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Updates regarding future GSA council meetings.

Excerpt: "The province is investing … $9.7 million, including nearly $1.6 million in funding from the Canada-Ontario Agreement on Minority-Language Education and Second Official-Language Instruction, for an addition to l’École élémentaire publique Mamawi in the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario. The addition will provide 104 new student spaces and 39 new licensed child care spaces."

This report from University Affairs discusses a potential legal challenge by critics of Ontario’s Supporting Children and Students Act.

Excerpt: "Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, along with the Honourable Paul Calandra, Ontario’s Minister of Education, announced a one-year extension to the Canada–Ontario Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care (Canada-wide ELCC) Agreement, until March 31, 2027. The ministers also announced that future funding of $695 million would be instead provided by Canada to the province in 2026, to help maintain eligible child care fees at their current average of $19 per day until December 31, 2026. In total, today’s announcement means that more than $3.9 billion in federal funding will be allocated to the Government of Ontario in 2026-27 to support continued access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive early learning and child care programs and services."

In her holiday message to the U of T community, President Melanie Woodin sends thanks for their encouragement during her first year as president.

Excerpt: "The activity centres in Mission and Glenmore will each have 12 licensed child care spaces for children younger than 36 months, 25 spaces for children between 30 months and school age, and 54 spaces for school-age children."

Ontario Municipal Social Services Association (OMSSA). Policy Conference 2025. December 3-4, 2025. Toronto, Canada.

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The new Professor Douglas McDougall Scholarship in Mathematics Education pledges to support the next generation of math educators.

Excerpt: "The new Prince George School District Child Care Facility is at 32 Heather Cres. in Mackenzie. It has 12 licensed child care spaces for children younger than 36 months, 25 spaces for children between 30 months and school age, and 25 spaces for school-age children."

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

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