Child-care affordability is coming at the expense of equity — and it’s time governments acted The $10-a-day plan was meant to give every child an equal start in life, but right now, the families who need care the most are being left behind.

Child-care affordability is coming at the expense of equity — and it’s time governments acted
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Families are where learning begins.

Universal junior kindergarten builds on that foundation — supporting parents, educators, and every 4-year-old’s potential.

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Free, universal junior kindergarten means equity from the very beginning. #ECinCanada #PublicEducation #Junior Kindergarten

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Daycare in Denmark is a basic right. Could Canada offer the same? | CBC News With months ticking down to the goal of $10-per-day daycare across Canada, there are at least five provinces who have yet to meet that goal. And there is mounting evidence from other countries that Ca...

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Play is more than fun — it’s how kids learn, grow, and thrive. Universal junior kindergarten gives every 4-year-old the chance to start strong.

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New National Survey Finds Overwhelming Support for Affordable Child Care in Canada
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Every child deserves the best possible start. Expanding public education to include 4-year-olds through universal #juniorkindergarten is not just an investment in early learning, it’s an investment in equity, families, and our collective future. Learn More: mwmccain.ca

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Public consultations begin for new education plans The government is launching public consultations to guide development of its next education plans.

New Brunswick, have your voices heard!

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Provincial Government Announces Early Childhood Education Awards and Additional Child Care Projects in Development - News Releases In recognition of the vital role of early childhood educators in providing high-quality early learning environments for children, the Provincial Government is introducing the Minister of Education and...

NL: Provincial Government Announces Early Childhood Education Awards and Additional Child Care Projects in Development

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Province Adds Nearly 600 New $10-a-day Child Care Spaces The provincial government is sanctioning another 574 new child care spaces, part of the $10-a-day program. The...

NL: Province Adds Nearly 600 New $10-a-day Child Care Spaces
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OCDSB #childcare in short supply:

"...relatively low wages and limited benefits for early childhood educators and assistants (#ECEAS) mean it has been difficult to recruit and retain workers."
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ICYMI - Why child-care vouchers aren’t the answer for working families this fall theconversation.com/why-child-ca...

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Housing, child care top of mind for Thunder Bay, Ont., service manager at AMO conference | CBC News Municipal leaders and service managers from across the province are making their way to Ottawa this weekend for the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference, where they have th...

"Amid ongoing challenges around the recruitment and retention of early childhood educators (#ECEs), TBDSSAB is recommending the province introduce a wage grid to help incentivize workers."

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ICYMI - Why child-care vouchers aren’t the answer for working families this fall theconversation.com/why-child-ca...

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"Vouchers strip away those tools and shift responsibility from #public systems to individual families, leaving access to #childcare shaped by geography, income and luck."

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N.B. government adds fourth step to wage grid for early childhood educators The New Brunswick government announced on Friday it will spend $7.24 million to add a fourth step to the early childhood educator wage grid.

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Moncton – Don’t Miss This!

Join Scott McCain of the @mwmff.bsky.social on Sept 22 for a timely presentation: “Junior Kindergarten: Sustaining Current & Future Labour Markets in Fast-Growing Communities.”

Register now: mwmccain.ca/press_releas...

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Our kids’ recess at school is essential to well-being and learning — and shouldn’t be scaled back Time to play, move, connect with peers and breathe is a vital part of learning and essential to academic motivation.

Our kids’ recess at school is essential to well-being and learning — and shouldn’t be scaled back
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Our kids’ recess at school is essential to well-being and learning — and shouldn’t be scaled back Time to play, move, connect with peers and breathe is a vital part of learning and essential to academic motivation.

"Play is so fundamental to healthy development that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has long deemed it a basic human right, and as a signatory, Canada is obligated to uphold this right." theconversation.com/our-kids-rec...
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We are excited to share that we are working with the @govnl.bsky.social to enhance #PreKindergarten programming!

Learn more: www.gov.nl.ca/releases/202...

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Provincial Government Partners with Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation to Enhance Pre-Kindergarten Programming - News Releases The Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, today announced the Provincial Government has partnered with the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc....

🥳Fabulous news from @govnl.bsky.social & @mwmff.bsky.social

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OUT NOW!

Ep7: VALUING ECES: THE IMPORTANCE OF REGULATION AND RECOGNITION
A #BetterTogether #Podcast Series

We are joined by Cynthia Abel, Ed.D, RECE, College of Early Childhood Educators

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Where the parties stand on child care in the Canadian federal election As Canada’s current $10-a-day plan is being built, working toward its goals — affordability, accessibility, quality and inclusivity — is the best way to ensure child care now and in the future.

A VERY IMPORTANT READ!

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Where the parties stand on child care in the Canadian federal election As Canada’s current $10-a-day plan is being built, working toward its goals — affordability, accessibility, quality and inclusivity — is the best way to ensure child care now and in the future.

MUST READ:
Where the parties stand on child care in the Canadian federal election theconversation.com/where-the-pa...
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New from childcarepolicy.net ...

8 things to know about $10-a-day child care childcarepolicy.net/eight-things...

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8 things to know about $10-a-day child care By Martha Friendly, Executive Director, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, and Gordon Cleveland, Associate Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Toronto Scarborough Many more children a…

MUST READ: 8 things to know about $10-a-day child care

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Opinion: Greater public role in child care will accelerate gains In Manitoba, the parents of more than 39,000 children now pay just $10/day for child care, thanks to new federal investments. This is a wise and cost-effective program for children and families — but ...

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Kids’ physical activity in child care is essential — how an online course equips educators to lead the way Research shows an online course increases early childhood educators’ knowledge, confidence and intentions to incorporate physical activity during the child-care day.

Kids’ physical activity in #childcare is essential — how an online course equips educators to lead the way theconversation.com/kids-physica...
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The Role of Junior Kindergarten in Improving Child Mental Health Outcomes - from yesterday's @AtkinsonCentre e-News

Visit our Expanding Public Education Media section to read the blog! mwmccain.ca/epe-media/ #JK #ECinCanada #ExpandingPublicEducation #MentalHealth