Greetings from the Nestworks team!

With the easing of pandemic restrictions bringing us ever-closer to being able to reconnect with our communities, we have been behind the scenes engaged in creating a plan to restart our pop-ups as early as Fall 2021 and look toward opening our first permanent location in 2022.

We have also been thinking a great deal about how the pandemic has and continues to shape our experiences of work and family, and how Nestworks will be able to serve these new and different needs in the future. How has work changed for you, and how might Nestworks play a role in supporting your needs as we move into this new, post-Covid era? Please be sure to let us know by replying or emailing us at hello@nestworks.space.

Hang in there, people - we're almost there!

The Nestworks team: Madeleine, Hilary, Shayna, Jennifer, Jessica, Dayna, and Sandra

 

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B.C. inches towards universal child care, pledges to support Indigenous-led initiatives - The Early Learning and Childcare and Early Childhood Educators recapture the original B.C. Child Care Act introduced in 1996, reports Surrey Now-Leader.

We Need to Reimagine a More Family-Friendly Workplace - 

Child care as a benefit boosts productivity and enables a more diverse workforce, reports Entrepreneur.

Moms are burned-out: What can we do to ease the burden? - The household tasks taken over by most moms—including the often invisible emotional work—have increased exponentially, writes psychologist John Duffy for CNN.

Non-profit child care should be key part of national plan - The best way to commit to a Canada-wide early learning and child-care plan is to expand the community-based not-for-profit sector, reports The Toronto Star.

The hidden load: How 'thinking of everything' holds mums back - When it comes to household responsibilities, women perform far more cognitive and emotional labour than men, reports BBC.