Alana Powell

The MA in Early Childhood Studies at TMU is still accepting applicants for our full and part-time programs for fall 2023 intake. For more information about the program and the admissions process see- torontomu.ca/early-childhoo…

👏👏👏Registered Early Childhood Educator Kryzya Barrameda raising her voice at Queen's Park for the child care workforce. There is power in our personal stories! #WorthMore #EqualPayDay

It's poignant that #CaregiverDay and #EqualPayDay fall on the same date this year. The undervaluing of care work is one of the drivers of the gender wage gap. And it is driving the child care workforce shortage. Tell @fordnation to close the wage gap!

Great question from MPP @BhutilaKarpoche to Min @Sflecce on the child care workforce. The government's wage floor is proving too low to solve the workforce crisis. We need a salary scale starting at $25/hr for all staff and $30/hr for RECEs. #WorthMore youtu.be/zjyrknaD_7Q?t=…

Ontario to get rid of temporary paid sick days toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-to-get… No surprise that @MonteMcNaughton is NOT #workingforworkers! Zero #paidsickdays for workers and continuing #forPROFIT in #longtermcare No lessons learned here by @fordnation #Justice4workers

Daycare operator warns staffing shortage could jeopardize $10/day child care toronto.citynews.ca/video/2023/03/…

We are thrilled to announce that the AECEO staff is joining @CUPE2484! cupe.ca/professional-a…

NL introduces a wage grid starting at $25/hr for ECEs (2-yr diploma). While they still have further to go, it's a good time to remind Ontarians that @fordnation government has NO commitment to a wage grid, only a floor of $19/hr for RECEs. Salary scale now! #WorthMore

CBC The National: Canada faces a shortage of child care workers. - We need to raise wages in child care to retain educators and attract more. youtu.be/YlB--ZjRK3Y #WorthMore

We need a real workforce strategy now! One that values ECEs & child care workers with decent wages in a salary scale and good working conditions for all

“In Ontario, a wage floor set pay for early childhood educators at $18 an hour in 2022…the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario recommends a salary scale that would start at $25 an hour for all child-care workers and $30 for registered early childhood educators.”

"It's the worst workforce crisis child care has ever faced. We've had recruitment and retention issues in child care for years before the pandemic, but it's just gotten so much worse." - Carolyn Ferns, Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

ECEs and child care workers are worth more! Tell your MPP that Ontario needs a strategy to solve the child care workforce shortage and ensure that families have the care and early learning they need. nwmd.io/s/twitter/Zh88…

Child-care centres in Ontario, and across Canada, face staffing crisis theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

The Ontario government is estimating the province could be short 85-hundred registered early childhood educators by 2026, when parents should be paying an average of $10/day for childcare. Story by @CanadianPress  globalnews.ca/news/9410946/o… #onpoli

Ontario could be short 8,500 registered early childhood educators, the government estimates. toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-could-…

Here’s my contribution to the @globeandmail’s @globebusiness “Decoding 2023 in charts” looking at wages vs vacancies in the care economy. The disconnect is huge. This challenge will be a defining issue in 2023 in the face of skyrocketing demand for care. #cdnpoli #canfem

Parent "enthusiasm for $10-a-day #childcare cannot come at the cost of a well-compensated child care workforce. There are three pillars of a successful universal child care program: affordable fees, available spaces and good working conditions" @_MFriendly #decentwork

"What we're finding is, there are not enough qualified early childhood educators to even staff the licenced spaces that we have. And this is true for every jurisdiction of Canada," Ballantyne said. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

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