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Changes to Employment Standards Act take effect

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/changes-employment-standards-act-take-effect
2018-12-27
Family-friendly amendments to the Employment Standards Act passed during the 2018 fall legislative session will come into effect on Saturday, December 29, 2018. Changes to the act include: •    Extended parental leave from 12 months to 18 months to align with the federal employment insurance...

Island artists invited to submit work to the provincial art bank

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/island-artists-invited-submit-work-provincial-art-bank
2018-12-11
Island artists are encouraged to submit their work to the Provincial Art Bank by January 2, 2019 if they would like it to be considered for purchase next year. The Provincial Art Bank collection includes 230 works of art by 130 Island artists. The art bank acquires, loans and displays art that was...

New grants available to expand home-based early childhood programs

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/new-grants-available-expand-home-based-early-childhood-programs
2018-11-21
Supporting Island families, New funding is available to assist Islanders to offer licensed early learning and child care in their homes and provide more choice for parents. Capital, quality improvement and training grants are being introduced to encourage the establishment of more Family Home...

More curriculum resources for teachers and students

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/more-curriculum-resources-teachers-and-students
2018-11-07
A new health curriculum resource will be available to Island health classrooms this fall to help teachers engage youth in important sexual health education discussions.  The Premier’s Action Committee on Family Violence Prevention Youth Engagement Working Group collaborated with Kinley Dowling,...

Provincial student assessment results now available online

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/provincial-student-assessment-results-now-available-online
2018-10-23
The 2018 student assessment results are now available online and results are going home with students this week. The assessments are written each year by students in grades 3, 6, 9 and 11.  The 2018 results show that while math results continue to improve, students need more help in primary writing...

Young students getting more support with early literacy

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/young-students-getting-more-support-early-literacy
2018-10-03
Prince Edward Island’s youngest students are getting a stronger start in writing thanks to provincial government support. As part of the province’s new provincial literacy plan, government is investing $700,000 to hire new early literacy coaches, purchase classroom resources, and specially train...
Katie Melville, owner of wee the west and Minister Jordan Brown

More child-care spaces benefit Island children, families

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/more-child-care-spaces-benefit-island-children-families
2018-09-19
Supporting Island families -, Early learning and child care are becoming more accessible to Island families with the opening of 358 new child-care spaces over the past six months. The Prince Edward Island government is working with community partners to improve an early childhood sector that is...
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Three Oaks renovation accelerated over summer months

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/three-oaks-renovation-accelerated-over-summer-months
2018-08-31
With a large part of the renovation now complete, Three Oaks High School students will see many areas of their Summerside school transformed when they return to classes next week. More than 70 percent of the renovation is now done following an accelerated summer construction schedule. To date, 112,...
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New faces, resources await Island students this school year

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/new-faces-resources-await-island-students-this-school-year
2018-08-29
Many new resources and several new staff will greet Prince Edward Island students when school opens September 6. In particular, students will see new faces in more than 20 new principal and vice principal positions this year. More than 20 new staff will join the new Student Well-being Teams being...
Julia Campbell, Premier Wade MacLauchlan, Minister Sonny Gallant, and Jordan Cameron.

Province to Islanders living away: ‘Maybe you should come home’

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/province-islanders-living-away-maybe-you-should-come-home
2018-08-01
The provincial government is asking Islanders living elsewhere to consider coming home. The month long campaign “Maybe You Should Come Home” https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/maybeyoushouldcomehome  – after a lyric from Kinley Dowling’s song Golden Days – encourages Islanders living away to share...
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