Ontario’s early learning and child care system is facing a structural workforce crisis, one that is increasingly being managed through the expanding use of Director Approvals (DAs). These approvals, which allow individuals who are not Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECEs)

Ontario’s $10-a-day child care promise is at a crossroads. Recent comments from Ontario’s Minister of Education suggesting the province should “bring existing centres into the system” to create more child care spaces have sparked concern across the sector. The remarks,

Securing Equitable Wages in the Canada-Wide Early Learning  and Child Care System in Ontario Ontario’s licensed child care system has been fundamentally restructured. With the rollout of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system, child care has become