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Presentation to OMSSA.

Excerpt: "Updated: Workforce compensation funding will be provided to offset wage increases for non-RECE staff associated with the increased minimum wage that came into effect October 1, 2022; Clarified: Funding will be provided to support a $1/hour annual increase for RECE staff whose hourly wage, including the wage enhancement grant (WEG), is at or above the wage floor for the year, to a cap of $25/hour; Added: Examples to illustrate the calculation of workforce compensation for the 2023 wage floor and the annual $1 increase, including accounting for those whose wages that fall between $24.01-$24.99/hour; who will receive a top up to their wages to reach the $25/hour cap; Clarified: Licensees may increase wages beyond the $1/hour annual increase; however, CWELCC workforce compensation funding may only be used to fund the incremental amount required to bring RECE staff wages to the wage floor and for up to $1/hour wage increase."

Presentation to the YMCA.

ECE Appreciation: Presentation to the ECE workforce in Timiskaming

Excerpt: "To date, 92 per cent of »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s licensed child care sites have enrolled in the CWELCC system. Families across the province with children in these centres are already seeing fee reductions of up to 25 per cent, retroactive to April 1, 2022. By the end of this year, families with children under the age of six in participating licensed child care programs will see a further fee reduction of up to 50 per cent relative to 2020 levels."

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The Nina Bascia Education Policy Symposium brought together over 50 students and faculty who were seeing each other in person for the very first time.

Excerpt: "In addition to establishing a permanent, legislated commitment to federal funding for early learning and child care, Bill C-35, if passed, would require the federal government to report to the public on federal investments and progress being made on the »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿-wide system. It would also enshrine in law the National Advisory Council on Early Learning and Child Care. The role of this recently announced council is to provide third-party expert advice to the Government of »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿ and serve as a forum for engagement on issues and challenges facing the early learning and child care sector."

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

Writing for the Conversation »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿, OISE alum Ardavan Eizadirad argues that to make things better, policy conversations about gun violence need to shift.

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