Exploring Theme: "Govt. Commitments to ECE"

NationTalk: Iqaluit, Nunavut – The Government of Nunavut’s Department of Education is pleased to announce the Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Quality Framework Action Plan. The Action Plan outlines the steps Education will take between now and 2033 to implement Nunavut’s ELCC Quality Framework, which was released last year. Both of these key documents support high-quality early...

Construction plans for Kakivak Association facility set for 2026  This artist’s rendering depicts what Arctic Bay’s future child-care facility will look like when it is completed. (Photo courtesy of Kakivak Association) NationTalk: Nunatsiaq News – Plans are in motion to build a new daycare facility in Arctic Bay. Kakivak Association signed a 50-year land lease...

Nationtalk: Families across Canada know that affordable child care is not a luxury—it is a necessity. That is why the Government of Canada is working with provincial, territorial, and Indigenous partners to implement a Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) system that will bring fees for regulated child care across the country down to...

NationTalk: The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) is pleased to announce that Inuvialuit Beneficiaries living in Urban centers outside of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR), can now apply for funding under the Inuvialuit Early Childhood Program to assist with Childcare costs. The Inuvialuit Early Childhood Program will provide funding that is universally accessible to Inuit Beneficiaries...

NationTalk: Employment and Social development Canada – High-quality and culturally appropriate early learning and child care programs designed by and with Indigenous families and communities give Indigenous children the best start in life and forms an essential part of Reconciliation. That is why the Government of Canada is committed to promoting and investing in Indigenous-led...

NationTalk: TORONTO – Centennial College, in partnership with Native Child and Family Services of Toronto and Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child & Family Services, is offering 25 Indigenous applicants an opportunity to become credentialed early childhood educators. The fully funded two-year program will support learners from Toronto and the Region of Durham in a culturally affirming environment...

The Ontario government is providing $1 million through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation to Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services and Waabinong Head Start Family Resource Centre to build a childcare facility that provides educational programs for Indigenous preschoolers and their families that promote the Anishinaabek culture and language in Sault Ste. Marie. “This $1 million investment to...

The Métis Nation of BC announced Miyoopimatishihk (Wellbeing) Program that provides access for supports for early childhood development for Métis families with children birth to eight. The Ministry of Education will distribute information about the program to Métis families enrolled in the Métis Family Connections Program. The Métis Early Years Community Coordinator will assist families...

New funding to help support child care in the province, in partnership with the federal government, as the centres are set to fully reopen September 1. Ford says the two governments have invested $234.6 million for childhood and early-years settings among licensed daycare facilities. Ford says the child-care money will be used to enhance hygiene...

Department of Education and Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) announce new, Nunavut-developed early childhood education resources are being shared with child care facilities across the territory. “I am proud to share these early childhood education resources which reflect our language and culture,” says QIA President, Akeeagok. “These puzzles, toys, and books allow our children to learn,...

 ($3.6M over three years). A new partnership between the B.C. government and Métis Nation BC, the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society and the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres to support 11 new early learning and child care planning and navigator positions to help address the specific needs of Indigenous children, families and communities throughout...

$14.5 annually for three years. Alberta children are learning about traditional language and culture, with five new $25-a-day children care centres offering Indigenous-focused programming. Six Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) centres across Alberta are implementing Indigenous-focused programming, including traditional drumming, storytelling and lessons in Michif, Blackfoot and Cree. Calgary: Little Sundance (Métis Calgary Family...

Indigenous children under six, and their families, will benefit from an expansion of Aboriginal Head Start (AHS) programs that provide culturally based inclusive child care and early learning, family bonding and prevention services and also create new licensed child care spaces that will be free for families. The FNHA will receive $10.5 million to enhance its...

$11.5M for upgrades/enhancements to First Nations School in Toronto to create four new childcare rooms with 64 new licensed child care spaces and one new child and family program room. The province is also enhancing existing and supporting new childcare and child and family programs in 58 off-reserve projects led by Métis, Inuit and urban...