Nova Scotia

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Early Learning and Child Care in Nova Scotia continues to operate in a critical state.  Retention and recruitment have been at crisis for years due to a patchwork system that has been subsidized by and built on the backs of Early Childhood Educators (ECEs).

Government promised to develop a compensation framework, outlined in the bilateral agreement and provided vague language in the workforce strategy that both commit to addressing these issues by the end of 2022.

With expansions planned for early Fall and the promise of 9500 new spaces, this promise risks coming too late.

Government must:

• Raise wages effective immediately
• Ensure all ECEs have access to benefits and pensions
• Prioritize all ECEs' access to paid sick leave

Send a letter to our political leaders and let them know that The Time is Now, because there will be no additional child care spaces without additional ECEs.

Excerpted from event website

Please join Child Care Now Nova Scotia's webinar, presented in partnership with Child Care Now and funded by the Canadian Women's Foundation, on March 10, 2022 at 6 PM Atlantic Time. The purpose of this webinar is to discuss Nova Scotia's federal-provincial child care agreement in relation to rural child care. For a system of early learning and child care to be truly universal, rural communities must be included. Some of our speakers and panelists include: 

Dr. Christine McLean, Susan Elliott, Nikki Jamieson,Morna Ballantyne

Please invite your friends and colleagues by directing them to this registration page.

WHEN

March 10, 2022 at 6:00pm - 7pm Atlantic Time (Canada)

WHERE

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83295259051