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January 8, 2023

OISE student Pouria Saffaran and Dr. Michel Ferrari director of OISE-based Wisdom and Identity Lab reflects on the ongoing protests in Iran.
January 5, 2023

The Atkinson Centre promotes research on child development, and the development of early learning policy and practice that serve young children and their families.
January 3, 2023

Excerpt: "Spaces in the $10-a-day program reduce the average cost of child care from $1,000 a month for full-time, centre-based infant care to $200 a month for the same service, saving families an average of $800 a month per child."
Image of DPE Phd Student - Zeenat Ladak
January 1, 2023

Zeenat Ladak

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Developmental Psychology & Education
Expected year of graduation: 2025
January 1, 2023

Excerpt: "Updated: Workforce compensation funding will be provided to offset wage increases for non-RECE staff associated with the increased minimum wage that came into effect October 1, 2022; Clarified: Funding will be provided to support a $1/hour annual increase for RECE staff whose hourly wage, including the wage enhancement grant (WEG), is at or above the wage floor for the year, to a cap of $25/hour; Added: Examples to illustrate the calculation of workforce compensation for the 2023 wage floor and the annual $1 increase, including accounting for those whose wages that fall between $24.01-$24.99/hour; who will receive a top up to their wages to reach the $25/hour cap; Clarified: Licensees may increase wages beyond the $1/hour annual increase; however, CWELCC workforce compensation funding may only be used to fund the incremental amount required to bring RECE staff wages to the wage floor and for up to $1/hour wage increase."
December 19, 2022

Excerpt: "To date, 92 per cent of Ontario’s licensed child care sites have enrolled in the CWELCC system. Families across the province with children in these centres are already seeing fee reductions of up to 25 per cent, retroactive to April 1, 2022. By the end of this year, families with children under the age of six in participating licensed child care programs will see a further fee reduction of up to 50 per cent relative to 2020 levels."