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Excerpt: "Recognizing that affordable child care is crucial to helping people, particularly women, enter or re-enter the workforce, My Government has been a national leader in lowering costs to $10 a day starting this coming January."

Continuing & Professional Learning (CPL) will launch the fellowship opportunities – the first of its kind offered by Canadian educational institutes.

Dr. Angela, Associate Director, Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, is helping to renew U of T spaces with native plants and land-based learning.

Master of Education (MEd) in Developmental Psychology and Education, Linda Zhao
Expected year of graduation: 2024.

Dr. Eve Tuck shares the importance of acknowledging Indigenous grief and adopting collective expressions of support and love.

OISE's Professor Eve Tuck identifies the need to adapt authentic approaches to address ongoing legacies of colonialism and advance Indigenous research.

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

Dr. Rumeet Billan, OISE alumna, entrepreneur and researcher, is acquiring Women of Influence (WOI), a leading North American organization.

Excerpt: "The department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) invited Indigenous governments, licensed early learning and child care program operators, early childhood educators, and the public to provide their feedback on the proposed amendments. These amendments seek to establish an NWT certification process and wage grid, increase inclusion and reporting measures, establish cost control measures, protect the rights of families, and update language used in the Act. The What We Heard Report includes a summary of feedback from engagement that took place in June 2022."

The beginning of a term usually signals a rise in service and support requests at Education Commons, and 2022 set a new record! Learn more about the ways you can request support from Education Commons.

Excerpt: "The 24 child-care facilities will each receive grants between $5,000 and $25,000, depending on the number of infant and preschool spaces offered. These facilities applied for grants during the 2020-21 Indigenous Programming Grant intake. “This grant will be used to enhance Indigenous-focused curriculum and programming in our centres,” said Fernanda Hodgsons, executive director, Day Nursery Centre. “It provides us with a step in the right direction toward reconciliation and a greater understanding of our Indigenous families and community.”"

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