Alberta names early learning. Then names one programme.
Alberta is putting $148 million into post-secondary expansion and lists early learning among the funded areas. Work through to the named allocations a…
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Saskatchewan caps fee grants at licensed capacity and sets a 10-hour standard day
Six changes took effect in Saskatchewan on July 1 under the extension agreement, capping Parent Fee Reduction Grants at licensed capacity and defining…
Twenty-two business leaders call early learning core economic infrastructure
An open letter signed by 22 Canadian business leaders asks the country to treat early childhood education as economic infrastructure, and names well-s…
Ottawa invests $5.4M to strengthen the early childhood educator workforce
The Government of Canada has launched a new initiative to support the early childhood educator workforce, investing up to $5.4 million until March 31, 2027…
Alberta educators propose a $1.7B wage grid as the province holds its course
The Association of Early Childhood Educators of Alberta has released a revised provincial wage scale, its second attempt in three years to move Alberta away…
Now it’s Canada’s turn
The National AfterSchool Association reports that new US federal workforce priorities have started to line up with what the afterschool field has argued for years.…
Staffing shortages leave new N.S. child care classrooms sitting empty
A CBC News report on July 16 found that a newly built child care centre in Bridgewater, N.S., has two classrooms with room for 34…
‘Educators Matter’ vision and roadmap charts a path to a highly qualified child care workforce
Child Care Now’s National Early Learning and Child Care Workforce Policy Table has released A vision and roadmap for increasing educator qualifications in licensed child…
Educator mental health is a workforce retention issue
The Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development (OISE, University of Toronto) used its June 23, 2026 weekly e-News to frame educator mental health and…
National Workforce Policy Table releases roadmap for raising educator qualifications
The National Early Learning and Child Care Workforce Policy Table — a group of early childhood education experts and practitioners convened through Child Care Now’s…