Letter of support from child care centre operator
The following letter to the editor was published in the Nova Scotia Advocate on April 12, 2021. As an owner/operator of a daycare centre and after school program, I am adding my voice to the call for equal compensation for all early childhood educators in Nova Scotia! It has been a very difficult...
Families in need of child care for children under age four left out of Nova Scotia budget
Halifax – Early childhood educators in Nova Scotia are deeply disappointed that the provincial budget released last week by the Rankin government does not include any new funding to provide early childhood education to families of children under the age...
Open letter from concerned parent to the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
Dear Minister: I am writing to you to with hopes for your consideration into the pay of early childhood educators in our province. Like most parents in Nova Scotia, my husband and I both have to work to support our family. My two older children are now in school but attended daycare before they...
Letter: Challenges continue in early childhood education
Early childhood education establishes the foundation for future learning. Children learn from the time they are born and continue to learn throughout their lives. The Department of Education and Early Years has early childhood educators in both childcare centres and in the public school system....
Postcard: Economic Security for All Early Childhood Educators
In this package you will find a poster and postcards regarding a campaign to provide economic security for all Early Childhood Educators in Nova Scotia. The campaign was developed by, and is lead by, Early Childhood Educators in Nova Scotia. There is a poster that can be displayed at your centre...
Letter: Low wages and student debt for early childhood educators
I am an early childhood educator. I have worked in the field for 19 years. During that time, I returned to school to upgrade my diploma. I graduated in 2018 with my bachelor's degree in child and youth study. Since then, I have been on a repayment assistance plan, unable to pay back my loans, even...
Letter: Early childhood educators need a pension plan that would allow us to retire above the poverty line
The following letter to the editor appeared in the Nova Scotia Advocate on February 25, 2021, and the Chronicle Herald on March 8, 2021. I am an early childhood educator (ECE) who graduated from the Nova Scotia Teachers College in Truro. This marks my 31st year of working for a great child care...
Liberal government must make economic security for all early childhood educators in Nova Scotia a priority
Halifax – At a news conference in Halifax today, early childhood educators who work in child care centres are launching a campaign, calling on the Nova Scotia Liberal government to make “economic security” for all early childhood educators a priority. The members of CUPE 4745 and CUPE 3688,...
Poster: Economic Security for All Early Childhood Educators
In this package you will find a poster and postcards regarding a campaign to provide economic security for all Early Childhood Educators in Nova Scotia. The campaign was developed by, and is lead by, Early Childhood Educators in Nova Scotia. There is a poster that can be displayed at your centre...
Report: Unappreciated and Underpaid – Early Childhood Educators in Nova Scotia
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report [January 30, 2019] that provides a snapshot of what it is like for Early Childhood Educators (ECE) to work in the Early Learning and Child Care sector in Nova Scotia. Understanding which factors...