• New Metro Child Care Spaces to Support Recruitment and Retention in Health Care

  Source: Newfoundland & Labrador - Government Releases
  Date: 2026-10-30 12:40:16.0
  Tags: [Newfoundland and Labrador, Healthcare, Education, Social Services, Labour]

  The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is investing $1 million through the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement to fund up to 72 new child care spaces at the Unity Health Centre on Stavanger Drive in St. John's, operated by YWCA St. John's. Announced by Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Paul Dinn and Health and Community Services Minister Joedy Wall, the project provides priority access to all health care professionals to support workforce recruitment and retention. NL Health Services and YWCA St. John's endorsed the initiative, noting it will particularly assist workers requiring shift work and support gender equity in the labour market.

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• New Child Care Advisory Panel to Help Make Improvements to Child Care Services

  Source: Newfoundland & Labrador - Government Releases
  Date: 2026-10-19 13:00:57.0
  Tags: [Newfoundland and Labrador, Education, Social Services, Indigenous]

  The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, led by Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development Paul Dinn, has established a 12-member Child Care Advisory Panel composed of child care operators to provide insights and recommendations on expanding child care services. Budget 2026 allocates nearly $33 million to support child care spaces, encompassing approximately 1,200 spaces in progress and the creation of an additional 400 new spaces, building on more than 470 spaces opened since October 2025. Additionally, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development will issue a focused expression of interest to secure Indigenous representation on the panel. The panel operates alongside an early childhood educator steering committee tasked with guiding the introduction of pensions and benefits for early childhood educators in the province.

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• Minister Dinn Announces Funding for Kids Eat Smart Foundation

  Source: Newfoundland & Labrador - Government Releases
  Date: 2026-10-06 17:15:44.0
  Tags: [Newfoundland and Labrador, Education, Social Services, Affordability]

  The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, through the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development led by Minister Paul Dinn, announced $1,393,700 (approximately $1.4 million) in provincial funding for the Kids Eat Smart Foundation Newfoundland and Labrador. The grant supports the Kids Eat Smart breakfast program, which operates 275 clubs across schools and community centres, serving 47,000 breakfast meals each school day and totaling 6.3 million meals annually at no cost to families.

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• Expanding Violence Prevention Through Education: More School Staff to Receive Commit to Kids Training

  Source: Newfoundland & Labrador - Government Releases
  Date: 2026-09-23 18:45:02.0
  Tags: [Newfoundland and Labrador, Education, Social Services, Public Safety]

  The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced $200,000 in joint funding through the National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence to expand the Commit to Kids online training program. Administered by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection and supported by the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association, the initiative aims to train an additional 1,000 school staff members—including teachers, administrators, student assistants, and bus drivers across the kindergarten to Grade 12 system—to recognize and respond to signs of child abuse. This expansion builds on previous training delivered since 2024 to 1,140 personnel supporting grades 7 through 12, and complements updates to the provincial health education curriculum focused on trauma-informed learning regarding healthy relationships, consent, and online safety.

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