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SJE Departmental Student Association hosted a Lunch & Learn on Academic Publishing: Process and Politics, facilitated by SJE's Dr. Lore/tta LeMaster.

Professor Emerita Sandra Acker published The Social Production of Research: Perspectives on Funding and Gender with Oili-Helena Ylijoki and Michelle K. McGinn.

SJE Disability Salons Student Spotlight Series: Fall 2025 has hosted two PhD student-led sessions, with one more on December 3rd.

SJE Chair Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández leads the community-based research project, Pedagogies of Community-Engaged Practice, and hosts an event on December 4th.

SJE Assistant Professor Dr. Shozab Raza received a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

PhD candidate Miggy Esteban is awarded the 2025 Kathleen O’Connell Teaching Excellence Award from New College.

e-News

Excerpt: "The new Higher Wages, Good Jobs, More Child Care strategy lays out a roadmap to recruit and support the child-care workforce in Manitoba. Organized around three pillars – recruitment, retention and recognition – the strategy will implement a number of initiatives to achieve its workforce goals, the minister noted. “Having access to affordable, high-quality child care has been life-changing for our family,” said Quinn Suderman, a Winnipeg parent of two. “It’s not just about having a spot, it’s knowing our children are in a safe, nurturing environment with educators who truly care. It gives us peace of mind and the flexibility to work and support our family.” A key part of the strategy, the early childhood educators (ECE) recruit-back incentive has just been launched with the goal of recruiting child-care professionals who have left the field. The initiative provides a $5,000 incentive for ECE II and IIIs who have not worked in a Manitoba licensed child-care centre or licensed home-based child-care setting for at least two consecutive years to return to full-time employment in a Manitoba licensed and non-profit child-care facility. This strategy complements a wage increase for child-care professionals introduced in May 2025, which saw front-line ECE wages increase by up to $5 an hour."

In this virtual session with Dr. David Philpott, part of our Beyond the Podcast series, we explore the vital role of inclusion in early childhood programs. Dr. Philpott discusses the importance of the environment as the “third teacher” and how children learn with, from, and about one another—where diversity itself becomes the curriculum.

This session also highlights what makes strong public policy to ensure that all children have the opportunity to reach their full potential.

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Excerpt: "This winter construction will start on four new schools, built by Manitoba workers, with 402 childcare spots in River East, Pembina Trails, Seven Oaks and Brandon. With our updated English Language Arts curriculum and the roll out of our universal early reading screening program, we are making sure kids have the support and tools they need to learn to read. With more than 800 new teachers in our classrooms, 4,200 more childcare spots, and our universal school food program, we are helping more kids learn and graduate. The next step is to reach the students who are falling through the cracks with our new "Reach Out, Reach Up" program that helps schools improve attendance."

These OISE-based researchers argue that if governments don’t address equitable access to affordable care, inequities will harden and poverty will deepen.