Jul 14, 2021 | Your Stories
When I was six weeks pregnant with my first child, my husband and I put our names on the Waterloo Region OneList— a centralized system of all licensed child care spaces in the region. My daughter did not receive a space until she was 18 months old. Due to the lack of...
Jun 11, 2021 | Your Stories
Your Child’s ECE is Probably Buying Crayons: A Case for Child Care It is 2016 and I am a new Early Childhood Educator (ECE) at a for-profit child care centre in urban Ontario; a for-profit child care centre that charges close to $2,000.00 per child, no less. I...
May 28, 2021 | Your Stories
I have been the director at Heritage Park Child Care Centre in Mission, British Columbia for over 21 years and I have the most dedicated, loving, and caring team for the children that we serve. In October of 2018, my oldest son unexpectedly passed away while playing...
May 21, 2021 | Your Stories
My name is Bernice Taylor and I have been working in licensed child care for over 30 years. I am privileged to work in one of three municipal centres in Alberta. The centre in which I work has been serving the residents of Drayton Valley for 13 years. In those years...
Oct 18, 2015 | Your Stories
I recently returned to school to pursue a career in Early Learning and Childcare. I am not a mother and I do not have years of experience in the field so my views might be different from others. I believe that the purpose of early childhood programs are to give...
Oct 14, 2015 | Your Stories
I have always loved children and working with children and one day a child care position fell into my lap. Within one year I went from the assistant part time teacher to the full time coordinator of the one preschool here in town. I am young and don’t have any...
