten plan

Saltwire, June 29, 2022 Excerpt: "Last year’s $30 billion federal investment in child care is the largest public outlay in social policy since Medicare. In accepting its share of the funding, Newfoundland has to get early learning right. It is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.That’s why the recent announcement that the...