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OISE doctoral student Amani Hitimana's latest study, looks at Canada's labour crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education is proud to announce The Fariah Chowdhury Memorial Social Justice Award at the University of Toronto.

Following an overwhelmingly successful crowdfunding campaign, a scholarship fund has been created in honour of the late Fariah Haque Chowdhury, an OISE alumna who was a trusted community member involved a number of social justice movements. Fariah passed away in 2020.

The OISE community joyously congratulates Professor Emerita Helene Polatajko, who was named one of 39 new Officers of the Order of Canada.

In the Globe and Mail, OISE Professor Karen Mundy joins a trio of education faculty arguing for more investment in tutoring as the pandemic continues.

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

PhD in School and Clinical Child Psychology (SCCP) student, Shanelle Henry.
Expected year of graduation: 2022.

Presentation to OMSSA.

Presentation to the Economic developers' council of Ontario.

Presentation at the Economic developer association of Canada.

Excerpt: "In addition to the requirement for EYCs to meet specific criteria related to workforce/quality, including the requirement for all staff to have a level of certification and adhering to a uniform wage grid and benefits, PEI has taken further steps to support its ECE workforce. Funding provided under the Early Learning and Child Care Bilateral Agreement (2017) resulted in education and training grants being provided to 170 early childhood educators for a total of $366,473 spent since 2017."

Excerpt: "In order to strengthen the current system, the Government of Quebec announced, as part of its fiscal year 2021 to 2022 budget, investments of $144.2 million over 5 years to: increase the number of qualified early childhood educators; accelerate the development of child care spaces through measures such as reviewing and optimizing the process related to the development of centres de la petite enfance (CPEs), authorizing the use of temporary facilities, and providing additional incentives for home child care providers; improve the offer of child care services and make it more flexible by promoting the provision of atypical child care and the offer of activities by community drop-in centres."