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This symposium highlighted how early learning and child care are delivered within schools can increase access, reduce uneven quality, improve the working conditions and professionalism of educators, allow for early detection and intervention, and provide a continuum of learning to benefit young children.

Join experts in this important forum discussing how to meet the equity goals in the CWELCC plan along with great examples from across Canada of how to scale-up of proven programs and innovations.

The 2023 virtual provincial conference theme is We Raise Each Other Up: ECEs Building Leadership and Learning Communities of Joy, Curiosity and Hope. Presenters include Bernice Cipparrone-McLeod, Professor, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College, and Jane Bertrand, Program Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation.

54th Annual Professional Development Conference, as EDAC members and delegates from across the country gather in person or virtually. Presentation entitled "Why ECE is an EDO's BFF in 2022 and Beyond" by Dr. Emis Akbari, Senior Policy Fellow at Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development.

Play-based Early Childhood Education is ideal for children under 6, but there is a shortage of trained educators in Canada. Low wages, poor working conditions, and lack of respect lead to high turnover and discourage new recruits. Keynote by Dr. Emis Akbari, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development.