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First Cross iconNew CNC Q and A Questions Added

Thank you for all of your CNC questions and feedback! We have compiled some of the recent most frequently asked questions, and provided answers to help you understand CNC, and how to implement the changes. This list of questions and answers will be added to on a regular basis to keep you up-to-date and informed! Read More

Mental Health of Mothers and Children

The Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development has posted a cluster of articles and papers on the topic of mental health. All of these documents are connected in one way or another to the mental health of mothers and children. Read more...

SOLD OUT Free First Aid Kits Available

We have a SOLD OUT limited number of First Aid Kits available to CIC-funded child care supports in Ontario only. Send an email to info@newcomerfamilies.ca to request yours today.

Forward Development: ELECT and the Newcomer Child

ELECT stands for Early Learning for Every Child Today. It also stands for an integrated early learning framework that is being used in Ontario to help children from ages two-and-a-half- to six-years reach their full potential socially, physically and emotionally. Read More

New CNC Q and A Questions Added

Thank you for all of your CNC questions and feedback! We have compiled some of the recent most frequently asked questions, and provided answers to help you understand CNC, and how to implement the changes. This list of questions and answers will be added to on a regular basis to keep you up-to-date and informed! Read More

Child Abuse is Wrong: What can I do?

This Department of Justice booklet is for the parents and caregivers. It talks about child abuse in families and answers questions about the law on child abuse in Canada.

Updated Occupational Standards now available

The CCHRSC has updated its Occupational Standards for Child Care Administrators for the first time since they were developed in 2006 to ensure they are up-to-date and reflect all the skills, knowledge and abilities administrators may require to work effectively. At the same time, a new Occupational Profile on School-Age Child Care has been created and the Infant Care Profile developed in 2010 has been enhanced. The profiles are addenda to the Occupational Standards for Early Childhood Educators. Read more...

A Blueprint for Supporting Emergent Bilinguals in Your Program: Roma Chumak-Horbatsch’s Linguistically Appropriate Practice

At one time or another, all child care professionals in Canada—whether in a newcomer-focused program or not—will likely look after non-English speaking children. Read More

Sample CNC – Terms and Conditions are now available in over 30 languages!

To better support the parents in your programs, many of you have requested translated CNC Terms and Conditions, and now it is available in over 30 languages! Special thanks to all of the programs that assisted us by reviewing and commenting on the documents as they were being developed. CNC Terms and Conditions are now available in the following languages:

Albanian Amharic Arabic Assyrian Bengali Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Creole Haitian Dari English Farsi French Gujarati Hindi Hungarian Korean Nepali Polish Portugese Punjabi Romanian Russian Somali Spanish Tagalog Tamil Tigrinya Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese

Answers to Your CNC Questions

Thank you for all of your CNC questions and feedback! We have compiled some of the recent most frequently asked questions, and provided answers to help you understand CNC, and how to implement the changes. This list of questions and answers will be added to on a regular basis to keep you up-to-date and informed! Read More