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Dr. Zachary Hawes's research into spatial and numerical thinking has led to new insights about mathematics learning.

Plan for your next hybrid meeting. Education Commons offers best practices, tips and support.

The Indigenizing Health Symposium returns this year to raise awareness and discuss inequalities faced by Indigenous Peoples in healthcare.

The Education Common’s (EC) team was hard at work behind the scenes of OISE’s successful hybrid Orientation events this September, providing technical and audio-visual support throughout the week. 

Excerpt: "The Province is directly funding licensed child care centres so families will not need to apply for these savings. This funding will lower fees for children, kindergarten-aged and younger. These additional savings, which build on earlier fee cuts introduced as part of the Province’s $2.7-billion investment in ChildCareBC since 2018, are being funded through the five-year, $3.2-billion Canada-British Columbia Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement."

Excerpt: "The Province is making education accessible by working with Capilano University (CapU) on a new centre for childhood studies that will more than double the available child care spaces on campus. Slated to open late 2024, the centre will add 74 affordable new child care spaces for a total of 143 on-campus spaces for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Students, employees and community members are all eligible to apply for space for their children at the new centre."

Your kid will be fine, and there are other (free!) ways that parents can create meaningful learning experiences, says the psychology expert.

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

OISE Interim Dean Normand Labrie joins a panel on The Agenda to talk about Canada's bilingualism policy.

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.

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."