Manitoba equality report card 2012
Manitoba's Femme Fiscale grades the Golden Boy on his commitment to women's equality Excerpts:On International Women's Day 2010, UNPAC issued Manitoba's first Equality Report Card. The cumulative...
View ArticleNDP slows child-care funding increases: Deficit-burdened province asks...
EXCERPTS:The Selinger government is asking parents to pay more for daycare as it wrestles with a $1.1-billion budget deficit.The NDP will increase funding to child-care centres by one percent per year...
View ArticleDaycare fees need a refocus
EXCERPTS:Pleading poverty, the provincial government has announced it will expect parents to pay a bit more of the bill for child care. Daycare fees this year, and again next year, will be allowed to...
View ArticleFour key spending decisions Provincial aid
EXCERPTS:POVERTY isn't just about money, Finance Minister Stan Struthers declared Tuesday -- it's also about social exclusion, about barriers that prevent people from enjoying all of the benefits of...
View ArticleCorporate for-profit daycare comes to Winnipeg
EXERPTS:In a few weeks the doors open on Winnipeg's first corporate for-profit daycare.Kids and Company will open its doors downtown at Fort Street and York Avenue next month with 90 spaces, including...
View ArticleGroup offers support to male child care workers
EXCERPTS:The last thing Ron Blatz thought of doing after high school was working in the early childcare education profession.But a friend who started the Discovery Children's Centre in St. James...
View ArticleManitoba Early Learning and Child Care Program
Excerpts from the news release:Chapter 4: Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care Program
View ArticleCUPE members hold "kitchen table" conversations on public child care
Excerpts from press release: CUPE members from across Manitoba met to discuss the importance of public child care, and the need for a national child care strategy.This meeting took part during CUPE's...
View ArticleParents find many daycares not using province’s online registry for child...
EXCERPTS: The province launched an online registry in 2011 to help parents place their kids in child care, but some parents said they've found out that many daycares aren't using the registry. The...
View ArticlePénuries de garderies abordables : syndicats, parents et personnel de la...
EXCERPTS:Une coalition de syndicats et d'autres organisations s'unissent pour lancer une campagne nationale de sensibilisation afin qu'un système de garderies publiques, donc réglementées et...
View ArticleBudget 2013 invests in more child care spaces to help Manitoba families:...
EXCERPTS:Up to 1,000 New Spaces Available This YearBudget 2013 will give families better access to quality child care by opening up to 1,000 new spaces over the next year, Premier Greg Selinger...
View ArticleManitoba government increases access to training for child care professionals
Excerpts from news release: A new partnership with l'Université de Saint-Boniface and an expanded partnership with Assiniboine Community College will give 70 more child-care professionals access to...
View ArticleWaitlists force Winnipeg parents to seek unlicensed daycare
Long wait lists for licensed spots leave parents seeking care from unlicensed daycares EXCERPTS:Long waitlists for child care are forcing many Manitoba parents to turn to unlicensed centres -...
View ArticleCase raises concerns over 'stranger care': Abandoned kids highlight...
EXCERPTS:One week ago, six young children were left alone at an unlicensed daycare -- in the same kind of "stranger care" an estimated 24,000 children are receiving in Manitoba."We should be scared,"...
View ArticleGood reasons for policy
The following letters to the editor were in response to the story Daycare-subsidy rules bad for business (see text of article below):Letters to the editor: Good reasons for policy
View ArticleWinnipeg daycare moves outdoors to encourage active kids
EXCERPTS:Children and staff at a Winnipeg daycare are spending more time outdoors - in fact, for two weeks, the only time they'll be heading indoors is to use the washroom.The Lord Roberts Children's...
View ArticleLicense more daycares, Winnipeg parents urge province
EXCERPTS:The sudden closure of a Winnipeg daycare centre has parents racing to find new child-care arrangements and calling on the Manitoba government to license more operators.The province has been...
View ArticleParents, child advocates weigh in on private childcare centre slated to open...
EXCERPTS: A new type of childcare facility is scheduled to open in August.At the centre's peak, director Cheryl Erickson said the Advantage Child Care Academy in south Winnipeg will house 96...
View ArticleProvince launches starting early, starting strong, a provincial dialogue on...
Excerpts from news release:Early Investment in Child Development Offers Lifelong Benefits: ChiefThe Manitoba government is launching a provincial dialogue on supporting families through early...
View ArticleCommunities engage in kitchen table conversations on child care
EXCERPTS: Winnipeg - The Child Care Coalition of Manitoba held a round table discussion on Sept. 18, inviting parents to talk about the state of childcare in the province. The event True Confessions...
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