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Excerpt: "Our greatest ambition has always been the same: to give every child the tools they need to reach their full potential. This is our vision for the Québec of tomorrow. I am announcing that we are continuing our efforts with additional investments of $819 million with a view to: supporting student success by giving them access to the tools they need, for example with the catch-up plan; promoting the attraction and retention of school staff; supporting partner organizations in education; and continuing maintenance of the school building inventory."

A research team is examining connections between the extractive resource sector and rates of suicidal distress and death by suicide in Indigenous communities.

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Excerpt: "International Women’s Day gives us a moment of reflection on the status of women recognizing that achieving decent work conditions and gender equality in the workplace remain a challenge. The United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace declared on March 8th – this year’s theme is Invest in women: Accelerate progress. Early Learning and Child Care will see further progress if we invest more in the educators. On this International Women’s Day, we turn our lens to the working conditions of educators in early learning and child care recognizing that educators still earn less than the provincial average with extremely low rates of unionization. Progress is being made in the working conditions with the introduction of publicly funded pension plans in some early learning programs. The addition of over 80,000 new spaces under Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreements (CWELCC) has created $ 10.00 per day affordable spaces for families. With a central focus on affordability and expansion of access, CWELCC has largely ignored the growing workforce crisis. With cursory attention to the working conditions of educators in some jurisdictions, many increases in licensed spaces are not operational due staff shortages."

In January, OISE faculty Dr. Beyhan Farhadi interviewed filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, director of the 2024 Oscar-nominated film “Four Daughters.”

Students on Seven (SOS) hosted their first major event – Careers in Adult Education Alumni Panel: Make a Bold Lead Forward This Year

Excerpt: "Providing affordable child care: $42.5 million in continued funding for early learning and child care."

The Student and Family Affordability Fund will add an additional $20 million from the Province to help schools provide support directly to families within their school communities. Funding will be used to help pay for student necessities, such as school supplies, school fees and class trips, as well as additional costs associated with joining a school sports team or music program.

Congratulations to our 2023 CPA Award winners!

The newly established Dr. Caroline Power Scholarship will support under-represented students at OISE in perpetuity.

Doctoral students Sarah Jones and Rebecca Schmor teamed up with Professor Julie Kerekes to work on an edited volume for applied linguistics.

OISE honours distinguished alumni, OISE Professors Clare Brett and Antoinette Gagné on their retirement day. The entire community extends its heartfelt congratulations to our two educators, researchers and leaders for their impactful careers in education.