AECEO
Library
Welcome to the AECEO Library. This is a collection of resources for ECEs, child care workers, students, researchers, and anyone interested in learning more about Ontario’s movement for decent work and pay for early learning and child care. In this limited and curated space, we host a selection of key documents related to the work of the AECEO to share with our community. This includes AECEO policy documents and annual reports, Care in ECE content, and more!
The Silent Crisis in Early Childhood Education
Sharon Liu completed a placement with the AECEO in the Spring-Summer of 2025 as part of the Bachelor of Early Learning & Community Development program at Algonquin College. For her placement project, Sharon created multiple social media shareables based on articles and reports she read during her placement. These posts will be available on the AECEO Instagram and Facebook pages.
Category:
Student Blog
Author:
Sharon Liu
Publication Year:
2025
Love letters to the ECE profession
Victoria Simmonds completed a placement with the AECEO in the Spring-Summer of 2025 as part of the Bachelor of Early Learning & Community Development program at Algonquin College. For her placement project, Victoria invited fellow educators to share about the love and the hardships they face in the field. Victoria’s project was originally created to be a social media shareable, and will be available on the AECEO Instagram and Facebook.
Constrained Voices: Examining Power Dynamics and Systemic Barriers to the Agency and Autonomy of Racialized Early Childhood Educators in Professional settings
Lois John completed a placement with the AECEO in the Spring-Summer of 2025 as part of the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education program at George Brown College. For her placement project, Lois conducted a literature review exploring existing research addressing the systemic barriers and power dynamics that shape the professional experiences of racialized ECEs, focusing on how these factors impact their agency and autonomy within the field.
Global Wage Strategies for Early Childhood Educators
Ashlyn Tomasini completed a placement with the AECEO in the Spring-Summer of 2025 as part of the Bachelor of Early Learning & Community Development program at Algonquin College. For her placement project, Ashlyn compared the strategies governments in Australia, New Zealand and Ontario are taking to improving compensation for early childhood educators.
Shaping Care: Ontario Policies & ECE Advocacy
Hannah Sanderson completed a placement with the AECEO in the Spring of 2025 as part of the Early Childhood Studies program at Toronto Metropolitan University. As part of her placement, Hannah created an infographic explaining how policies shape early learning and child care in Ontario, and how the AECEO works to support ECEs in the policy development process. The AECEO team helped create a social media version of Hannah’s infographic to help reach more people.
ECE Student Voices
Ivy Javier completed a placement with the AECEO in the Winter of 2025 as part of the Early Childhood Education diploma program at George Brown College. As part of her placement, Ivy took a look at the connections between students’ learning experiences and their view of the ECE sector and shared her findings with the larger ECE community via the AECEO social media accounts. Take a look!
A quest for answers
The AECEO is pleased to share A quest for answers, a video series created by Wenilie Ferraris. Join AECEO placement student Wenilie Ferraris on her quest to better understand the Canadian electoral system, the current context and how these developments affect early childhood educators, ECE students and the child care sector. Wenilie Ferraris completed a placement with the AECEO in the winter of 2025 as part of the Early Childhood Education program at George Brown College.
Please note: This placement block ended on Feb 21st, 2025. Some information might be outdated/incomplete by the time this project is shared on the AECEO Student Blog.
$10aDay Guidebook
Crystal Creamer completed a placement with the AECEO in the Fall of 2024 as part of the Early Childhood Studies program at Toronto Metropolitan University. Crystal’s placement project is a guidebook about the $10aDay child care program and advocacy. This guidebook was a collaboration between Crystal and Keerthana Ratnarajah, who completed a student placement with the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care.
The realities of ECE burnout
Zuhal Hashemi completed a placement with the AECEO in the Fall of 2024 as part of the Early Childhood Studies program at Toronto Metropolitan University. Zuhal’s placement project consisted of a social media post about the realities of ECE burnout.