Vernon, B.C. hears about ‘desperate need’ as city’s first child care space action plan created
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The lack of quality child care has left some Okanagan families with few options.
Now the City of Vernon is stepping up its response to the issue by creating its first-ever child care space action plan which...
More support to meet demand for early childhood educators
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To meet the demand for early childhood educators (ECE) in British Columbia, the Province is reallocating $4 million within the Canada-BC Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Agreement to provide additional...
BC's childcare investments are commendable. Now it's time to double down
Taking stock of the government’s efforts, and what’s still needed.
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This month marks almost two years since the BC NDP government, supported by the Greens, launched “Childcare BC” to...
Parents in Scotland urged to apply for new free childcare plan
Families are being urged to apply for new funded nursery places as the national entitlement increases this summer.
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Previously parents could receive 600 hours of free childcare -...
'It will be proceeding': Horgan and Trudeau talk pipeline, child care and transit
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VICTORIA — B.C. will be able to keep open dozens of $10-a-day child care sites after Ottawa pledged money to the program during a meeting Monday between Premier John Horgan and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau....
New year, new laws: Summary of recent changes to the Northwest Territories Employment Standards Act
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On January 1, 2020, changes to the Northwest Territories Employment Standards Act (the “Act”) and the Employment Standards Regulation (the “Regulation”) came into force. The substantive changes include new job-...
City of Vernon seeks public’s thoughts on child care space
Two public sessions to be held on Jan. 14 as part of city’s Child Care Space Action Plan
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Greater Vernon Recreation Services is asking for the community’s input as it develops a plan...
“Unappreciated and underpaid”: Early childhood educators in Nova Scotia
Excerpted from the executive summary
Recent trends in child and family policy in the EU
European Platform for Investing in Children: Annual thematic report
Excerpted from the summary
PROGRESS IN CHILD AND FAMILY POLICY
In 2013, the European Commission Recommendation ‘Investing...
Hey Democrats! Early childhood education and care should be free for all
We can't say we want universal education in one area and not the other. The arguments just don't add up
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The debate over free college recently popped back to the surface, courtesy of...
