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Excerpt: "Announced today, February 18, the additional funding will offset the 25 per cent fee reductions for parents. It also includes a one-time grant to support the freeze on parent fees. The new agreement will be offered to all child-care providers, including licensed centres that were previously unfunded or partially funded. By accepting the new agreement, centres will have access to the additional supports from the Province. The government’s total investment in the one-time grant is $1 million. The fee reductions have led to increased interest from families in child care, and the new agreement contains a commitment from operators to accept children where they can."

Excerpt: "Federal early childhood workforce funding will be allocated through several ECE support streams and may be adjusted incrementally to better support programs in high demand, including: $25.5 million to continue providing ECE student bursaries for the next three to four years; $11.6 million to support the development and delivery of a recruitment and retention incentive program to encourage new ECEs who become certified through the ECE Registry to work in the sector, and to improve information and understanding about ECE retention; $7.5 million in professional development, inclusion support and deaf/hard-of-hearing training, and peer mentoring, including $3 million to be funded through West Coast Child Care Resource Centre for bursaries to assist child care professionals in accessing affordable professional learning; $2.3 million toward a work-integrated approach that gives ECE students the opportunity to become certified while maintaining employment as a child care professional; $1.15 million for the dual credit program so high school students can more quickly get their ECE certification (with the Province contributing an additional $575,000 in 2021-22); and $750,000 to translate francophone ECE credentials or those from other countries to help certify new British Columbians to work as ECEs."

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

Production et diffusion des connaissances sur les mobilités, les francophonies, la minorisation, le corps, et l’État dans divers contextes du monde.

At a recent event, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ Prof. Mary Reid and Dr. Kien Nam Luu discussed their research findings on the impacts of anti-Asian hate on Canadian educators.

Compelling talk on how the increase in expressions of anti-Asian racism have affected Asian educators in Canada.

Last week, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ community members were subject to anti-Asian racist threats and video of a man holding a machine gun during a virtual meeting.

A young girl has a heartwarming reaction to seeing herself being represented in a new book series that celebrates Black identity.

Hart House's inaugural Hip Hop Education Community Connector, Marcus Singleton, is doing what he loves most: engaging with students through hip hop.

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

Rich Baxter, Principal of Innovation in Education, and his team have won bronze at the Reimagine Education Awards for his program The Bootstrapping Checklist.

Excerpt: "EXPANDING CHILD CARE: The pandemic shone a light on how important reliable and affordable child care is. It gives kids an early start on the path to learning and it helps parents return to work and pursue opportunities. For too long, investing in child care was not the priority it should have been. Many parents felt left behind by rising fees and long waiting lists. Your government has been working hard to change that. Families are already benefiting from thousands of new spaces and saving up to $19,000 a year in lower fees. Your government will build on the progress made by more than doubling $10-a-day spaces and reducing average fees by as much as 50% by the end of this year. Our province is closer than ever to having the first new social program in a generation. A future where child care is a core service – available to every family that wants it, when they need it, at a price they can afford. As part of that work, your government will move responsibility for child care into the Ministry of Education this year, which will manage child care programs through new regional offices. This new, regional approach will allow your government to better understand local needs as it continues to build more spaces for families. Over time, this will bring certainty and reliability to child care. The same way that parents feel knowing that they have a public school to send their kids to."