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Excerpt: "“By investing in new child-care spaces like those at Riverview Health Centre, we’re making it easier for parents – especially the nurses, physicians, aides and allied health professionals working in health care – to access high-quality, inclusive care close to where they work. The development of these 80 new spaces will help us continue to recruit more front-line staff to our health-care system.” “This new child-care centre at Riverview Health Centre is an example of the Manitoba government’s vision for ���޾��ֲ�-wide early learning and child care – affordable, quality and accessible child care that responds to the needs of children, parents and the wider community,” said Gainey. “Families will have access to child care close to home and to their workplace, helping them save time and money while ensuring children receive the best possible start in life.”"

Excerpt: "Built to serve Moose Jaw's growing and diverse population, the new joint-use facility is now home to Coteau Hills Elementary and Our Lady of Hope Catholic School. It brings together Sacred Heart, St. Mary, Empire and Westmount elementary schools into a new state-of-the-art learning environment. The facility offers a unified space designed to support students and families for generations, featuring modern classrooms, a multipurpose cultural room, a shared kitchen lab, a Maker Space Studio and a child care centre with space for 51 children - all under one roof. "This joint-use school in Moose Jaw brings together education, child care and shared spaces that reflect the needs of young learners,” Moe said. “From early childhood through the elementary years, Saskatchewan schools are giving our students their best start. This will be a place where students are encouraged to grow and families feel part of the school community.”"

Excerpt: "The ���޾��ֲ� government is protecting students by increasing its investment in the Student Nutrition Program (SNP) and the First Nations Student Nutrition Program (FNSNP) by $5 million, for a total investment of $37.5 million this year. The two programs will serve more than 800,000 students, projected to deliver over 140 million healthy meals and snacks under the Student Nutrition Program and more than 1.4 million meals and snacks to students in Indigenous communities this school year."

Excerpt: "To deliver that change, we will take bold action and make responsible choices. Budget 2025 will spend less on government operations and reduce waste, so we can invest more to grow our economy and to protect the programs that make life more affordable for you. To that end, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced key measures today from the upcoming federal Budget that will lower costs and protect essential programs that empower Canadians: Starting automatic federal benefits for the 2026 tax year that will reach up to 5.5 million low-income Canadians by the 2028 tax year. The CRA will automatically file these individuals’ taxes to ensure they receive government benefits they qualify for, such as the GST/HST credit, the ���޾��ֲ� Child Benefit, the ���޾��ֲ� Disability Benefit, and more – including benefits that these Canadians may not be aware they are entitled to; Making the National School Food Program permanent to provide meals for up to 400,000 children. This program ensures kids are fed healthy meals at school and saves families with two children $800 per year on groceries. By making it permanent, we will work with provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners to expand the program into more schools across ���޾��ֲ�; Renewing the ���޾��ֲ� Strong Pass for the holidays and for summer 2026 so children and young families can discover ���޾��ֲ� with lower costs. It will be renewed from December 12, 2025, to January 15, 2026, and then again for summer 2026. This also helps students travelling home for the holidays with a 25% discount on VIA Rail for young adults aged 18 to 24. With the ���޾��ֲ� Strong Pass, Canadians can visit national, provincial, and territorial museums, historic sites, parks, and travel by rail for free or at a reduced cost."

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Excerpt: "On Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, government tabled Bill 19, the school amendment act. If passed, this act will enable school districts to provide child care to children of all ages, including infants and toddlers. Districts also will be allowed to provide care during non-school days, such as professional development days, and winter, spring and summer breaks. These changes could also improve the ability of school districts to support sustainable child care programs or expansions by ensuring districts can recover reasonable costs, similar to how non-for-profit centres can operate. School districts will work with local communities and First Nations to inform expansion planning and how best to meet community needs."

Notice of second OISE GSA Council Meeting on Thursday Oct 9, 2025 at 6pm on Zoom. Open only to registered and continuing graduate students of OISE.

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Excerpt: "The Atkinson Centre recognizes the ���޾��ֲ� Auditor General’s report on the ���޾��ֲ�-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program as an urgent reminder of the need for stronger public accountability. The report highlights critical gaps in ���޾��ֲ�’s approach: the Ministry of Education has not defined what an affordable child care system should look like, has failed to set performance measures to track equity and access, and has no province-wide strategy to recruit and retain early childhood educators. This workforce shortage is particularly concerning, as the Auditor General estimates ���޾��ֲ� will need up to 10,000 additional Registered Early Childhood Educators to meet expansion targets by 2026. Despite billions in federal funding, enrolment among low-income families has dropped, significant numbers of licensed spaces remain vacant or unutilized, and families continue to face long and opaque waitlists. The report also points to an unclear expansion strategy - ���޾��ֲ� has not set out how many new spaces are needed or where they should be located to meet demand fairly. Compounding this, there are no system-wide performance measures to determine whether CWELCC is successfully expanding access, particularly for underserved or marginalized communities. Together, these findings make clear that federal monitoring of bilateral agreements is essential if provinces and territories are to meet the goals of ���޾��ֲ�’s national child care plan."

Social Justice Education doctoral student Angad Kaur Khalsa hosts weekly meditation sessions every Thursday afternoon on Zoom for SJE and broader OISE students.

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