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Excerpt: "Saskatchewan regulated child care centres and group family child care homes will receive a one-time grant of $145 per regulated child care space for children up to the age of six to assist with each facility's unique workforce needs, such as one-time investments into benefit or pension funds, signing bonuses or to attend career fairs. This investment will be made through the Canada-Saskatchewan Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement for the Early Learning and Child Care Workforce Enhancement Grant."

Excerpt: "The 16 projects, funded through the Early Learning and Child Care Innovation Program, are receiving a total of $27.4 million in federal funding over three years, and will be completed by March 31, 2025. The call for proposals focused on projects that foster cutting-edge practices to support the changing nature of early learning and child care, placing a priority on projects that address the needs of families grappling with the impacts of the pandemic."

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A Zoom webinar hosted by the Amaquen Institute Seminar with Glen Jones and Abdennasser Naji.

Excerpt: "Alberta’s government has expanded the paid hours that are eligible for existing wage top-ups for front-line certified ECEs. As of Oct. 1, all paid hours are now eligible for the existing wage top-ups, including indirect time and employer-paid vacation time. These measures represent an investment of nearly $90 million in federal and provincial funding through to the end of fiscal 2025-26. Provincial funding will support this enhanced wage top-up for certified ECEs working in out-of-school care programs."

Alex Usher's review of the book by Julia Eastman, Glen Jones, Claude Trottier and Olivier Bégin-Caouette

The Atkinson Centre promotes research on child development, and the development of early learning policy and practice that serve young children and their families.

ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø alum Darren Hamilton becomes the first Black person to receive the MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Juno Award.

Excerpt: "Recognizing that affordable child care is crucial to helping people, particularly women, enter or re-enter the workforce, My Government has been a national leader in lowering costs to $10 a day starting this coming January."

Continuing & Professional Learning (CPL) will launch the fellowship opportunities – the first of its kind offered by Canadian educational institutes.

Dr. Angela, Associate Director, Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, is helping to renew U of T spaces with native plants and land-based learning.

Master of Education (MEd) in Developmental Psychology and Education, Linda Zhao
Expected year of graduation: 2024.