CBU to nearly triple number of child-care seats on campus

Cape Breton University will expand the number of child-care seats available on campus with a new early learning and child-care centre. The facility—supported by the Government of Nova Scotia—will provide space and programs for 104 infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. CBU President David Dingwall said that these seats will support employee and student recruitment and retention. “When you can get a lift from 35 to 104 spaces, whether it be for faculty kids, staff kids, or students and their kids, it’s an enormous impact,” said Dingwall. He anticipates the child-care facility will open within a year.