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We are now accepting applications for the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½'s internal adjudication. ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ deadline: August 6, 2024.

Professor Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández has been appointed Chair of the Department Social Justice Education for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2024.

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Excerpt: "The Early Learning Gateway parent portal allows parents and guardians seeking child care the ability to: Add their child or children to their profile; Search for regulated child care services; Add their child or children to a regulated child care service waitlist(s); Edit or remove their child or children from waitlists; The Early Learning Gateway service portal provides regulated child care service providers the ability to: View and manage the list of parents/guardians who added their child or children to the service waitlist in Early Learning Gateway; View parent/guardian contact information to follow up when a space becomes available; Create and manage Early Learning Gateway account access for their administrative staff."

Excerpt: "The Province is making it easier for families to apply and qualify for Nova Scotia’s child-care subsidy program. To help more families afford child care while balancing other financial priorities, eligibility criteria now hinge solely on family income and no longer consider assets like savings. Households with an annual income of $70,000 or less remain eligible and will now also be able to save for things like a down payment on a home while benefiting from the subsidy."

Knowing Our Numbers: An update to the early years sector in Hamilton.

Knowing Our Numbers: An update to the early years sector in Hamilton.

Excerpt: "The medical benefits program will become operational fall 2024 and will be managed by the Association of Early Childhood Educators Newfoundland and Labrador. Medical benefits will be optional and available to individuals who have worked a minimum of three months at a regulated child care service participating in the Operating Grant Program, including: Early childhood educators; Trainee early childhood educators; Other staff working in child care services; and Regulated Family Child Care providers. The new medical benefits program for early childhood educators will support recruitment and retention of early childhood educators as the Provincial Government continues to increase the number of early learning and child care spaces throughout Newfoundland and Labrador."

Susan He (HE, PhD Candidate) tells us about her experiences during the cross-border internship.