Advocating for decent work and proper compensation inclusive of pensions and benefits for all Early Childhood Educators and the child care workforce.
A vision and roadmap for increasing educator qualifications in licensed child care centres June 2026 Downloadable version About this roadmap Building a quality public early learning and child care (ELCC) system requires a highly qualified, well-supported, and properly compensated workforce. Developing and supporting such a workforce requires clarifying and reimagining employment roles, scopes of…
Earlier this month, the Manitoba government launched their new early learning and child care (ELCC) workforce strategy, Higher Wages, Good Jobs, More Child Care: Manitoba’s Early Learning and Child Care Workforce Strategy. Announced in tandem with a new commitment to create 6,041 child care spaces, the strategy acknowledges that in order to create more spaces,…
Last week, Child Care Now’s “Educators Matter: Workforce Policy for Quality Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC)” project held a two-day national symposium to continue the work of developing proposals to all levels of government on how to strengthen the early learning and child care (ELCC) workforce. Participants included members of the National ELCC Workforce…
Last month, the Manitoba Child Care Association (MCCA), in partnership with Probe Research, released findings from its child care in Manitoba survey. Survey highlights from parents and the early learning and child care (ELCC) workforce, including directors, family care providers, ECEs and child care workers, note that access to child care, staffing shortages and educator…
Child Care Now – Newfoundland and Labrador has launched a new petition calling on the provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador to introduce a defined benefit pension plan for the ECE workforce. The group is advocating for the provincial government to fund 100% of employer contributions and increase ECE wages to compensate employees for the…
An Ontario research report on the early learning and child care (ELCC) workforce titled Knowing our numbers: A community approach to understanding the early childhood education workforce was released June 26 2024. This report was first initiated by the County of Simcoe, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, and the County of Lambton to better understand the…
The Newfoundland and Labrador government has announced a new medical benefits program for early childhood educators working in regulated child care services participating in the Operating Grant Program. The new medical benefits program will launch in fall 2024 and will be managed by the Association of Early Childhood Educators Newfoundland and Labrador (AECENL). The benefits…
On February 12th 2024, early learning and child care advocates from across Canada joined three webinars organized by Child Care Now to discuss how we can advance our collective goal of making affordable licensed child care available to all families, and inclusive of all children. Child Care Now Executive Director Morna Ballantyne gave an overview…
On December 19, 2023, the Nova Scotia government announced that it will be taking immediate steps to provide defined pension plan coverage for employees who work in licensed early learning and child care programs. Employees will also be entitled to health, life, long term disability and dental benefits through the Health Association of Nova Scotia (HANS) and they will be available to all employees, whether working full or part time.
Child Care Now Nova Scotia commends the government for listening and responding to the demands of child care advocates, and taking this very large initiative to support the child care workforce.
Families across Canada are crying out for access to early learning and child care (ELCC). The federal government’s historic child care initiative has brought down parent fees for licensed child care for children under 6, however, there are only enough licensed spaces for a fraction of those who need it. The federal, provincial and territorial…
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