Available now: 2026 Ontario Budget - Response from the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario

Download Budget Response in PDF

The AECEO is looking for RECEs working in the Full Day Kindergarten Program to share their thoughts about the recent update to the Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum. If you work or supply in FDK, we want to hear from you! Click here to take the survey.

• Organized
• An excellent team player
• Interested in public policy and government relations
• And love the idea of engaging with members

This role might be for you! 

In this issue:

• Families Need Action: Stand Up For Jordan’s Principle  OPEN ACCESS. Find out more about the Guiding Committee's Jordan's Principle campaign HERE. To read previous articles from the AECEO Guiding Committee on Truth and Reconciliation click HERE
• Decent Work Project Update
• The AECEO 75th Anniversary Card
• AECEO Timeline: 75 Years Of Impact OPEN ACCESS
• Official List of AECEO Certified Members
• ECE Voices:
  • I Promise Never to Poison You With Bananas
  • Celebrating Our Educators: Reflections From Brock University’s B.ECE Program
  • Feminist Ethics of Care And How They Impact ECEs

Our sincere thanks and gratitude to everyone who contributed!

We would also like to thank AECEO Members, and the following advertisers, for supporting this issue of the eceLINK:

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2026 Ontario Pre-budget submission from the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario.

Letters to Ministers in advance of the Federal Provincial Territorial Forum on Early Learning and Child Care

The AECEO Guiding Committee on Truth and Reconciliation is launching this e-action in solidarity with First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, to support and amplify their advocacy on the Government of Canada’s changes to Jordan’s Principle funding. Jordan's Principle is a child-first principle to ensure First Nations children get the services they need when they need them. 

The AECEO is now accepting submissions for the eceLINK peer-reviewed collection to be published in the Summer 2026 issue. We welcome contributions that reflect innovative ideas, critical insights, and meaningful connections to practice.

Suggested topics include: Early Childhood Policy, Early Childhood Practice, Early Childhood Pedagogy, Social Justice and Equity in ECE, Professionalism in the ECE Sector, Disability, Accessibility, and Inclusion, Environmentalism in ECE, Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Practices, Diversity and Anti-Bias Approaches in ECE, Action Research and Practitioner Inquiry, Program-Level Issues in Early Childhood Classrooms, Pedagogical Documentation, Engaging with How Does Learning Happen?

Click here to access author guidelines for the peer-reviewed collection. 

Deadline for submissions is Friday, February 6th, 2026. Please email submissions to [email protected]

Celebrating with play: City Councillors Ausma Malik and Alejandra Bravo, Atkinson Foundation staff, and guests join the AECEO, OCBCC and CUPE Ontario for games with the Worth MORE! parachute

It's here: Check out our latest seasonal newsletter for policy updates, and to learn what the AECEO was up to this Summer & what is coming up next! Click here to download the Summer 2025 Policy & Community Update in PDF!

Read it in full here!

Registration is open for the AECEO 75th Anniversary Membership Retreat & Advocacy Summit. Join or renew your membership today to join us on May 29th - 31st, 2026 at the beautiful Bayview Wildwood Resort!