On Monday, March 28th, the province and federal government reached an agreement on a National Child Care Plan for Ontario. This new Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care agreement establishes…
The Ontario government announced this week, that elementary and secondary schools will move to remote learning effective Wednesday, January 5. As a result, starting Monday, January 10, the Province will…
Eligible families will be provided one-time child care fee assistance as part of an affordability strategy to support families in Ottawa. Children’s Services is reinvesting $4M in provincial funding in…
Ottawa Parents Still Waiting for Affordable Quality Childcare This week the City of Ottawa’s Community and Protective Services Committee passed it’s budget which includes much needed increased investments on affordable…
Le service de garde Le Cerf-Volant, Maison de la francophonie est maintenant ouvert et nous sommes heureux d’avoir accueillis nos premiers enfants dans notre programme. Nous offrons deux programmes, soit…
Ottawa – Ottawa Public Health is expanding immunization services offered at its four community vaccination clinics to include routine and catch-up immunizations for eligible children and youth. In addition to…
This week I had the opportunity to attend the province wide conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO). During one of the AMO sessions I along with my…
To support the return to school plan, the Ministry of Education intends to introduce a vaccination disclosure policy for all publicly-funded school board employees and staff in private schools as well as…
Calling all parents/guardians (and parents/guardians to be) in OttawaChoosing child care for many in Ottawa is a confusing and overwhelming experience – our child care system is unable to serve…
Ottawa – The City’s Community and Protective Services Committee today approved an updated workplan for Children’s Services for 2021 and 2022, revised to reflect COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery. The…