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

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

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

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."

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."

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

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."

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.

Today, we invite you to be part of something lasting: the creation of the Ubuntu Plaque. This plaque will honour the generosity of those who choose to walk with us as co-conspirators in the path to empower Black educators, students, and researchers to thrive despite systemic inequities.