Today remember to be kind. Be gentle with your words and charitable with your actions. Love and positivity wins. Having more kindness in the world begins with you. Let’s start there Good morning everyone!

It’s the 25th anniversary of John Candy’s passing. We cooked up a small tribute to a comedic genius and Canadian hero. If you haven’t seen much of his work, take a look at his films. He was a treasure. Thanks to @chriscandy4u and @therealjencandy. 🇨🇦

All in for this Brave Man...

Average family income, Canada: 1975: 50k 2015: 70k Average house price, Toronto: 1975: 60k 2015: ~700k Average tuition costs, Canada: 1975: $550 2015: $6200 Remember these numbers next time you tell someone younger than you that it just comes down to hard work.

In town for a housing forum - US short seller & housing rabble rouser Marc Cohodes joins me to talk about his 2015 prediction made on my show - that Vancouver housing prices were going to drop 30-50%. He now thinks 50-80%. Yikes. CKNW omny.fm/shows/steele-d…

Arlene Dickinson Marie Goulet, Barb Pimento and all the other professors @GBCollege in Toronto Barb Pimento early childhood education programme grad class 2001#RECE forefront of change in play based curriculum #playbasedcurriculum #emergent curriculum

A stand out child care centre. Their health, safety & nurturing care of young children is a north star to be guided by. Front line EY child care must be consulted. Canada has world renowned EY experts, many in Ontario. No excuse to not get this right! Doug Ford Stephen Lecce

A Twitter Storm! Stephen Lecce Doug Ford Rod Phillips Your #childcare plan is not good enough - we said a safe and caring reopening takes time and funding - children and #ECEs deserve better #ListenUpLecce #SafeReopening #FundChildcare #ECEPower #FordFailsFamilies Please RT!

Early childhood educators: “If we can’t sing to our children, we won’t open. If we can’t give a welcome hug to our children, then it is not safe to open!” #childrensafetyfirst don’t let #FordFailsFamilies

CBC as the nation's broadcaster committed to proper pronunciation, clarity, & accuracy, PLEASE direct your reporters and newscasters that the correct term is Child Care not daycare. It’s not semantics. Recognition of the professionalism of the Child Care industry is imperative.

“Child care is not just a workforce support for economic re-opening; the benefits of high-quality early learning programs, led by qualified professionals [...] is much more significant in its contribution to the well-being of Ontario’s children and the future of Ontario [...]”

We listened to the science about COVID-19, why not listen about ECEC too? Oberklaid asks thesector.com.au/2020/06/15/we-…

Music is a natural instinct and during #earlyyears can help with self-regulation. #ThrivingKids

An ECE wage grid is essential to work environments that will attract and retain qualified educators and must be a requirement for public funding to centres. #ThrivingKids #ThrivingSociety

Play is the work of childhood. Through play, children learn how to share, be kind, be curious, to solve problems, and develop the skills they need to be successful in life. Watch our quick, new "Play is Learning" video message here! youtu.be/94zcp5iCzr0

Find out what's happening with ECE program re-openings across Canada in the Weekly Atkinson Centre Newsletter. Sign up and stay current. Atkinson Centre mailchi.mp/e5399f2a854f/a…

No data, no problem, no action ... Thank you for raising the data gap that fuels equity gap among children Magdalena Janus The Offord Centre for Child Studies thespec.com/opinion/contri… via Hamilton Spectator

Re-opening of child care must make children's well-being and learning the priority - that means qualified early childhood educators. #ThrivingKids #ThrivingSociety Peterborough letter: Early childhood learning is vital education thepeterboroughexaminer.com/opinion/letter… via PeterboroughExaminer

Qualified early childhood educators are essential for re-opening child care centres. Let's increase their compensation conditional on qualifications.

Singing with Children During Difficult Times #ECE #ReggioPLC tecribresearch.wordpress.com/2020/09/12/sin…