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SJE Assistant Professor Dr. Shozab Raza received a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

Excerpt: "ECEs and other members of the child care workforce are the heart of B.C.’s child care system. Since launching the Early Care and Learning Recruitment and Retention Strategy in 2018, the Province has made significant investments – alongside federal partners – to support and strengthen the child care workforce, including: Wage enhancements for ECEs; • Specialized certification grants for Infant & Toddler and Special Needs Educators; Expanded access to post-secondary ECE programs, including dual credit courses for high school students and bursaries to assist with the costs of education; Streamlined pathways for international applicants to become certified as ECEs in
B.C. Together, these initiatives improve compensation, recognize qualifications, and create sustainable career pathways – helping to recruit and retain skilled professionals and enhance the quality of child care throughout the province."

SJE Departmental Student Association hosted a Lunch & Learn on Academic Publishing: Process and Politics, facilitated by SJE's Dr. Lore/tta LeMaster.

Professor Emerita Sandra Acker published The Social Production of Research: Perspectives on Funding and Gender with Oili-Helena Ylijoki and Michelle K. McGinn.

PhD candidate Miggy Esteban is awarded the 2025 Kathleen O’Connell Teaching Excellence Award from New College.

SJE Disability Salons Student Spotlight Series: Fall 2025 has hosted two PhD student-led sessions, with one more on December 3rd.

SJE Chair Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández leads the community-based research project, Pedagogies of Community-Engaged Practice, and hosts an event on December 4th.

Excerpt: "Through these extended agreements, the Government of Canada will provide more than $1.6 billion to Saskatchewan over five years to support access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive early learning and child care programs and services across the province. This includes an annual 3% funding increase, to help ensure the agreements are sustainable over their duration. As part of the extension, parents of children who turn six while still in child care will continue to be eligible for the $10-a-day rate for the remainder of the same school year."

Excerpt: "Families in East Preston will soon have more options and improved access to child care. The Province is providing about $2.1 million to help create up to 48 new child-care spaces at the East Preston Day Care Centre. This project is part of provincial and federal efforts to expand access to child care, supported through the Canada–Nova Scotia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement."

As OISE launched a hurricane relief drive, student Eboni Morgan and the Black Girl Magic Collective will help gather essential items through their community.

Excerpt: "Construction of a new child care centre was made possible through nearly $8 million from the ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund. This fund is jointly supported by provincial investments and federal funding under the Canada-British Columbia Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. British Columbia and the federal government signed an extension to the agreement for 2026-27 until 2030-31. “Child care spaces like those coming to Fernie Elementary school help families thrive,” said Anna Gainey, federal Secretary of State for Children and Youth. “These centres strengthen communities, give kids the best start and ease pressure on parents.” The child care centre will include 12 spaces for infant-toddlers and 25 spaces for children three to five years."

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