Happy Hub Day! Today we are delighted to welcome Learn, Laugh, Play Training (part of @ChildsPlayYYC ) to our PARS international community. Contact us for more details about our new Canadian Hub's exciting new programme in BC, Saskatchewan and Alberta!
An incident occurred this week which resulted in our organization being trolled & harassed on Facebook. We have chosen to unpublished our Facebook page at this time.
@rebeccakschulz the relaunch grant says 10 days from application to payout. It’s now 25 days we are waiting and no one has even reviewed it! Please can you look into this
@jkenney the Alberta relaunch grant. 10 days from application to payout it states. It’s now 25 days & application not even reviewed! Is this a joke?
LIVE: A new funding agreement between the Alberta and federal government will mean $45 million more to support affordable and accessible child care for Alberta families and to support Alberta’s economic recovery. #ableg#ABRecovery https://t.co/VyChwcukqs
“In recent years a great deal of nonsense has been written and spoken about ‘child psychology’. In particular many things have been wrongly regarded as signs of abnormality ...”.
1956 but could have been written yesterday. #play#playing
Alberta killing the childcare sector Good luck to my fellow colleagues who are trying to survive and families finding care when this pandemic is over. Remember Alberta you voted in UCP and as a kid in my program said their parent told them ‘UCP will put more food on the table’..
My response below. Parents make a variety of decisions- childcare capacity was <80% before the pandemic and the economic contraction will likely impact demand. We've committed support but holding available budget for now will allow us to be smarter w/ it when the crisis subsides.
A thing you’d only see in the Netherlands: a kids’ playground on an island, surrounded by water, with various activities involving risky water crossings. No supervision, no safety barriers, no rescue equipment. A British Health and Safety officer would have a heart attack