Advocacy Associations and Campaigns
Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario (AECEO)
https://www.aeceo.ca/
The AECEO is the professional association for ECEs and its primary purpose is to advocate for respect, recognition and appropriate wages and working conditions for all ECEs.
Current projects
- Voices from emergency child care and next steps for advocacy
- Transforming Work in Ontario's Early Years and Child Care Sector (PDF)
The policy recommendations focus on advancing the early childhood profession as one of the key supports in expanding access to early years and child care programs in Ontario while also enhancing quality. - Decent Work Charter (PDF)
Child Care Now
https://timeforchildcare.ca/
Child Care Now is dedicated to advocating for a publicly funded, inclusive, quality, non-profit child care system. Our organization is non-profit, membership-based and regionally representative.
Current projects
- Pandemic Response
- An Analysis of the Multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework and the Early Learning and Child Care Bilateral Agreements
- The report describes and analyzes each provincial and territorial Action Plan, and details initiatives proposed in the creation of spaces, affordability, working conditions of ECEs, auspice, and inclusion/equity/diversity.
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Child care for all: the starting point and long-term goal
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Making affordable, high-quality early learning and child care (ELCC) available to all families will grow the economy, promote gender equality, increase women’s labour force participation and enhance children’s well-being. The federal government must play a leadership role to ensure that all children in Canada, regardless of where they live, their ability, family circumstances or culture have access to affordable high-quality child care. Canada needs a plan—a road map—to affordable child care for all.
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Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC)
http://www.childcareontario.org/
Ontario’s central advocacy group for a universal early childhood education and care system. We want: low fees or no fees for parents; decent work and pay for educators; and an expansion of public and non-profit services.
Formed in 1981, the OCBCC is a member organization comprising local child care centres, national and provincial groups and individuals from all across Ontario. Our members are educators, parents, grandparents, centre directors and trade unionists.
Current projects
- A Long-Term Plan for Ontario Child Care in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Child care supporters and City Councillors speak out against Ford government’s child care cuts
