Thrilled that Elliot Haspel is joining me and Antonia Simon from the UK to talk about the profitization of childcare, May 17! Register here: sfu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

The AECEO Provincial Conference Hub is now live! Join or renew your AECEO membership to gain access to all recordings and resources from the 2023 AECEO Provincial Conference! Membership plans start at $35/year! Learn more: aeceo.ca/membership

Event alert for the #ECECommunity! Join presenters & conference committee members as they discuss the impact of the 2023 AECEO Provincial Conference, one year later! To learn more about the panelists and to register, go to aeceo.ca/conference_pan…

Private equity involvement in child care is not only a U.S. problem. I'm looking forward to joining Armine Yalnizyan and Antonia Simon on 5/17 to build an international understanding of the issue and potential action steps. REGISTER AT THIS LINK: sfu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Great example of how to expand non-profit publicly funded child care so that more can benefit from lower parent fees. 82 new spaces: 32 for infants. Wow. Well done ⁦Jenna Sudds⁩ ⁦⁦Becky Druhan⁩

Devastating. Noone should be put through this. Josue bravely shared his story. Now we need to step up to support him & all undocumented people. They need access to healthcare now. Sign petition: decentworkandhealth.org/healthcare4all Watch & share: toronto.citynews.ca/2024/05/09/uni… #Healthcare4All

Now we know WHEN a new child care funding formula will be implemented, but we still don't know WHAT it will be. Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care & AECEO asked GordonCleveland to write a brief about what it SHOULD be 👇 childcareontario.org/policy_brief_2… #WorthMore

Ontario child care centres are struggling, as we continue to wait for a new provincial funding formula and wage grid from Stephen Lecce. /1 cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

🌟 Calling all parents with kids aged 0-6! If your family benefits from the Canada Child Care Program, we want to hear from you. Join our focus group and earn $100 for just 1 hour of your time! Fill out the survey to apply: survey.alchemer-ca.com/s3/50259470/1b… #CanadaChildCare #FocusGroup

Our Policy Coordinator, Carolyn Ferns, spoke with As It Happens about what is needed to make $10-a-day child care a reality for more Ontario families. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Great to be at Queen's Park today to support the Child Care and Early Years Workforce Strategy Committee Act. It's crucial that ECEs' have a voice! Read our statement calling for all-party support here: childcareontario.org/statement_in_s… #WorthMore

Hot off the press! The Spring/Summer issue of eceLINK is now available! Check out the open access peer reviewed articles aeceo.ca/peer_reviewed_… AECEO members have full access to this and all past eceLINK issues. Become a member today!

Update on the July 24th event.  Take action with us by signing our e-action at aeceo.ca/take_action and reading our recent policy paper at aeceo.ca/publicly_funde… to learn more about what is possible for child care in Ontario.

AECEO response to College of ECEs' fee increase aeceo.ca/aeceo_response…

In Episode 2 of ICL’s new podcast – Voices of Change – we met AECEO ‘s Erin Filby! 📣 Find out more about Erin and her work 💪🧑‍🏫 Listen + watch Episode 2 here 🔗 linktr.ee/Change_Leaders Who will the next podcast guest be? ✅ | changeleaders.ca

New: Ontario gov’t to charge child-care centres in gov’t buildings “full market-rate rents” in 2025, rather than nominal amounts. It says operators “should be able to offset the cost increases with federal funding” through $10/day program (No paywall 🔓) thetrillium.ca/news/education…

While this new funding formula aims to make child care funding more streamlined, it does not improve compensation for educators and raises 🚩red flags on profit making. We need every dollar going to improve quality care for kids! #WorthMore

Read the AECEO response to Ontario's new child care funding formula aeceo.ca/aeceo_response…