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Ontario Announces Plan for Full-day Early Learning for 4 and 5 year-olds
Off The Press
On Tuesday of this week, the Ontario government announced details around their plan for phasing in full-day learning for four- and five-year-olds next fall. The Government of Ontario press release states:

"Up to 35,000 kindergarten students across Ontario will be enrolled in full-day learning in September, 2010. The goal is to have the program for four- and five-year-olds fully implemented in all schools by 2015-16.
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"Four- and five-year-olds will learn under the guidance of a teacher and an early childhood educator. Parents may also enrol their child for extended hours for a reasonable fee, before and after regular school hours."


Find out what the advocates are saying about the plan.  See the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and partners' response below.

Early learning investment key to recovery (Canada News-wire - Tue Oct 27 2009)
Cross-Canada tour for public child care
Off The Press CUPE is organizing a cross-Canada speaking tour on a 21st-century vision for early childhood education. The tour will feature Martha Friendly (Childcare Resource and Research Unit in Toronto) and Susan Prentice (University of Manitoba sociology professor), co-authors of the just-published About Canada: Childcare.

The tour begins on October 27 and are planned for planned for:

Fredericton, Halifax, Regina, Winnipeg, St. John's, Vancouver, Edmonton.

Watch for Prince Edward Island, Ontario and Qu�bec tour dates in 2010.


For more information,
click here.
Last chance to sign our open letter
Off The Press Thanks to all of you who responsed to last-week's Action Alert calling for signatures to our open letter. In only two weeks, we have reached 600 signatures from coast to coast to coast!  If you didn't see last week's Action Alert and haven't already signed this important letter there are still a couple more days left to do so. Simply send us an email at [email protected] stating that you or your organization endorses the letter.
Across the Country and Abroad
Off The Press Province announces millions in childcare funding (Metro, NS)
Community Services Minister Denise Peterson-Rafuse announced more than $6 million in funding for 12 childcare centres in Nova Scotia yesterday.

Funding For Childcare (CJOB, MB)
The Manitoba government is spending 2.35 million dollars on expanding, renovating and creating new child care spaces.

Access makes the difference (24 Hours, BC)
Universal access to day cares and community centres are a few of the essentials for children to be ready for kindergarten, says a UBC professor.

New early learning guide published (Irish Times, Ireland)
A new framework for early learning was published by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment today.
For the online Early Childhood Curriculum Framework, click here.

Childcare centres fail basic standards (The Australian, Australia)
CHILDCARE centres are routinely breaching health and safety rules, with one in 20 caught failing to protect and properly supervise young children.

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L'Ontario a publi� son plan d'apprentissage pr�scolaire � temps plein pour les enfants �g�s de quatre et cinq ans
  Sur le front international     
Jeudi, le gouvernement ontarien annon�ait les d�tails de son plan pour l'implantation graduelle de l'apprentissage � temps plein pour les enfants �g�s de quatre et cinq ans. Dans son communiqu� de presse, le gouvernement a d�clar� : 

� Jusqu'� trente-cinq mille �l�ves de la maternelle de l'ensemble de l'Ontario b�n�ficieront de l'apprentissage � temps plein � compter de septembre 2010. L'objectif est que le programme � l'intention de quatre et cinq ans soit enti�rement en place dans toutes les �coles d'ici 2015-2016 �. 

� Les enfants de quatre et cinq ans apprendront sous la surveillance d'un enseignant et d'un �ducateur de la petite enfance. Moyennant des frais raisonnables, les parents pourront �galement inscrire leurs enfants � des programmes qui auront lieu avant et apr�s les heures normales de classe. Ceci facilitera la t�che aux parents qui doivent se rendre au travail et en revenir. Cela fera aussi en sorte que leurs enfants auront un programme d'apprentissage int�gr� pour l'ensemble de la journ�e �. 


R�ponse de l'Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care et de ses partenaires � l'annonce du gouvernement:

Les investissements dans l'apprentissage pr�scolaire sont d�terminants pour la relance de l'�conomie. (CNW, 27 octobre 2009)

QUEENS'S PARK, 27 octobre 2009 - L'annonce aujourd'hui de l'engagement du gouvernement provincial � transformer les programmes d'�ducation pr�scolaire est une premi�re �tape cruciale de la relance �conomique en Ontario et de sa prosp�rit� future, d�clare le mouvement pour des services �ducatifs et de garde � l'enfance.

Derni�re occasion de signer notre lettre
  Une minute pour agir  Merci � tous ceux et celles qui ont r�pondu � notre Avis d'action lanc� la semaine derni�re demandant de signer notre lettre ouverte! Apr�s seulement deux semaines, nous avons obtenu 600 signatures provenant de toutes les r�gions du pays. Si vous ne l'avez pas encore fait, il vous reste quelques jours pour signer la lettre.
Une tourn�e pancanadienne pour promouvoir les garderies publiques
  Sur le front international     
Le SCFP organise une tourn�e de conf�rences dans tout le Canada autour d'une vision de l'�ducation pr�scolaire pour le 21e si�cle. La tourn�e mettra en vedette Martha Friendly, du Childcare Resource and Research Unit de Toronto, et Susan Prentice, professeure de sociologie � l'Universit� du Manitoba, les auteures d'un ouvrage r�cemment publi� sur les services de garde au Canada, About Canada : Childcare. La tourn�e commence le 27 octobre 2009 et s'arr�tera � : Fredericton, Halifax, Regina, Winnipeg, St. John's, Vancouver, Edmonton 

Les dates des arr�ts en 2010 � l'�le-du-Prince-�douard, en Ontario et au Qu�bec seront annonc�es sous peu. Surveillez-les! 

Pour de plus amples renseignements, cliquez ici.
Dans les manchettes
  Sur le front international     
Province announces millions in childcare funding (Metro, NE)
Community Services Minister Denise Peterson-Rafuse announced more than $6 million in funding for 12 childcare centres in Nova Scotia yesterday.

Funding For Childcare (CJOB, MB)
The Manitoba government is spending 2.35 million dollars on expanding, renovating and creating new child care spaces.

Access makes the difference (24 Hours, CB)
Universal access to day cares and community centres are a few of the essentials for children to be ready for kindergarten, says a UBC professor.


New early learning guide published (Irish Times, Irlande)
A new framework for early learning was published by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment today.

Childcare centres fail basic standards (The Australian, Australie)
CHILDCARE centres are routinely breaching health and safety rules, with one in 20 caught failing to protect and properly supervise young children.
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Jody Dallaire
Chairperson, Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
Pr�sidente, Association canadienne pour la promotion des services de garde � l'enfance
October 30, 2009
Le 30 octobre 2009

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