Every November since 2022, Child Care Now has organized Canada-Wide Days of Action for Early Learning & Child Care. This years' actions will be taking place over 10 days, from November 20th to 30th. More information about how to get involved in the Days of Action available on the Child Care Now website. 

Click on read more to learn about the Days of Action here in Ontario!

Local actions for $10aDay & Decent Pay

Join Ontario child care & ECE advocates!

• November 24th - Forum on Universal Child Care, hosted by South Asian Women’s and Immigrant Services (SAWIS).The South Asian Women’s and Immigrant Services (pictured above at the rally for $10aDay & Decent Pay) is hosting a community forum led by community mothers and child care workers as a part of the 10 days of action for $10/day child care. The forum will about the implementation status of the $10aDay Child Care plan in Ontario and Toronto, and will include  panel discussions featuring community members in conversation with child care advocates and civic leaders.
  When: Sunday, November 24th 3:00-5:30PM
  Where: In person at the West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre - 313 Pharmacy Ave, Scarborough, ON M1L 3E7
  Contact info: [email protected] & via Facebook
  
  
• November 25th - Why are advocates calling for action on the $10aDay child care plan? - Live chat with AECEO & Child Care Now 
  Learn more about why Child Care Now and allies across the country are speaking up in support of the $10aDay plan. Join us live on Instagram on Monday, November 25th at 8PM EST
  
  
• November 26th - Phone Zap for $10aDay and Decent Pay, hosted by the AECEO & Justice for Workers 
  
  Join the AECEO, the OCBCC, Justice 4 Workers and Parents 4 Child Care as we flood voicemails and inboxes with calls for $10aDay and Decent Pay! Join our PHONE ZAP on Tuesday, November 26th 7:00-8:00PM to call on our governments to expand and strengthen the $10aDay program, with decent work and pay for all child care workers! A phone zap is an online gathering where people come together to call MPs, MPPs and other elected officials demanding action. Since we are doing our phone zap during the evening, most callers will be leaving a voicemail - less scary than talking to a person in real time! If you have never participated in an advocacy action before, this might be a great one for you to start with. Organizers will provide a script to help make the call and participants cheer one another on! It's always a good time! Register here to join the phone zap! 
• November 28th - Post Rally Wrap Up with GBC Advocates & SECEO
  Unable to join the rally on Nov.20th? Join us on Thursday, Nov. 28th at 7PM to hear directly from rally speakers and from student and educators who attended the event! The Student Early Childhood Educators (SECEO) and GBC Advocates for ECE are co-hosting a post rally wrap up to share about their experience, talk about the 10 Days of Action for $10aDay child care and more. Register for this event here!

Other ways to support $10aDay & Decent Pay

Quick actions you can take: 

• Sign and share the petition
• Encourage every parent & potential parent you know to sign up for Parents for Child Care and to visit this page to read other families' experiences with the $10aDay program and share their own.
• Engage with the campaign on social media (like, comment and share content, it really helps!)
  Follow the AECEO on Facebook & on Instagram
• Print and share these resources! Post them at your centre, share them with your neighbours!
  

Stay tuned for information about other activities taking place across the province during the Days of Action. Make sure you're on our email list and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to know when we update this page with resources, online actions and other ways to participate.