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Chaque enfant mérite un bon départ dans la vie.

L’école publique, c’est la base d’un départ juste et équitable pour tous.

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Every child deserves a brighter start.

Public education is the foundation for a fair start in life.

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#ECE #PublicEducation #EarlyLearning #ChildCare

The wait is over! The ECE Workforce Knowledge HUB is now live — connecting research, data, and stories to strengthen Canada’s early learning and child care workforce.

Discover the HUB: eceknowledgehub.ca

#ECEHub #EarlyLearning #ChildCare #ECEWorkforce

How ECEs shape our children's futures

"Childcare is also a powerful economic engine."

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#eceappreciation #ECE #ChildCare #DecentWork

Les familles sont le point de départ de l’apprentissage.

La maternelle universelle pour les enfants de 4 ans s’appuie sur cette base — en soutenant les parents, les éducatrices et éducateurs, et le potentiel de chaque enfant.

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Families are where learning begins.

Universal junior kindergarten builds on that foundation — supporting parents, educators, and every 4-year-old’s potential.

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#ECinCanada #PublicEducation #JK

La maternelle gratuite et universelle pour tous garantit l'égalité dès le plus jeune âge.

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Free, universal junior kindergarten means equity from the very beginning. #ECinCanada #PublicEducation #Junior Kindergarten

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Daycare in Denmark is a basic right. Could Canada offer the same? | CBC News With months ticking down to the goal of $10-per-day daycare across Canada, there are at least five provinces who have yet to meet that goal. And there is mounting evidence from other countries that Ca...

Daycare in Denmark is a basic right. Could Canada offer the same? www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

#ChildCare #Daycare #ECinCanada

Kids in child care need healthy movement — and guidelines can improve their health Best practice guidelines for healthy movement in child-care settings serve as a critical step to create more active and health-promoting child-care centres.

Kids in #childcare need healthy movement — and guidelines can improve their health theconversation.com/kids-in-chil...

Children’s best interests should anchor Canada’s approach to their online privacy Early experiences shapes children’s developmental trajectories, and despite pressures to adapt to AI in education, there is a need for caution and safeguarding children’s privacy.

Children’s best interests should anchor Canada’s approach to their online privacy
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NEW Beyond the Podcast Webinar!

Join Dr. David Philpott for Belonging from the Start: Inclusion in the Early Years — a deep dive into #inclusion, environment, and policy in #earlylearning.

Register today! www.oise.utoronto.ca/atkinson/eve...

Le jeu est bien plus qu’un simple plaisir — c’est ainsi que les enfants apprennent, grandissent et s’épanouissent. La maternelle universelle donne à chaque enfant de 4 ans la chance de bien commencer.

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Play is more than fun — it’s how kids learn, grow, and thrive. Universal junior kindergarten gives every 4-year-old the chance to start strong.

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#ECinCanada #juniorkindergarten #Play

Chaque enfant mérite le meilleur départ. La maternelle universelle dès 4 ans, c’est un investissement dans l’apprentissage précoce, l’équité et notre avenir collectif.
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Every child deserves the best possible start. Expanding public education to include 4-year-olds through universal #juniorkindergarten is not just an investment in early learning, it’s an investment in equity, families, and our collective future. Learn More: mwmccain.ca

#ECinCanada #EarlyLearning

New Brunswick, have your voices heard!

Public consultations begin for new education plans: www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/...

#K-12 #ECinCanada #Kindergarten

Province Adds Nearly 600 New $10-a-day Child Care Spaces The provincial government is sanctioning another 574 new child care spaces, part of the $10-a-day program. The...

NL: Province Adds Nearly 600 New $10-a-day Child Care Spaces
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#ChildCare #ECinCanada

"Vouchers strip away those tools and shift responsibility from #public systems to individual families, leaving access to #childcare shaped by geography, income and luck."

#ECinCanada

N.B. government adds fourth step to wage grid for early childhood educators The New Brunswick government announced on Friday it will spend $7.24 million to add a fourth step to the early childhood educator wage grid.

N.B. government adds fourth step to wage grid for early childhood educators www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...
#ECE #ECinCanada #Educator

Our kids’ recess at school is essential to well-being and learning — and shouldn’t be scaled back Time to play, move, connect with peers and breathe is a vital part of learning and essential to academic motivation.

"Play is so fundamental to healthy development that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has long deemed it a basic human right, and as a signatory, Canada is obligated to uphold this right." theconversation.com/our-kids-rec...
@theconversation.com #Play #ECinCanada

We are excited to share that we are working with the @govnl.bsky.social to enhance #PreKindergarten programming!

Learn more: www.gov.nl.ca/releases/202...

#earlylearning #PreK #ECinCanada #ECE

YouTube video by MWMFF Inc. Book Launch - Giving for Change: How Philanthropy Shapes Early Education Policy

New on our YouTube Channel...

Exclusive footage of the launch of Giving for Change, the story behind Canada’s game-changing investment in early learning and child care....
#MargaretMcCain #EarlyLearning #ChildCare #Philanthropy

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New Child-Care Centre for CBU Campus

"Families in Sydney will benefit from more access to #childcare with plans underway to build a new 104-space #earlylearning and child-care centre on the Cape Breton University campus ... It will offer spaces and programs for infants, toddlers and #preschoolers."
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/07/0...

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Calling for play in an increasingly digital world Celebrating the International Day of Play

Play is not a luxury–it is a fundamental right of every child.

Play is not optional–it is the essence of human development skills.

Play is not just a pastime—it is the learning language and the emotional and biological imperative of children.

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@unicef.org #Play

Some great webinars coming up... have you RSVP'ed yet? www.oise.utoronto.ca/atkinson/eve...

"Inspiring, thought-provoking, and deeply hopeful, Giving for Change is a must-read for educators, policymakers, philanthropists, and all who dream of a better future—starting from the very beginning." mwmccain.ca/press_releas...
#GivingForChange #Philanthropy #ECE #ELCC