KJIPUKTUK/HALIFAX—When the federal and provincial governments signed the Canada-Nova Scotia Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement in 2021, it outlined a number of objectives, targets, and benchmarks that both parties agreed were critical to achieving...
Government released Nova Scotia’s Early Childhood Educator (ECE) compensation framework on October 11th with the promise that it “will help support licensed centers to offer more care, stabilize and grow the Early Childhood Education workforce and the child care...
We continue to hear that child care spaces are closing, directors are unable to find educators, and that ECEs are leaving the field due to the inaction by the government on the workforce strategy and compensation framework. As a part of our The Time is Now campaign;...
This Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day we reached out to parents to share what their educators mean to them. Read what they had to say below: Amber’s Story As a nurse, when I was planning my return to work after my first maternity leave, I was a nervous...
On June 8th, the government of Nova Scotia proclaimed June 9th, 2022, to be the inaugural “Early Childhood Educators Appreciation Day.” In this statement, government acknowledged that “our children deserve the best possible start in life to help them develop to their...
