ECE

• Penticton daycare centre closes to make room for larger child-care facility

  An early learning education program in Penticton has officially closed down in order to make room for a larger child-care facility.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2023
  
• Ontario boosting ECE wages to $23.86 an hour next year in bid to ease shortage

  Ontario is boosting the minimum wage of early childhood educators in most licensed child-care centres to $23.86 an hour next year – up from a planned increase to $20.

  Education

  Nov 16, 2023
  
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• Ontario college staff land retroactive Bill 124 pay after legislation struck down

  Support staff at Ontario colleges are the latest group of workers to receive retroactive pay after Bill 124 was struck down at the end of 2022.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2023
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• Ontario to boost early childhood educator wages in bid to ease staff shortage

  Ontario is set to increase the wages of early childhood educators in a bid to boost recruitment and retention amid a staff shortage.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2023
• Tentative deal reached with 5,400 school support workers in Nova Scotia

  The Nova Scotia government says a tentative agreement has been reached with 5,400 educational support workers who were poised for a possible strike on Friday.

  Education

  Apr 19, 2023
• Government officials estimate Ontario could be short 8,500 early childhood educators

  That's when parents will be paying $10-a-day on average for child care, and the province expects to have added 86-thousand new spaces to meet the increased demand.

  Education

  Jan 14, 2023
• Wage top-ups, one-time payments coming for Alberta early childhood educators

  For the first time since 2018, early childhood educators in Alberta will see an increase to the wage top-up program.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2022
• Advocates demand Alberta address shortage of early childhood educators

  Child care groups say during the pandemic, about 4,000 early childhood educators left the industry and never came back.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2022
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• Possible strike action a necessary step: Limestone District CUPE president

  While some parents feel caught in the middle as another educators strike looms, CUPE Local 1480 president Erin Provost says it may be necessary to support staff and kids.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2022
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• Parents, students join striking school workers in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley

  On Tuesday, some parents in Kingston, N.S. took their children to join the picket line and show support for the workers, who many say are like family.

  Consumer

  Nov 1, 2022