'Childcare is a chronic issue': Iqaluit parents quitting jobs, dropping out...
Education officials looking into $16M investment for full-day kindergarten EXCERPTSThe government of Nunavut is exploring rolling out full-day kindergarten across the territory to help ease a daycare...
View ArticlePiruvik delivers early childhood education training in Iqaluit
EXCERPTSPiruvik Preschool trainers Leah Kippomee and Samantha Koonoo work alongside Iqaluit’s Timikuluit Saipaaqivik childcare educators Olivia Kilabuk, Sheena Kilabuk, Celina Kalluk, Noodloo Peter and...
View ArticleCompletion of new community daycare in Iqaluit celebrated
EXCERPTSThe Government of Canada recognizes that high-quality, affordable child care is a necessity for Canadian families and contributes to their economic security.Today, the Honourable Carolyn...
View ArticleNunavut-made learning resources en route to childcare centres
Department of Education and QIA partner on culturally relevant educational tools EXCERPTSBoxes of storybooks, floor puzzles and syllabic cards have been mailed out to childcare centres across Nunavut,...
View ArticleChild care demand in Nunavut lags rest of country
EXCERPTSNunavummiut make the least use of early learning and child care services in the country, according to new data from Statistics Canada.Only 36.7 per cent of Nunavummiut newborns to five year...
View ArticleIqaluit’s only Inuktitut daycare closes temporarily due to staff shortage
Parents will get certified to watch the kids in the short term EXCERPTSIqaluit's only Inuktitut daycare is temporarily closed and administrators say there aren't enough staff members to open.Right...
View ArticleAll Nunavut schools and daycares to close for three weeks
Affected government employees will be accommodated to work from home EXCERPTSAll schools in Nunavut are going to close for three weeks, starting Tuesday.On a recommendation from Nunavut's chief public...
View ArticleNunavut to financially support hunters, childcare workers during COVID-19
Non-urgent medical travel cancelled, GN workers asked to work from home EXCERPTSHunters and childcare workers will receive financial support in light of COVID-19, the Government of Nunavut announced...
View ArticleNunavut daycares say they're at risk of going bankrupt during pandemic
GN says it has spent around $900,000 on subsidies, urges daycares to apply for federal funding EXCERPTSA group of daycare workers in Iqaluit and Pond Inlet are requesting additional financial support...
View ArticleNunavut allows parks, playgrounds and daycares to reopen
Larger outdoor gatherings and travel within the territory are now also permitted EXCERPTSAs of today, Nunavut’s territorial parks and municipal playgrounds have reopened, daycares are allowed to...
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