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Excerpt: "The Province is working with schools and child-care partners to add the Nova Scotia Before and After Program in 21 schools across the province. The program is also adding spaces at some current locations to better meet the needs of families. In total, more than 1,200 new spaces are expected to be created for the 2025-26 school year. The program provides care for children ages four to 12 enrolled in public school before classes begin and after they end. Care is provided at the school so students have a seamless day."

A look back at 2024/25 at the Centre for Black Studies in Education.

Excerpt: "The Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education will be presented to early childhood educators who demonstrate outstanding leadership in the early learning field. Recipients will be chosen based on their contributions to the well-being of children in their care and commitment to fostering high-quality and inclusive early learning environments. The full nomination package and criteria will be released this fall. The announcement was held at St. Matthew’s School, a future site for a pre-kindergarten program. Once operational, the pre-kindergarten program will offer 20 early learning and child care spaces at $10 a day for families in the area. This is one of 25 early learning and child care projects representing 574 child care spaces newly approved for development in the Avalon and Central regions. A total of 1,657 child care spaces have been recently announced and are in development throughout the province."

Please submit your applications by 11.59pm EST, Saturday August 30, 2025. Thank you!

e-News

The rebranding of the Associate Dean, Research, Partnership and Innovation portfolio reflects the Institute’s ongoing commitment to advancing faculty research, knowledge mobilization, and innovation.

As the Fall 2025 semester at OISE approaches, Education Commons has observed a rise in phishing emails targeting the OISE community. These messages often appear to come from university-affiliated sources, including compromised @utoronto.ca email addresses.

Excerpt: "The Early Childhood Educator Bursary program will provide up to 300 one-time bursaries of $10,000 to eligible students over the next three years. The bursary program is designed to cover the cost of tuition, books and some living expenses for students who have been accepted into an approved early learning and child-care certificate program at one of 20 participating Alberta post-secondary institutions."

Thursday August 21, 2pm to 4pm. Venue: OISE, Room 5150 and hybrid: Unit 7 meeting to discuss financial assistance funds accessible to eligible members.