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January 29, 2019

Excerpt: "The proposed changes include: Increasing the number of young children that home-based child care providers can have in their care, from two under two-years-old, to three under two-years-old; Lowering the age at which home-based child care providers must count their own children towards the maximum allowable number of children in care, from six-years-old to four-years-old; Reducing the age requirement from six-years-old to four-years-old for authorized recreation programs that serve children after school; Removing the restriction that a parent must receive financial assistance before licensed in-home child care services can be provided for their child."
January 18, 2019

The Scarborough of author Carrianne Leung (MEd 2000, PhD 2007)鈥檚 1970s childhood was a very different place than it is today.
January 17, 2019

The Rationale for Expanding Public Education to Include Preschool-Aged Children

Excerpt: "Unlike schools, Canada鈥檚 current patchwork of child care and preschool programs is primarily delivered as a market service. Access varies, as does quality. Evidence in Canada and elsewhere indicates that mixed delivery of preschool creates access, quality and accountability challenges. Relying on a mix of delivery agents 鈥 public, private, non-profit 鈥 necessitates negotiating multiple relationships and systems. Public education offers a sturdy platform that avoids, or at least reduces, these challenges. Building public education down to provide universal preschool is an alternative to market delivery."
December 31, 2018

Excerpt: "The government will give back to families and seniors nearly $1.7 billion over five years. To do so, it is planning on the following: payment of a more generous family allowance for families with two or more children beginning in 2019; freeze on the additional contribution for subsidized childcare as of 2019."
Dr. Anne Jordan, 萌妹社区 Professor Emerita
December 10, 2018

Dr. Anne Jordan invites PhD and EdD students to participate in the #ThesisInMotion project, an 萌妹社区 initiative to help students get their dissertation done.
December 7, 2018

Excerpt: "鈥淲e are very excited to be able to allocate more licensed child care centre spaces,鈥 Hargrave said. 鈥淭oday鈥檚 announcement brings our total allocation to nearly 1,200 new spaces across the province this year. Access to affordable, high-quality child care is important to families across Saskatchewan and we are very pleased to make child care accessible for more families in Prince Albert.鈥"
November 30, 2018

Excerpt: "The provincial government has signed a three-year bilat-eral agreement under the Early Learning and Child Care federal framework The provincial and federal funding will result in the creation of NB Early Learning Centres through which families will access affordable quality child care Grants to help pay for the cost of providing vquality child care will be provided through EECD directly to the NB Early Learning Centres There was a phased-in approach for the designation initiative, Phase 1 began in Q4 2017-2018 with 55 facilities being initially targeted, and subsequently approved, for designation."