April 22, 2022 Cochrane, Alberta Employment and Social Development Canada
The early learning and child care sector is evolving in increasingly complex and challenging environments. Identifying innovative practices and solutions that better meet the needs of children and families will improve early learning and child care for the benefit of families in Canada.
Today, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Karina Gould, announced funding to Active for Life, a division of B2ten, for their Building Capacity and Resilience Through Physical Literacy and Active Play project, which is being funded through the Early Learning and Child Care Innovation Program.
This project is receiving a total of $428,303 in federal funding over 24 months, starting in April 2022. The project will provide early childhood educators with the tools and resources they need to build resilience in children by providing active play opportunities for children in diverse communities across Canada, including racialized communities, Indigenous peoples, newcomers and those living in rural, remote and northern communities.
Since 2015, the Government of Canada has delivered real improvements to make life more affordable coast to coast to coast, including making a historic investment of $30 billion over five years to build a Canada-wide early learning and child care system in collaboration with provincial, territorial and Indigenous partners. By the end of 2022, child care fees will have been reduced by an average of 50%, and by the 2025 to 2026 fiscal year, the average child care fee for all regulated child care spaces across Canada will be $10 a day.
