PANEL TWO - Equity for the ELCC Workforce

Summer Institute 2023: Ensuring equity and inclusion in early learning and child care
PANEL TWO: Dr. Emis Akbari, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development and Kelly Emery, Director, Children’s Services Chatham-Kent
Thanks to Ottawa’s $10-a-day plan parent demand for child care has rocketed. Every child care spot -- and more -- could be filled but they sit unused without educators to staff them. Educators vacated the field during the pandemic and governments are not offering the incentives needed to get them back. Payouts for training are not a replacement for decent wages, benefits, adequate staffing levels and the respect needed to build an inclusive ELCC workforce.
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