Actions and Commitments:
Exploring Theme: "Govt. Commitments to ECE"
Updates on this page: 22
November 14, 2024
Release of an action plan to support high-quality early learning and child care
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...
October 24, 2024
Arctic Bay set to get 44 new daycare spots
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...
August 26, 2024
New childcare facility in Winnipeg creates economic opportunity for the city and culturally-focused education for Red River Métis children
NationTalk: Winnipeg, MB, in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis - Today, the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) celebrates the grand opening of the Louis Riel Child Care Centre, a 40-space centre designed to serve infant and preschool children, which will provide quality, culturally focused programming for the young Red River Métis in the area, create employment and...
August 9, 2024
Governments of Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada Announce Early Learning and Child Care Action Plan, More than 10,000 Spaces Now Operating at $10-a-day or Less in the Province
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...
August 8, 2024
New child care centres coming for families throughout B.C.
NationTalk: COLWOOD – More families throughout B.C. will have access to affordable and high-quality child care as the Province invests in almost 600 new licensed child care spaces. “Thanks to our government’s ChildCareBC plan, hundreds more families will be able to access the child care they need, close to home,” said Mitzi Dean, B.C.’s Minister...
August 7, 2024
Governments of Canada and New Brunswick announce Early Learning and Child Care Action Plan
NationTalk: Employment and Social Development Canada – 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...
July 25, 2023
Announcement of funding for Urban Inuvialuit to access Early Childhood Programs.
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...
March 29, 2023
New daycare in Fort Smith, N.W.T., opens with focus on culture and life skills
Daycare already has waitlist of more than 30 CBC News: The manager for a new daycare in Fort Smith, N.W.T., says she has a plan to connect kids with elders, culture and community. The Fort Smith Métis Daycare, which officially opened its doors on March 6, was two years in the making — a project...
January 31, 2023
Call for proposals to help support high-quality Indigenous early learning and child care
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...
January 4, 2023
Niagara College joins forces with three groups to train teachers of Indigenous students
NationTalk: insauga – The partners says the specialized training will be “widening opportunities for cultural learning while at the same time filling staffing gaps faced by licensed child care service providers.” The Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre, Niagara College, Six Nations Polytechnic and the Region of Niagara Children’s Services Division have created the Indigenous-led Early...
November 22, 2022
Centennial College launches early childhood education program for Indigenous learners
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...
November 14, 2022
Manitoba Government Partners to Create 1,200 New Child-Care Spaces in Rural Communities over the Next Year
Working Together Improves Access to High-Quality Child Care, Grows Communities and Economy: Stefanson NationTalk: The governments of Canada and Manitoba are allocating up to $70 million in capital funding for new child-care facilities, creating more than 1,200 new, regulated non-profit child-care spaces across the province with a focus on rural and First Nations communities, Premier...
September 20, 2022
MN-S Early Learning Language Program expands to include all Regions and Cree
NationTalk: Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN–S)’s Early Learning Language program is expanding throughout the province. Six new school divisions are partnering with the Early Learning and Child Care Ministry (ELCC) to bring Michif and Dene to young students in all 12 MN–S regions. Cree programs will be offered in the northern region. MN–S President Glen McCallum said,...
August 15, 2022
Governments of Saskatchewan and Canada offer free training to Early Childhood Educators
NationTalk: Saskatchewan is committing nearly $9 million for training and professional development grants for the early learning and childcare sector. This is part of Saskatchewan’s commitment to improve quality in the early years and childcare sector, and is just one of many programs delivered through the Canada-Saskatchewan Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. The...
March 4, 2022
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation investment
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...
April 15, 2021
Miyoopimatishihk (Wellbeing) Program
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...
August 11, 2020
New Child Care funding
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...
July 26, 2019
Nunavut-developed ECE Resources
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,...
November 2, 2018
Government partnership with First Nations and Métis
($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...
June 14, 2018
Indigenous-focused programming at ECE Centres
$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...
May 24, 2018
Expansion of Aboriginal Head Start
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...
February 9, 2018
Funding for First Nations School in Toronto
$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...