The Atkinson Centre promotes research on child development, and the development of early learning policy and practice that serve young children and their families.
Excerpt: "Alberta’s government has expanded the paid hours that are eligible for existing wage top-ups for front-line certified ECEs. As of Oct. 1, all paid hours are now eligible for the existing wage top-ups, including indirect time and employer-paid vacation time. These measures represent an investment of nearly $90 million in federal and provincial funding through to the end of fiscal 2025-26. Provincial funding will support this enhanced wage top-up for certified ECEs working in out-of-school care programs."
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."
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.
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.