QC launches pilot project to establish daycare centres in CEGEPs, universities

The Government of Québec has announced a two-year, $1.9M pilot project to establish daycare centres on nine college and university campuses. The centres will be hosted by student associations and committees on the campuses of Cégep de Sept-Îles, Cégep de Victoriaville, Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Concordia University, Université Laval, Université de Montréal, Université du Québec à Montréal, and Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. The Montréal Gazette reports that the daycare services provided by the project will enable students who are parents to better balance their educational and personal lives.