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Alum Dr. Notisha Massaquoi is the director of a new lab at UofT Scarborough dedicated to tackling health disparities in Black communities in Toronto.

Meet six the 2022 OISE Leaders and Legends awards winners: Ella Karia, Correnda Downey, Xin Wang, Karen Brown, Kamala Jean Gopie and Vidya Shah.

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 Governments of Saskatchewan and Canada are investing $5.4 million to provide up to $2 an hour increase for Early Childhood Educators (ECEs). This is in recognition of the important services they provide in supporting families who require child care. The investment will assist child care centres in providing improved wages in the recruitment and retention of ECEs. This Wage Enhancement Grant will be funded through the Canada-Saskatchewan Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, which also supports future ECEs with free post-secondary training, professional development opportunities and many other programs."

Excerpt: "The Ready-to-Learn Schools program was first launched as a pilot project at Takhini Elementary School in 2019 and was adopted by Selkirk Elementary School in 2021. This school year the program will be implemented at St. Elias Community School in Haines Junction, Nelnah Bessie John School in Beaver Creek and Grey Mountain Primary School and Jack Hulland Elementary School in Whitehorse. Responsive instructional approaches will eventually be implemented in all Yukon schools."

Screening Out. HIV and the Canadian Immigration Experience

To explore the subject of lying, journalist and CRAM podcast host Mary Ito invited Professor Kang Lee to the show.

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

Learn more about the new features and navigation of the Education Commons' new website

Associate Professor Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

Excerpt: "The Ministry of Education and Child Care is investing $8.2 billion to support students, invest in schools and support the transition and delivery of child care. Of this total, there is $7.4 billion for kindergarten to Grade 12 education this year, which is $1.8 billion more than in 2016-17. This is a total increase of 32%."

UofT students return to campus this Fall with opportunities for new experiences and connections.