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An early learning education program in Penticton, B.C., has officially closed down to make room for a larger child-care facility. Bugaboo University has been offering daycare at the Penticton Community Centre for nearly 10 years, and the last day of Bugaboo was on Friday, Dec. 15. “Bugaboo University has been …
Read More »Ontario boosting ECE wages to $23.86 an hour next year in bid to ease shortage
Ontario is boosting the minimum wage of early childhood educators in most licensed child-care centres to $23.86 an hour next year – up from a planned increase to $20 – in a bid to ease shortages that advocates say are hampering growth of the national $10-a-day program. Education Minister Stephen …
Read More »Ontario college staff land retroactive Bill 124 pay after legislation struck down
Support workers at colleges in Ontario are the latest group to land extra pay after Bill 124 was struck down by a court. Around 9,000 support staff represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) negotiated a pay increase of 9.5 per cent, backdated over three years, the union …
Read More »Ontario to boost early childhood educator wages in bid to ease staff shortage
Ontario is set to increase the wages of early childhood educators in a bid to boost recruitment and retention amid a staff shortage that advocates warn could hamper the growth of the national $10-a-day child-care program. The government has drafted – but not yet released – a child-care workforce strategy …
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