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Excerpt: "It is estimated that more than 90 per cent of ECEs currently working in the sector, or 2,500 individuals, will see an increase in wages. ECE Level I will receive an increase of up to $1.50 per hour; ECE Level II will receive an increase of up to $2.00 per hour, and ECE Level III will receive up to $2.50 an hour. Compared to September 2022, this is approximately an eight per cent increase, on average, in the hourly wages for ECEs in the province. The ECE Wage Enhancement grant is also being expanded to include assistants working in group family child care homes who have an ECE certification. Certified assistants will be eligible to receive an ECE Wage Enhancement grant of up to $7.50 per hour, bringing them in line with the wage increases provided to ECEs working in child care centres in 2021-22 and 2022-23."

Chaque enfant compte. Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation.

Excerpt: "The initiatives include an increase in funding availability and supports for the sector offered through the Child Care Capacity Initiative program, including: $7.5 million in funding to support infrastructure and renovations to regulated child care services availing of the operating grant program, to increase child care capacity by 750 spaces, with priority for the creation of toddler spaces in not-for-profit child care services; the hiring of a Project Manager within the Provincial Government to oversee and support not-for-profit child care capacity projects; and an increase to the personnel budget category of projects operating under the Child Care Capacity Initiative program, which includes an hourly wage increase from $17 per hour to $25 per hour for developmental workers."

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

The LHAE Black Student Connect hosted its inaugural event on September 15th, 2023.

Nouvelle édition de l'ouvrage Éléments d'une sociolinguistique critique de Monica Heller, originellement paru en 2003.

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

Excerpt: "The Department of Education has launched full-day kindergarten in five Nunavut schools. The schools participating are: Nanook School, Apex; Qaqqalik School, Kimmirut; Victor Sammurtok School, Chesterfield Inlet; Inuglak School, Whale Cove; Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik, Kugluktuk. The 2023-2024 Full-Day Kindergarten Pilot is the first step to help guide a phased system-wide rollout."