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Closure on February 15 - Family Day
Toronto Children’s Services, including municipal child care centres, will be closed on Monday, February 15 for Family Day. However, families with home child care providers may have access to care. For more information about which City services are operating, please call 311.

ECE reading to childrenNew Child Care Centres for Toronto’s Aboriginal Community and Regent Park
The City is looking forward to the planned opening of three new child care centres within the next year.

The first, in the Kingston-Galloway neighbourhood, will serve the Aboriginal community of Toronto. Part of a multi-service community hub, the child care centre will be operated by Native Child and Family Services, and will feature specialized language programs, culturally specific practices like smudging, and outdoor play spaces incorporating traditional elements such as sweet grass. With funding recently secured from the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund for Non-Profit Organizations and the City making a capital investment of $2.4 million, it is expected to open next winter.

Two additional child care centres located in Regent Park will be City-operated. One at 10 Cole St will open this spring. The other at 30 Regent St, co-located with a parenting and youth program, will open this fall.

Full-day learning
February 2010 - The report, Implementation of Early Learning Program and Toronto's Child Care Funding Risks and Pressures was approved by City Council at the January 26/27 Council meeting.

October 27, 2009 - Premier Dalton McGuinty announces Ontario will start phasing in full-day learning for four- and five-year-olds next fall. Learn more about the Province's plan for full-day learning.

Dr. Charles Pascal's reports on full day learning:

Important information about the H1N1 flu virus
Toronto Public Health provides updated information about the H1N1 flu virus.

The Toronto Public Health Plan for an Influenza Pandemic includes a planning guide for day nurseries.

Raising the bar: Lifting the Field
Presentations from the December 2009 professional development event co-sponsored by George Brown College, School of Early Childhood.
Toronto Report Card on Children logoWhat's new in the Toronto Report Card on Children?
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Learn more at: www.toronto.ca/reportcardonchildren

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