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Special Needs Resource Models Webinar
March 20, 2025

Webinar: Special Needs Resource Model

This session explores different SNR models, the challenges and barriers faced, and key lessons learned from the field.

Newly released research from Knowing Our Numbers has revealed that a percentage of directors are sending children with disabilities home, denying them admission, or de-enlisting them from programs due to staffing shortages. This webinar will highlight regional strategies to support the inclusion of children with disabilities and foster more equitable access to early learning and care.

This is a Better Together Initiative. Better Together is a group of Ontario Service System Managers collaborating for capacity and innovation in early childhood education.
Evaluating the New Ontario Funding Formula
February 12, 2025

Evaluation of the New Ontario Funding Formula

Gordon Cleveland, an economist and Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Scarborough, has dedicated over 30 years to researching the economics of early childhood education, with a focus on policy design. A widely published expert, he joined us to share his perspective on Ontario's new funding formula.
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September 13, 2023

Dr. Emis Akbari - The Importance of High-Quality Care in the Early Years

Dr. Akbari speaks to how high-quality licensed child care helps children develop vital skills during their first five years, which marks a critical developmental period in a child’s life. Early childhood educators (ECEs) provide children with the foundation they need to grow into future leaders. ECEs use their extensive knowledge of learning and child development to create high-quality learning opportunities through play and exploration.